COP26 has ended. If a few years ago, it could maintain the hope of an
international response to the climate crisis, today the illusion holds more andmore difficult. Treaties have succeeded other treaties, sometimes by revising theobjectives upwards, often by revising them downwards, when it is not outrightcountries that have withdrawn from them. Once again, nothing is binding. All thebeautiful declarations remain dependent on the goodwill of leaders who prefer tomaintain their economic domination even if it means sacrificing the planet on thealtar of competitiveness. ---- In a contemporary irony, COP26 saw itsparticipants create a traffic jam with private jets. Among the bottlers, we findeven the British Prime Minister who was returning from a trip to Italy. For himto come and announce that Great Britain will make " extremely daring "commitments is an additional indecency. He is not the only one in this situation,which is at best an exacerbated symptom which shows that even the conservativeright, so hostile to ecological action, is capable of trying to make its ownmoney (even with dirty hands).Nothing in the hands, nothing in the sleeves ... and holes in the pocketsAnd it is therefore no surprise that no major measures have been taken forclimate justice. Although a fund exists to support the countries most affected byclimate change in the event of disasters, the bloc of African states, whichbrings together 24 countries, is once again leaving empty-handed. The latterdemanded $ 1.3 billion a year to reduce their emissions and deal with theconsequences of climate change, but the bourgeois leaders of the EU **, includingFrance, ** refused funding until the last moment. additional. The financialwindfall represented by the COP will not be able to benefit the countries mostexposed to climate change because the developed countries " fear that therecognition of losses and damages will lead to legal proceedings and requests forfinancial compensation against them ". All the same, the image of the whiteknight of the developed countries should not be tarnished by it, especially if itcalls into question the international relations of domination from which theyprofit - and this colonialism would never accept the risk of a cancellation ofthe debt which would paradoxically constitute the possibility of the States ofthe South to act within capitalism.Moreover, President Macron makes France a paragon of ecological virtue in abeautiful self-congratulation number. He comes to declaim his great moralplatform which wants to "give credibility to the 1.5 ° C objective " and whichdistinguishes " those who have forgotten these values [of the ParisAgreement]and those who have held firm. ". Very nice speech, indeed, we wouldalmost shed our little tear for a France that would have stood firm. Except thathere, on the wire, just before the COP, an agreement was concluded with the mainpro-gas countries of Central Europe (Poland, Hungary, and others) to include gasas green energy in the European taxonomy. In return, these countries are pushingto include nuclear power, of which Macron has become a promoter.This arrangement will have led France not to join the COP agreement on the end ofthe financing of fossil fuels abroad. After all, we're no longer close to that,aren't the mining towns of Orano which extract French uranium in the Niger desertturning to coal?Gas, nuclear and a buried futureMore generally, France will have used the COP as a means of lobbying for nuclearpower that is definitely clownish. Spokespersons will even dare to say thatnuclear power is the result of a pragmatic necessity that leaves no room forideology. The announcements of Macron's last speech on the new SMR (Small ModularReactor) reactors do not correspond to a desire to initiate any energytransition, they are the result of a sales strategy that goes beyond indecency.While countries are devastated and the future of humanity is in peril, EDF andthe French government behave like carpet merchants to make their investmentsprofitable. French nuclear power weighs the weight of its entire lobby. Like anycapitalist institution, it will primarily choose its own expansion before anyenvironmental consideration. The goal is not to preserve the environment but topromote a national industry driven by technocrats who have never been heldaccountable. And what does it matter if its place becomes even more central, andif we become more dependent on it: we must produce more!The productivist model has deeply compromised the living conditions of ourgenerations and those to come, but perhaps by rushing into the wall fast enough,we will get through? In any case, that's what the leaders seem to want to believeon the track in Glasgow for the past two weeks.Libertarian Communist Union, November 21, 2021.https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?La-COP26-plus-qu-une-farce-un-cirque-entier_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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