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UN to EU: Don’t backtrack on climate goals amid energy pinch
The Associated Press ^ | September 12, 2022 | By JAMEY KEATEN

Posted on 09/12/2022 3:24:46 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

GENEVA (AP) — The acting U.N. human rights chief on Monday urged European Union member states to avoid “backtracking” on their efforts to develop renewables and energy-efficiency projects at a time when soaring energy prices have prompted some to ramp up use of and searches for fossil fuels.

Nada al-Nashif, the acting U.N. high commissioner for human rights, laid out rights concerns about more than 30 countries, regions and territories including Ethiopia, Ukraine, Myanmar and Haiti in an opening speech to the latest session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Beyond expressing concerns about the direct impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine, she noted how the war has dented exports of food and fuel from those two countries - that are major producers of both - forcing EU states, for example, to scramble for more energy sources.

“In the face of soaring energy prices which threaten to impact the most vulnerable as winter approaches, some EU member states are turning to investments in fossil fuels infrastructure and supplies,” al-Nashif said.

While such an impulse was “understandable,” she warned of the long-term consequences of boosting use of fossil fuels that contribute to global warming and called for faster development of energy-efficiency projects and renewables.

“There is no room for backtracking in the face of the ongoing climate crisis,” she said.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: coal; energy; europe; globalwarming; hoax; propaganda; socialism; unitednations
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This winter, I predict a European shortage of tar and feathers.
1 posted on 09/12/2022 3:24:46 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The UN and the EU.

Two flavors of evil.


2 posted on 09/12/2022 3:25:54 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

united nippleheads


3 posted on 09/12/2022 3:26:06 PM PDT by mylife (And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If I were the EU, I’d tell the UN to go suck an egg.


4 posted on 09/12/2022 3:26:12 PM PDT by sauropod (Unbelief has nothing to say. Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Hopefully there’s a good amount of hemp rope left.


5 posted on 09/12/2022 3:26:16 PM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Don’t listen to the Nazi UN leader


6 posted on 09/12/2022 3:27:21 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

FU UN.


7 posted on 09/12/2022 3:27:25 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
So European citizens, old folks and children should freeze to death this coming winter huh?
8 posted on 09/12/2022 3:27:40 PM PDT by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

many here think we should do the lifting. bahh!


9 posted on 09/12/2022 3:28:15 PM PDT by mylife (And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids...)
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To: BenLurkin

“The UN and the EU. Two flavors of evil.”

Well, the UN for sure. But the EU is not that far behind.


10 posted on 09/12/2022 3:28:22 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

You are a optimist.


11 posted on 09/12/2022 3:31:27 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope. )
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Well, if the EU doesn’t work towards getting their fossil fuels, then, the UN would end up reaching their goal towards ‘climate change’, since, no fossil-fuels means no energy and no economies or economies in recession/depression. Weak economies means the climate change idiots would have gotten their way, while the affected people would do the suffering.


12 posted on 09/12/2022 3:34:34 PM PDT by adorno
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Zip it, deadbeats.


13 posted on 09/12/2022 3:37:18 PM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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UN to EU: Don’t backtrack on climate goals amid energy pinch

Freezing to death is much better for the planet.
14 posted on 09/12/2022 3:38:46 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What the HELL does the acting U.N. high commissioner for human rights have to do with ENERGY POLICIES?

Sit down, shutup, and worry about REAL human rights ABUSES going on all around you.

-Start with the Uighurs in China.

-Do something for all the civilians killed, wounded and displaced in Ukraine and Donbas.

-Take a look at Maduro in Venezuela, whatever scruff-beard is running Cuba and the tyrant Mullahs of Iran.

-Canadian Truckers need some help.

-People around the globe who do not want to get the jab, but are ordered to despite the known health concerns.

LADY, you have a lot of work to do. Stick to your own wheelhouse!


15 posted on 09/12/2022 3:40:13 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Rush, we're missing your take on all of this!)
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To: butlerweave

How about marxist-muslim coalition for the downfall of the west.

The UN’s controlling is the OIC turd world nations.
I am sure these “developing nations” do not give one shit about polluting. That’s a problem of the west, let’s bleed it


16 posted on 09/12/2022 3:40:17 PM PDT by himno hero (had'nff)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Child labor and destroying the rainforests of Congo with all of its endangered species is really helping change the weather, isn’t it?


17 posted on 09/12/2022 3:43:20 PM PDT by digger48
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Greta is trying hard to get wood-burning outlawed in the EU. Currently it’s considered “carbon neutral”.


18 posted on 09/12/2022 3:46:11 PM PDT by nascarnation (Let's go Brandon!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If only:

EU to UN: Shove it up your corrupt, collective asses.


19 posted on 09/12/2022 3:54:40 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Climate Interview Didn’t Go As Expected - LOL

https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/bwaaahaha-climate-interview-didnt-go-as-planned/


20 posted on 09/12/2022 3:59:38 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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