As we wait for Greta’s arrival, here are the headlines from the Climate Summit
in Madrid.
From El País in English here: ‘Pedro Sánchez at COP25
climate summit in Spain: “Only a handful of fanatics deny the evidence”. Spain’s
caretaker government has stepped in to host the event against a global backdrop
of weakened environmental leadership’. Extract: ‘...The summit brings together
over 25,000 delegates from around 200 countries from December 2 to 13, and
seeks to reach agreements to tackle the effects of global warming and keep it
within manageable limits...’. Among them, and welcome, is the US Democrat leader Nancy Pelosi:
‘US Congress commits to act on climate crisis, despite Donald Trump. Pelosi
tells UN conference in Madrid that commitment is iron-clad’.
There is all to play for: ‘COP25 in Madrid: UN Secretary-General
Guterres says planet is 'close to a point of no return'. Found at EuroNews here (with video).
Inevitably, ‘Vox accuses the
left of using climate change to change "our way of life"’. An article
at El Español here includes the claim from the party that ‘..."We are
here because we represent more than 3.5 million people and to keep a close eye
on the extreme left, because we all have to pay for this and many dangerous
claims are being said for the future of Spain," the Vox spokesperson Iván
Espinosa de los Monteros added. He also blamed the left for the summit being
held in Madrid and not in Chile...’ (!). Beyond
the posturing of Vox, Climate obstructionalism is strong in Spain, says ElDiario.es here: ‘...A new climate denial has found ways to continue
filtering its discourse: from boycotting international agreements to taking
advantage of bad economic streaks to put impediments in actions against the global
warming of the Earth. Climate discourse is admitted, but not the incorporation
of the main measure claimed by science: to cut CO2 emissions...’.
From the financial sector
comes The Corner where we read ‘Two things to watch out for at COP25 (and why climate stocks could benefit)’. These apparently are
emission-trading schemes and an
expected range of updates to countries’ individual targets, known as nationally determined contributions.
Because there are powerful
interests rallied against action against Climate Change (what could be the
upside, no one knows), here are thirteen fake news items planted in the public
eye on the subject with Maldito Bulo
here.
‘The effects of longer summers in Spain: Temperature rises of up to two degrees in cities, uncontrolled CO2
emissions, disappearance of glaciers, changes in species distribution,
appearance of invasive exotic animals and plants or alterations in bird
migrations, among other effects, show Spain's high degree of vulnerability to
climate change, says the Sustainability Observatory in a complete study
presented last week...’. From El País
here.
The coastline of Almería stands to be affected by
climate change, says the local paper, with an average loss of two metres of
beach within the next twenty years, taking away some 440 square kilometres of
playa from the province.
Endesa, Spain’s
leading polluter, bought the front pages of the main newspapers on Monday, the
first day of the COP25. From El Salto Diario here: ‘"Endesa
presents, at the COP25 in Madrid, its
solutions for an emission-free society." The same title ran above the fold
of the printed editions of newspapers such as ABC, El País, El Mundo, La Vanguardia, El Correo,
Expansión, La Voz de Galicia and 20
Minutos among others. Whether oriented to the centre or rather towards the
right, all those newspaper editors coincidentally decided on the same story for
their leaders on the first day of the 25th
Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change. Coincidence? Free-choice? Worthy news? Corporate sponsors?
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