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- Dec 2023
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What is needed is a breakaway group of nations willing to get serious about the climate emergency. Who would join it? Most of the world’s countries, potentially.
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- What is needed is a breakaway group of nations willing to get serious about the climate emergency. Who would join it? Most of the world’s countries, potentially.
- author: Rupert Read
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date: Dec 4, 2021
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- This could very well work. By applying social tipping point theory, a coalition of the willing could potentially accomplish a lot more than a coalition mired in friction.
- There is enough capacity between 100 nation states willing to take far more aggressive measures than what a few petrostates of the COP convention continuously veto that it could bring about a social tipping point.
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“come back next year and try again”. My response is that it will be the same old thing – they’ve had 26 chances already. The planet can’t afford any more. I think the time for the Cop process is over. We just can’t keep kicking the can down the road.
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- come back next year and try again
- author: Rupert Read
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date: Dec. 4, 2021
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- We just can't keep kicking the can down the road
- author: Rupert Read
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date: Dec 4, 2021
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- Well, COP28 is over and just as Rupert Read predicted above, we will
- kick the can down the road again
- come back next year and try again
- It's a perpetual groundhog day, until it isn't
- Well, COP28 is over and just as Rupert Read predicted above, we will
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Rupert Read has the best idea I have heard re international climate negotiations: countries that are serious should have their own conference where they collaborate on strong targets, plans, etc. Part of which should be recognising the dangers of remaining reliant on the petrostates, planning to transcend that reliance and sanctioning them
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good idea: COP alternative
- This could work based on the principle of social tipping points
- The current COP pits the powerful incumbents of the old system delaying as long as possible rapid system change, these are the conservatives
- This puts the liberals at distinct disadvantage from the conservatives because in a consensus reached agreement, the conservatives can veto any strong and binding language that represents rapid system change
- In an alternative conference where the 100+ nation states are already in agreement, action in this smaller coalition OF THE WILLING, will lead to rapid action.
- This could lead to breaking the threshold of system change via reaching the 25% social tipping point threshold
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question: alternative COP
- If an alternative COP was held, is the nation state the best level to approach?
- What about a city level COP?
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- Rupert Read article on alternative COP
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