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Competing for emissions: the COP candidate contest : Comments

By Binoy Kampmark, published 20/11/2025

Two of the world’s biggest fossil-fuel cheerleaders—Australia and Türkiye—are scrambling to host the planet’s biggest climate-talks juggernaut. COP26 déjà vu: massive costs, massive emissions, minimal progress.

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When the opening gambit is "two of the world’s biggest fossil-fuel cheerleaders", a rationalist might assume we're talking about China, India or the US. That's a thing about net-zero religion. Longer on class solidarity and group emotions, shorter on science and evidence.
Posted by Steve S, Thursday, 20 November 2025 8:49:51 AM
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