Shakedown Begins: COP29 Demands $1 TRILLION In Climate Aid, ‘Reparations’ From Rich Nations
by Simon Kent Nov 11, 2024 in Energy, Extreme Weather, News Reading Time: 3 mins read
Upwards of 50,000 people have flown into oil-rich Baku, Azerbaijan, for the 29th annual United Nations climate conference where an aggressive push to limit carbon emissions is expected to dominate proceedings alongside demands for “compensation” to be paid by wealthy, industrial nations to the world’s poorest. [emphasis, links added]
One noted absentee will be climate activist Greta Thunberg who says she will not be attending COP29 because the event is “greenwashing.”
Host nation Azerbaijan “has no ambition to take climate action”, she says, the BBC reports.
Even without her presence organizers have an ambitious schedule ahead with their desire not just to limit global emissions of pollutants but also to arrange wealth transfers from rich industrialized countries to poorer Third World entities claimed to suffer from their lack of development.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/shakedown-begins-cop29-demands-1-trillion-in-climate-aid-reparations-from-rich-nations/