Rich world uses green policies to hold back the poor, says UN trade chief

Of course, the western capitalists have always used whatever tools they have at their disposal to exploit and oppress the global south. If they didn't, their class position and relative power would be eroded. A global south with independent and self-sufficient energy and food resources is a extreme threat to the international rules based order.

I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks this

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No shit? Rich countries want to rest on their laurels and put a token effort towards the climate problem.

If you want to see what kind of investment is needed to actually solve the climate problem, look at China.

No democracy is going to greenlight that level of spending.