Ty Ferguson

1 month ago | countercurrents.org | Robert Hunziker |Binoy Kampmark |Jonathan D. Ostry |Ty Ferguson

“Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit” —BBC News. This jarring headline, published three days ago, encapsulates the absurdity of modern climate governance. To host the 2025 United Nations Climate Summit (COP30), the Brazilian government has razed approximately 500 hectares of the Amazon rainforest—a carbon sink critical to stabilizing the global climate—to construct roads, a conference complex, and luxury accommodations for delegates.

1 month ago | countercurrents.org | Robert Hunziker |Binoy Kampmark |Jonathan D. Ostry |Ty Ferguson

This year’s annual UN climate conference COP30 with 50,000 expected attendees held in Belém, Brazil is one-upping the past two COPs (UN Conference of the Parties) that were held by, and dictated by, Middle Eastern fossil fuel countries, eye-openers that many eco-minded people, still to this day, cannot stomach.

1 month ago | countercurrents.org | Justice Markandey Katju |Brett Wilkins |Ramzy Baroud |Ty Ferguson

Palestinian Territory – Israel’s decision to cut off all humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip until further notice is deeply concerning. This dangerous escalation exacerbates the ongoing humanitarian crisis and weaponises starvation as a tool of genocide.