Once again my invitation to the latest Conference of the Parties was lost in the mail. Probably for the best. It’s a long journey to Brazil only to discover when you arrive that everyone is on their own journey.
At least I’ve now had time to read the Action Agenda and priorities. The woke-speak is as insufferable as ever — but often amuses. Did you know that “communities in peripheries of cities” are now lumped with indigenous peoples and the poor? Those vulnerable stockbrokers of Surrey and Connecticut!
In short, COP30 wants to focus on implementation this year, rather than yet more promises. That is to be commended. The framework to mobilise the troops covers mitigation, adaptation, finance, technology and capacity building.