Like you, I am curious to see how livestock farming is represented during the talks. Those of us on the forefront of regenerative methods know the advantage, but I fear the disconnect between the doers and the policy makers.
You can be sure I'll be following along and looking forward to your next post!
Thank Sam, I’m always very careful when writing climate change related topics but this isn’t about the climate agenda as a whole. It’s about regenerative livestock farming and that is always the heart of my writing.
If I'm honest, I think it's blooming ridiculous to build a bally great conference centre, actually in the Amazon region, fly, yes FLY a bazillion people into it, and suck up to them monumentally for two weeks, no doubt with 5* catering and lots of backhanders in the name of climate. The Emperor is not wearing any clothes.
Thank you for sharing this insight into COP workings and your predictions. Usually, skeptical as I sound nowadays, I feel these conferences and meetings are partly an attempt to appear proactive, and partly structured to ensure the biggest voices get heard above any effort to try something different such as regenerative practices (even when industrial agriculture is proving detrimental and regenerative, localised agriculture is demonstrating advantages!). We will see how much if anything changes going forward!
I completely understand your skepticism. It often feels like these big conferences are more about appearances than real, meaningful change, and you’re right that the loudest, most established voices tend to dominate the conversation. It’s frustrating to see regenerative and localised practices, which are already showing real benefits, sidelined in favour of business as usual, especially when industrial agriculture’s downsides are so clear.
I share your hope that things might shift, but I agree it remains to be seen how much actually changes once the headlines fade.
In the meantime, I think it’s vital we keep pushing for alternative approaches and making space for those different voices, both inside and outside these global meetings. Thanks again for reading and for keeping the conversation going!
Thank you for covering this topic, Helen!
Like you, I am curious to see how livestock farming is represented during the talks. Those of us on the forefront of regenerative methods know the advantage, but I fear the disconnect between the doers and the policy makers.
You can be sure I'll be following along and looking forward to your next post!
Thank Sam, I’m always very careful when writing climate change related topics but this isn’t about the climate agenda as a whole. It’s about regenerative livestock farming and that is always the heart of my writing.
If I'm honest, I think it's blooming ridiculous to build a bally great conference centre, actually in the Amazon region, fly, yes FLY a bazillion people into it, and suck up to them monumentally for two weeks, no doubt with 5* catering and lots of backhanders in the name of climate. The Emperor is not wearing any clothes.
Thank you for sharing this insight into COP workings and your predictions. Usually, skeptical as I sound nowadays, I feel these conferences and meetings are partly an attempt to appear proactive, and partly structured to ensure the biggest voices get heard above any effort to try something different such as regenerative practices (even when industrial agriculture is proving detrimental and regenerative, localised agriculture is demonstrating advantages!). We will see how much if anything changes going forward!
I completely understand your skepticism. It often feels like these big conferences are more about appearances than real, meaningful change, and you’re right that the loudest, most established voices tend to dominate the conversation. It’s frustrating to see regenerative and localised practices, which are already showing real benefits, sidelined in favour of business as usual, especially when industrial agriculture’s downsides are so clear.
I share your hope that things might shift, but I agree it remains to be seen how much actually changes once the headlines fade.
In the meantime, I think it’s vital we keep pushing for alternative approaches and making space for those different voices, both inside and outside these global meetings. Thanks again for reading and for keeping the conversation going!