It’s really long past time that the US stops giving money to the United Nations. All the people attending this took fossil fueled flights and then rides in fossil fueled limos
UN backs historic climate crisis ruling, despite US attempts to stop resolution
The UN has voted 141-8 to adopt a resolution backing a world court opinion that countries have a legal obligation to address climate change, with the US – which is the world’s biggest historical emitter – among the small group opposing it.
The UN secretary general, António Guterres, said Wednesday’s general assembly vote, in which 28 countries abstained, underscored that governments are responsible for protecting citizens from the “escalating climate crisis”.
“I welcome the adoption of the General Assembly resolution on the ICJ’s advisory opinion on climate change – a powerful affirmation of international law, climate justice, science + the responsibility of states to protect people from the escalating climate crisis,” Guterres said in a post on X.
Yeah, yeah, I remember when he took a long fossil fueled flight to Nepal, then a fossil fueled helicopter flight to near Mt Everest for a quick climate cult photo op
The resolution, brought by the Pacific island Vanuatu, affirms a July 2025 advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that states are obligated to reduce fossil fuel use and tackle global warming.
Vanuatu has 17 airports, and relies on fossil fueled ships to bring in goods.
The US joined Saudi Arabia, Russia, Israel, Iran, Yemen, Liberia and Belarus in opposing the resolution on Wednesday. Cop31 climate summit host Turkey, India, and oil producers Qatar and Nigeria were among those abstaining.
Australia, Germany, France and the UK were among the 141 voting in favour of the resolution.
The ones voting for the resolution use quite a bit of fossil fuels themselves, and many are fossil fuels producers. I remember when France and England talked Obama into attacking Libya to keep the oil flowing.
“The resolution includes inappropriate political demands relating to fossil fuels,” the US deputy ambassador to the UN, Tammy Bruce, said. Washington saw no basis for requiring the secretary-general to report on the legal issues raised, Bruce added.
Why do they always miss the opportunity to note that all these countries, and all their representatives at the UN, use lots of fossil fuels?
Before the vote, Odo Tevi, the Vanuatu ambassador to the UN, said: “We should be honest with one another about why this matters … It matters because the harm is real and it is already here, along our islands and coastlines, for communities facing drought and failed harvests.
How did Tevi get to NYC for the UN meeting?
