Winning: Huge UN Climate junket only attracts four leaders
http://joannenova.com.au/2018/12/winning-huge-un-climate-junket-only-attracts-four-leaders/
The second week of the UNFCCC conferences was always the one where the politicians swarm. But this time the only leaders are the ones from tiny pacific atolls who come in hope of increasing their GDP, one grant at a time.
Ministers – but few leaders – arrive for crucial part of climate talks Nina Chestney, Agnieszka BarteczkoKATOWICE, Poland (Reuters) – Brexit turmoil and French riots have kept many government chiefs away from the final and crucial week of U.N. climate talks, with only four national leaders present on Tuesday.
Out of around 134 national representatives delivering speeches over the next two days, only four are heads of government: the president of Kiribati and the prime ministers of Samoa, the Cook Islands and Tuvalu – nations among the most vulnerable to climate change.
No Leonard Di Caprio either.
If there was real money and power going down here, or leaders thought voters loved climate action, they would be in Poland.
Looks like winning.
