Prof Phoebe Barnard<p>After a decade as a UN national focal point and negotiator (for the Biodiversity Convention), but also as coauthor of the World Scientists' Warning of a Climate Emergency etc., I have to agree with Jem Bendell's archly observed assessment.<br /><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/corporatecapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>corporatecapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/consumersickness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>consumersickness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/hyperconsumption" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hyperconsumption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fiddlingwhileromeburns" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fiddlingwhileromeburns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/COP27" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>COP27</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/COP15" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>COP15</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/tradefairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tradefairs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/climateemergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>climateemergency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/complacency" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>complacency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/greysuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>greysuits</span></a><br /><a href="https://jembendell.com/2022/11/08/the-lamborghini-loving-culture-kills-life-on-earth-but-the-conference-of-profits-cop-is-fine-with-that/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jembendell.com/2022/11/08/the-</span><span class="invisible">lamborghini-loving-culture-kills-life-on-earth-but-the-conference-of-profits-cop-is-fine-with-that/</span></a></p>