2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference

I know we mainly want to talk about forests today, which of course is deeply impacted by the Brazilian election, but there's a sort of broader topic that we wanted to touch on, and then there's an amazing interview that you conducted, Christiana.

Just to remind listeners, a couple of years ago at COP28, every country signed up to halting and reversing deforestation and forest degradation by 2030.

The latest forest declaration assessment was actually published earlier this month, and that says we are well off track.

7 million hectares of deforestation in 2025 against the 4.2 million needed to stay on course.

And so...

I asked the question here, what does the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Gertardis, COP28, mass illegal immigration in the integrated chain of universities, NGOs, institutions, and foreign funding have to do with the rise of Islamism and socialism? everything the event below is being sponsored by augberg's club of sociology and urban studies augberg university receives fundra federal funding through one a 1.3 million dollar five-year mcnair grant originally intended to support operations through 2027.

i asked why this institution is supporting this socialist event okay now Let's go into this.

Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, previously served as President of Socialist International.

This is where it gets crazy, guys.

In 2024, the U.S. contributed more than $14 billion to the U.N. system, which then in turn goes and consults with socialist organizations.

Why are we funding this? If you don't know what COP28 is, it was a conference of parties, the 28th meeting, where countries participating in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiated climate policies and commitments while businesses, NGOs, researchers, and youth delegates participated in related discussions and events.

The youth participation is the important part.

This upcoming COP is COP31 and they happen every year.

So back at COP28 a few years ago, there was and start to phase out fossil fuels.

So we need some of that previous language

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And this is what we are trying to do and showcase in Abu Dhabi in December.

I remember back when we were all having conversations about COP28, there was a strong sense coming out of the UAE government that solving the problems of climate change should be seen as an opportunity, not necessarily a downside, because with innovation comes investment and often therefore you get economic benefits.

Do you see water within that framework as well? Could it be seen as an opportunity in the same way, do you

think? 100%.

We want the people to leave Abu Dhabi with shared purpose.

We want people to leave Abu Dhabi with a clear path from ambition to implementation and action so that progress continues very well beyond the three days conference in Abu Dhabi.

From the point of view of the public, of us living here in the UAE, how should we think about this? Is it a bit like what happened at COP28 at Expo, where there was a sort of certain sense that the public that were involved as well, we were supposed to come along and engage in all sorts of activations as well?

The comparison reflects the scale of the moment.

And the first and the foremost will be the transitioning away from fossil fuels.

So we all know that in the COP28 in Dubai, countries agreed for the first time to transition away from fossil fuels in a just, orderly, and equitable manner.

And this was a historic breakthrough.

But the following two COPs failed to take that commitment significantly further.