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'Potent Metaphor': Fire Forces Evacuation of UN Climate Conference
Delegates at the United Nations Climate Change Conference being held in Belém, Brazil were forced to evacuate after a fire broke out at the Hangar Convention and Exhibition Center on Thursday.
Some climate activists argued that the fire at COP30 could be seen as an ill omen for the conference’s outcome, especially given criticisms over the conference being packed to the brim with fossil fuel lobbyists.
US-based activist Jes Vesconte told the Guardian that the COP30 blaze was “a potent metaphor” for what’s been happening at the conference.
“As capitalist fossil fuel companies, imperialist countries, and militarist powers block the talks here (or in abstentia in the case of the US),” Vesconte said, “they are putting profits over planet and people, profiteering off ecocide, genocide, and countless deaths, at the expense of all life on Earth, and pouring fuel on the fire of the burning planet.”
US-based activist Jes Vesconte told the Guardian that the COP30 blaze was “a potent metaphor” for what’s been happening at the conference.
“As capitalist fossil fuel companies, imperialist countries, and militarist powers block the talks here (or in abstentia in the case of the US),” Vesconte said, “they are putting profits over planet and people, profiteering off ecocide, genocide, and countless deaths, at the expense of all life on Earth, and pouring fuel on the fire of the burning planet.”
Link to tweet
https://www.commondreams.org/news/cop30-fire-belem-brazil