{"id":891856,"date":"2026-03-04T19:18:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefrontiermanipur.com\/?p=24991"},"modified":"2026-03-04T19:18:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:18:06","slug":"checkmate-on-the-fossil-fuel-dialogues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/2026\/03\/04\/checkmate-on-the-fossil-fuel-dialogues\/","title":{"rendered":"Checkmate On The Fossil Fuel Dialogues"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Donald Trump\u2019s aggression in the Middle East reflects the West\u2019s intended move to dominate the world economy which in other words can be equated to Nazi Germany\u2019s campaign to subjugate the world militarily and politically with dominance over agricultural, mineral and oil rich countries<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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By Salam Rajesh<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Unites States\u2019 interference in the Middle East is largely seen by observers as a premeditated campaign to consolidate its hold on the oil rich nations which the western states require to sustain and bolster their global geopolitical dominance \u2013 politically and economically.<\/p>\n

Donald Trump\u2019s aggression in the Middle East reflects the West\u2019s intended move to dominate the world economy which in other words can be equated to Nazi Germany\u2019s campaign to subjugate the world militarily and politically with dominance over agricultural, mineral and oil rich countries.<\/p>\n

The United Nations has since been in the thick of heated debates over ending fossil fuel resourcing, exploitation and production as a means to address critical concerns on global warming and climate extremes that otherwise are threatening humanity and the planet with dire consequences if actions are not taken up immediately.<\/p>\n

The call to reduce and halt fossil fuel use extensively has been the centre-piece of extended dialogues in several of the climate conferences around the world \u2013 Belem, Abu Dhabi, Baku, Kunming, Montreal, Paris, Tokyo, and many more.<\/p>\n

Yet, the dialogues have remained stuck in most instances, with world leaders like Donald Trump kicking aside these dialogues as a \u2018waste of time\u2019. The United States had recently moved away from these dialogues by distancing itself from the UN functionaries, with even Trump saying that climate change is a \u2018lie\u2019.<\/p>\n

In recent climate conferences there were heated debates between fossil fuel lobbyists and those suggesting reducing and limiting fossil fuel use globally.<\/p>\n

The COP30 at Belem in Brazil, held in November last year, came up with a statement on transitioning away from fossil fuels, supported by over 80 countries including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Luxembourg, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Micronesia, Nepal, Netherlands, Panama, Spain, Slovenia, Vanuatu and Tuvalu.<\/p>\n

The declaration is grounded in the scientific truth that fossil fuels are the primary driver of the climate crisis, and subsequently the Government of Colombia, in alliance with the Government of the Netherlands, announced the first international conference on just transition away from fossil fuels.<\/p>\n

The conference proposed to be held at Santa Marta, Colombia, on 28 April later this year is projected as a broad intergovernmental, multi-sectoral platform, complementary to the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change), and designed to identify legal, economic, and social pathways for phasing out fossil fuels.<\/p>\n

The proposed climate conference seeks in the deliberation on financial and trade mechanisms, macroeconomic challenges, fossil fuel subsidy phase out, renewable energy acceleration, economic diversification, and labor reconversion.<\/p>\n

The Belem climate conference had some immediate results, such as, following the leaders\u2019 summit at Belem, Netherlands\u2019 Prime Minister went to Aruba to announce the closure of the oil refinery with a Dutch green subsidy fund. As of 2030, the Netherlands will prohibit electricity production with coal.<\/p>\n

The atoll nation of Tuvalu, which is currently facing total submergence due to rising sea level as an after-effect of global warming, raised the urgency of climate action while noting that achieving the climate goals required international cooperation.<\/p>\n

Tuvalu was one of the first countries to call for the development of a fossil fuel treaty, offering the clearest pathway for \u2018a negotiated, fair and forcible transition away from coal, oil and gas\u2019. The International Court of Justice, too, confirmed that acting in line with climate science is a legal obligation.<\/p>\n

The proposed treaty process complements the Paris Climate agreement by addressing fossil fuel phase out directly.<\/p>\n

Urging global community to support the proposed treaty, one of Tuvalu ministers called out that, \u201cWe are already drowning, but we will not give up and we will never give up. We are headed towards a point of no return and we need to do something (fast)\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Belem conference did emphasize that phasing out fossil fuels requires substantial growth in renewable energy, which is in other words is the energy transition that is necessary to address climate goals and to achieve stable economies, and overall security.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, even as these heated dialogues are doing the rounds in contrasting political scenario, climate watch groups are coming up with findings that are warnings of dire consequences if actions on climate mitigation and adaptation processes are not initiated post-haste.<\/p>\n

The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) noted that \u2018a large region\u00a0of the subtropical and the northeast North Atlantic, including\u00a0the Norwegian Sea,\u00a0had the warmest sea surface temperatures (SSTs)\u00a0on\u00a0record\u00a0for the time of year\u2019.<\/p>\n

The SSTs were higher than the average in large parts of the North Pacific Ocean as well and were near normal in central and eastern Pacific Ocean, because of the prevailing weak La Nina conditions, C3S said.<\/p>\n

In the Southern Hemisphere, where it is summer season now, temperatures in southern South America, Northern Africa, most of Australia and Antarctica were much higher than the normal. This lead to extensive and intense heat waves in many regions and even triggered devastating wildfires, the climate watch group said.<\/p>\n

The excessive heat that generated wildfires in southeastern Australia in the second week of January earlier this year were made five times more likely and 1.6 degrees Celsius hotter due to global warming and consequent climate change, according to an analysis by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) consortium.<\/p>\n

The cold snaps on land did not have much of an impact on sea surface temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere, especially close to Europe and North America. The average sea surface temperatures between the latitudes 60\u00b0S\u201360\u00b0N was 20.68\u00b0C was the fourth highest average SST on record.<\/p>\n

All said and done, the unprecedented winter storm that lashed parts of the United States, including New York, earlier this year is a fair warning that climate extremes are becoming more extreme by the year.<\/p>\n

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Donald Trump\u2019s aggression in the Middle East reflects the West\u2019s intended move to dominate the world economy which in other words can be equated to Nazi Germany\u2019s campaign to subjugate the world militarily and politically with dominance over agricultural, mineral and oil rich countries By Salam Rajesh The Unites States\u2019 interference in the Middle East [\u2026]<\/p>\n

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