The INSANE numbers of a global climate conference!

What a super Christmas gift! Our global leaders all gathered in one of the biggest oil producing nations on the planet to discuss with more than two thousand oil industry lobbyists exactly how they should legislate to protect our children and grandchildren from the worst effects of global warming in the coming decades. What could possibly go wrong?

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Many thanks to the incredible musicians who create royalty-free soundtracks for YouTube videos. The tunes on the Fairy-Tale story book soundtrack in this video are:

Magic Christmas, by Grand Project
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Winter Fairy Tale, by Toni Sound
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Joyful Bells, by Music for Videos
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NEVER FORGET : EXXON KNEW..!
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22092015/exxon-confirmed-global-warming-consensus-in-1982-with-in-house-climate-models/

Research Links

COP28 Global Stocktake FINAL DRAFT
https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/cma2023_L17_adv.pdf

Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance
https://beyondoilandgasalliance.org/

Fossil Fuel Non-proliferation treaty
https://fossilfueltreaty.org/

This Wikipedia page contains clickable links to more than 100 climate activism groups around the world, in regional, then alphabetical, order -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_environmental_organizations

Nairobi Declaration
https://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/september-2023/africa-climate-summit-nairobi-declaration-makes-strong-push-accelerated

COP28 Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems and Climate Action
https://unfccc.int/event/implementing-the-emirates-declaration-on-resilient-food-systems-sustainable-agriculture-and-climate

COP28 Declaration on Climate and Health
https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/climate-change/cop28/cop28-uae-climate-and-health-declaration.pdf?sfvrsn=2c6eed5a_2&download=true

Fossil Fuel Lobbyists at COP28
https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/cop28-record-number-fossil-fuel-lobbyists-critical-climate-talks-warped#:~:text=The%20number%20of%20lobbyists%20working,Corporate%20Accountability%20and%20Corporate%20Europe

Guardian article about Loss and Damage Fund
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/06/700m-pledged-to-loss-and-damage-fund-cop28-covers-less-than-02-percent-needed

UNEP Adaptation Gap Report 2023
https://www.unep.org/resources/adaptation-gap-report-2023

Centre for Climate Reporting
https://climate-reporting.org/cop28-president-oil-climate/

https://climate-reporting.org/undercover-saudi-arabia-keep-burning-oil/

Channel 4 News Special Report
https://www.channel4.com/news/undercover-filming-highlights-saudi-plan-to-artificially-raise-oil-demand

C4 News report on YouTube -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzSq9jhhrq4&t=27s

Carbon Capture : The oil lobby's Trojan horse at COP28
https://www.globalwitness.org/en/blog/carbon-capture-oil-lobby-cop28/

https://ieefa.org/resources/fact-sheet-carbon-capture-and-storage

OPEC's leaked letter to petrostates
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/08/opec-rails-against-fossil-fuel-phase-out-at-cop28-in-leaked-letters

UUSC
https://www.uusc.org/about-uusc/

Many thanks to the folks at Creation Effects for creating the After Effects animation template that I used to produce the fairy tale book animation. Visit their site here -
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