Win-win scenarios are nice, but we can't only implement those if we want to avoid 2°C+ scenarios. We definitely should avoid lose-lose scenarios though, and monocropping of 'bioenergy' plants may be one of those. We need to always consider the amount of carbon avoided or removed (i.e., scalability), and I feel that many of the potential win-win solutions don't fare well in that regard.
That's fair. Yes, I 100% agree that we need to throw everything at climate change, but we continue to miss opportunities to leverage solutions that address both. Worse, it seems options that come at a biodiversity cost are often the primary focus.
Significant accomplishments are gained when leaders from 150 nations meet at Biodiversity COP16 and leaders of nearly 200 meet at Climate COP29 and, after two weeks of negotiations, reach a unanimous consensus to shoulder responsibilities and take productive steps. Much needs to be done, but please don't downplay the conferences as "missed opportunities." Thank you for reporting on such complex issues. We have a lot of work to do to get our governments in order.
I agree that it's no mean feat to get leaders from across the world to agree on anything. And COPs have achieved so much over the years, there's no doubting that. We'd be in a much worse state if we hadn't had them. However, I'll respectfully disagree that we shouldn't emphasise the missed opportunities. We can always do better and the two recent COPs were a prime example of this. COP29 was a major disappointment (in my opinion, which is shared by many) in this regard. Thanks very much for your comment and for reading!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on COP29. I been following the aftermath of the conference, and like you, are challenged to have much optimism. But we fight on!
Win-win scenarios are nice, but we can't only implement those if we want to avoid 2°C+ scenarios. We definitely should avoid lose-lose scenarios though, and monocropping of 'bioenergy' plants may be one of those. We need to always consider the amount of carbon avoided or removed (i.e., scalability), and I feel that many of the potential win-win solutions don't fare well in that regard.
That's fair. Yes, I 100% agree that we need to throw everything at climate change, but we continue to miss opportunities to leverage solutions that address both. Worse, it seems options that come at a biodiversity cost are often the primary focus.
Significant accomplishments are gained when leaders from 150 nations meet at Biodiversity COP16 and leaders of nearly 200 meet at Climate COP29 and, after two weeks of negotiations, reach a unanimous consensus to shoulder responsibilities and take productive steps. Much needs to be done, but please don't downplay the conferences as "missed opportunities." Thank you for reporting on such complex issues. We have a lot of work to do to get our governments in order.
I agree that it's no mean feat to get leaders from across the world to agree on anything. And COPs have achieved so much over the years, there's no doubting that. We'd be in a much worse state if we hadn't had them. However, I'll respectfully disagree that we shouldn't emphasise the missed opportunities. We can always do better and the two recent COPs were a prime example of this. COP29 was a major disappointment (in my opinion, which is shared by many) in this regard. Thanks very much for your comment and for reading!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on COP29. I been following the aftermath of the conference, and like you, are challenged to have much optimism. But we fight on!
Thanks Julian. Indeed! Gotta keep fighting the good fight.