Oct 19
20192
Social Engineering, United Nations
#NaturalClimateSolutions (NCS) 'negative emissions technologies' (NETs) 45Q tax credit Antonio Guterres Atlantic Council BECCS Bernie Sanders Bioenergy CCUS Cory Booker Ed Markey Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) George Monbiot Green New Deal Greta Thunberg International Energy Agency IPCC Kirsten Gillibrand Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences monoculture plantations OGCI Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) Saudi Aramco Spectacle The Guardian The Institute of Energy Economics-Japan UN Climate Action Summit USE IT Act
"Perfect distractions come with talking points and bring framing to the issue they come to embody. Like the XR leaders, and GND proponents, Greta, under advice from a range of experts, leaves the fantastical assumptions in the IPCC mitigation plans well alone."
Sep 19
20190
Social Engineering, United Nations
doublespeak Framing Neoliberal Language PES. Payments for Ecosystem Services Strategic Ambiguity The Paris Agreement UN Climate Action Summit UNFCCC ‘internationally transferred mitigation outcomes’
The unreality of this document is only matched by the unreality of the praise given to it by the media and others. This is a sign of how much strategic ambiguity and doublespeak have now become an accepted way for international politics to be conducted and reported.
Sep 19
20190
Social Engineering, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Religious Fundamentalism Social Engineering UN Climate Action Summit
"As we come to terms with the ravaging of Earth and every living being in order to satisfy the insatiable appetite of Wall Street, we will need new tools and ancient wisdom to see us through. Abandoning faith in institutions and markets is a good first step."