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   bigjsl (bigjsl@aus.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Dec-2023 07:53:20 JST bigjsl

   Humanity isn’t going to change trajectory on destroying the environment.

   “At least a quarter of the billionaires registered as delegates at Cop28 made their fortunes from highly polluting industries such as petrochemicals, mining and beef production, a new analysis has shown.
   The findings, revealed to the Guardian in an exclusive analysis of the 34 billionaires who are signed up to the UN summit, raise concerns about the influence wielded by ultra-rich, mega-emitters on the world’s efforts to tackle the climate crisis. Together the 34 are worth about $495.5bn.
   The high number of billionaires at the conference, along with the many private jets they flew in on, suggests Cop may now be second only to Davos as a gathering point for the world’s ultra-rich, who can meet and potentially influence government leaders and senior politicians and bureaucrats, while making deals with other business owners.” https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/12/one-in-four-billionaire-cop28-delegates-made-fortunes-from-polluting-industries

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     Lats (314 ppm) (lats@aus.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Dec-2023 07:53:38 JST Lats (314 ppm)

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     @bigjsl that so many billionaires feel that they need to attend a conference says volumes about how important it is to them that we not make progress in phasing out fossil fuels.
     #billionaires #fossilfuels #COP28