'Everything is at stake' as world leaders gather for climate talks

"carbon pollution from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas is increasing'

And will most likely continue to increase as long as the fossils controlling the global fossil economy maintain their power and try to block shifts away from burning huge amounts of oil, gas and coal, and instead move to developing alternatives to burning such large amounts..

China, the world’s largest carbon emitter and also a nation with large quantities of rare earth metals that are used to make some alternative energy equipment also wants to restrict its exports of them. "China targets rare earth export curbs to hobble US defence industry"

Oil/gas giant Russia also has large reserves of rare earth metals. And in the USA the country needs to keep the fossil economy oligarchs farther away from controlling US politics - looking at you Texas and other areas with so many far right politicians- and start looking at ways to better use its own rare earth metals.

"China targets rare earth export curbs to hobble US defence industry"

https://www.ft.com/content/d3ed83f4-19bc-4d16-b510-415749c032c1

Long passed time to move away from burning such huge amounts of heavily polluting oil, gas and coal that continues to poison the planet's air, water and all living things.

https://www.law.nyu.edu/centers/state-impact/projects-reports/projects/climate-and-health/health-effects-of-burning-fossil-fuels

I think PTownsend expressed it: if this is the last chance, then everyone bend over and kiss it goodbye. If CO2 needs to half by 2030, then everyone should realize that goal is impossible, not "challenging", or any other modifying mollycoddle, it is impossible.

Rich countries should contribute $100 billion a year in aid to poor countries

If the US and China are the worst offenders, why give all this money to "poor countries", whose emissions are probably no that high in the first place? Sounds like a fishy scheme..

Remember Al Gore?

Citing researchers during a 2009 climate change conference, Gore said there was a 75% chance that ice in the Arctic could be gone during at least some summer months within five to seven years.

its 12 years later, we still have ice. Although all this private jet travel of people to go to the summit is negatively impacting that.

know how to save the environment? Stop having these useless meetings in person.

Remember Al Gore? 

Citing researchers during a 2009 climate change conference, Gore said there was a 75% chance that ice in the Arctic could be gone during at least some summer months within five to seven years.

You can’t be new to how percentages work, I’m sure I’ve seen you using them before.

As all the great philosophers throughout the world, from every corner of the earth, in all of history, have said, time and time again, the hubris of mankind will be our undoing.

It seems like everyone in power is overlooking what will help the world deal with clean energy and the current building energy crisis. For decades there has been clean power products.

Here is a plan for them.

All new homes and buildings must be energy self sufficient through solar and or wind, with limited to full power storage, subsidized by the government. With government paying for the power, all excess power goes into the grid reducing the need for power stations. The eventual goal would be to limit power stations to a bare minimum and those there are would be wind and solar farms with huge rechargeable batteries as Tesla has built in South Australia.

All new electrical vehicles need to include solar panels on bonnet, roof and boot to provide free electrical generation for the life of the vehicle and reduce the need for power from the home grid or other sources.

If we are not prepared to plan for and execute such simple achievable things then the future is bleak indeed.

Zichi its the year 2021 now so how could that be the environmental movement started 50 or 60 years ago in the 60's and 70's .

Which is it and when was it ?

Kind of vague and perhaps your abacus is broken ?

Zichi its the year 2021 now so how could that be the environmental movement started 50 or 60 years ago in the 60's and 70's .

Because 50 or 60 years ago was in the 60’s or 70’s. Not sure what is confusing you.

The environmental movement started long before that but became more popular in the 60’s with the hippy movement and again in the 70’s after the founding of Greenpeace.

Then its 60 years ago isnt it ?

Duh !

Iam not the one who confused

— Countries must promise to reduce carbon emissions by 45% by 2030 compared with 2010.

So much nonsense. You can promise whatever you want, but as long as countries need energy and fossil fuels are the only realistic option, the material will be burned. Also the world population is increasing, and continues to want higher living standards. So what does any of these "promises" with random figures mean?

Bunch of grifters leeching off the taxpayers.

I will believe in their hysterical claims when they start living like they believe it themselves. When they give up their jets and limousines and 7 course dinners and beach houses and ski chalets.

Attilathehungry

Bunch of grifters leeching off the taxpayers.

I will believe in their hysterical claims when they start living like they believe it themselves.

That will be a long wait. The globalist elites are not going to change their ressource gobbling ways. Rules for thee but not for me!

They all say, yes we can. Wishing all participants at the 26th U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP26), success in their challenging mission.

“Everything is at stake if the leaders do not take climate action,” young Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate said. “We cannot eat coal. We cannot drink oil, and we cannot breathe so-called natural gas.”

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Maybe our so-called leaders might want to refrain from travelling in private jets and taking numerous flights abroad every year to attend conferences and summits which they could easily attend using technology aiding online discussions

The reality is that none of that will happen.

The average person will be crushed and restricted and subjugated as to what they do in their normal lives, all in the name of saving the environment…expect to pay more too!

'Everything is at stake' as world leaders gather for climate talks

When world leaders actually practice what they preach when it comes to CO2 emissions more people might actually take them seriously.

Dr. Cajetan, they may SAY "Yes we can" but they actually live as if "no we won't". Talk is cheap. If they would only lead by example then perhaps the world could take notice a bit more. But jetting around and then complaining about CO2 emissions would be funny if it weren't so sad.