Papua New Guinea to boycott UN climate summit, calls it a ‘waste of time’
By Jack Aylmer (Energy Correspondent), Zachary Hill (Video Editor), Ali Caldwell (Motion Graphic Designer)
Despite being one of the world’s most vulnerable nations to global warming’s effects, Papua New Guinea has announced it will boycott the upcoming United Nations COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan. Officials from the Pacific island nation, where average temperatures have risen by about 1.5 degrees over the past century, called the event a “total waste of time.”
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Click to see story on asiapacificreport.nz“We are sick of the rhetoric as well as the merry-go-round of getting absolutely nothing done over the last three years,” Papua New Guinea’s Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko said. “We are the third-biggest rainforest nation in the world. We are sucking up the pollutants of these major countries. And they are getting away with it scot-free.”
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Tkatchenko specifically called out the world’s biggest carbon emitters, like China, India and the United States, which collectively produce nearly half of the world’s greenhouse gases, and highlighted what he sees as empty promises from these nations at previous U.N. talks.
“All the big polluters of the world promise and commit millions to assist in climate relief and support. And I can tell you now it’s all going to consultants,” Tkatchenko said. “Why are we spending all this money going to the other side of the world going to these talkfests?”
Papua New Guinea has opted to instead seek climate partnerships through bilateral channels rather than attending COP29. Their decision to boycott the U.N.’s climate conference has reportedly garnered support from other countries in the Pacific bloc.
[Jack Aylmer]
PAPUA NEW GUINEA IS ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST VULNERABLE COUNTRIES TO CLIMATE CHANGE, ACCORDING TO THE WORLD BANK GROUP.
HOWEVER, THE COUNTRY HAS DECIDED TO BOYCOTT THE U.N.’S UPCOMING SUMMIT ON THIS VERY ISSUE-
CALLING IT A QUOTE WASTE OF TIME.
OVER THE LAST CENTURY, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA HAS RISEN BY ABOUT ONE AND A HALF DEGREES FAHRENHEIT-
WITH THE NATION BEING RANKED AS THE TENTH MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE EFFECTS OF GLOBAL WARMING.
BUT OFFICIALS WITHIN THE COUNTRY SAY THAT DESPITE THIS, THEY WON’T BE ATTENDING THE UN’S ANNUAL COP29 CLIMATE SUMMIT, HELD THIS YEAR IN AZERBAIJAN.
CRITICIZING THE TALKS AS BEING FULL OF JUST EMPTY PROMISES.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA’S FOREIGN MINISTER CALLED OUT THE WORLD’S BIGGEST POLLUTERS-
LIKE CHINA, INDIA, AND THE U.S., WHICH TOGETHER ACCOUNT FOR ALMOST HALF OF THE PLANET’S CARBON EMISSIONS.
SAYING ALL THESE COUNTRIES DO AT THIS CLIMATE CONFERENCE IS COMMIT MILLIONS IN PURPORTED CLIMATE RELIEF-
THAT ULTIMATELY JUST GOES TO CONSULTANTS WHO DON’T ENACT REAL CHANGE.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA SAYS THAT INSTEAD OF ATTENDING COP29, THEY’LL INSTEAD BE LOOKING TO STRIKE THEIR OWN CLIMATE DEALS THROUGH BILATERAL CHANNELS.
ADDING THAT THEIR DECISION TO BOYCOTT THE U.N. TALKS HAS BEEN APPLAUDED BY OTHER NATIONS WITHIN THE PACIFIC BLOC.
FOR STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS – I’M JACK AYLMER.
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