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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/15001941

Diplomats and leaders from around the world are gathering for annual climate negotiations. Here’s what they’re all about and what Donald Trump’s victory means for the meeting.

I'll note that these negotiations require consensus to act, which means that much of what we would need (eg: binding cuts to extraction and use of fossil fuels) are basically not attainable through them.

 

Diplomats and leaders from around the world are gathering for annual climate negotiations. Here’s what they’re all about and what Donald Trump’s victory means for the meeting.

I'll note that these negotiations require consensus to act, which means that much of what we would need (eg: binding cuts to extraction and use of fossil fuels) are basically not attainable through them.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 20 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

He's angling for it, but I'm far from clear that he'd win a competitive Democratic primary.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 18 hours ago

That was always the Rolling Stone business model — talk about the bands, and throw in a side of serious political news.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 4 points 18 hours ago

I wouldn't say that the movement towards state action weakened under Biden; we got some great examples of it, such as the requirement for renewables in Minnesota.

 

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/14987814

A new report, urging rich nations to give more climate aid to poorer ones, comes as Donald Trump’s election throws global climate talks into disarray.

 

A new report, urging rich nations to give more climate aid to poorer ones, comes as Donald Trump’s election throws global climate talks into disarray.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 6 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Sorry, but accelerationism only gets us a lasting fascism. It doesn't get us the kid of stable world where people can substitute wind and solar for fossil fuels

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 day ago

Probably six months before we see big auctions again.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 25 points 1 day ago (6 children)

They covered Project 2025 before the election, including the ties Trump's circle has to it.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 day ago

This is generally not a great way to do it, since the emissions largely coming from fossil fuel burning. Fewer people doesn't help much if we burn even more.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

In practice, those rules made it easier to have centrist primary challenges to Democrats in congress, rather than left-wing ones.

The big thing we need to change is the media environment. Much of the US is a news desert, so people are depending on things like YouTube shorts and Xitter for their news.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They've been making it clear for a while.

The problem isn't the NYT here; it's that very few Americans read the NYT.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

A whole bunch of Sanders supporters got themselves elected to the DNC and changed the rules to make contested primaries easier. The Democratic party isn't some static thing that we have no control over.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 day ago (7 children)

It's a lot easier to reshape a political party than to dump them and start afresh.

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