Glasgow Conference Of Parties (CoP26) Should Have Included Climate Activists & Farmers!

I almost forgot: The Rappler story on the Conference of Parties #26 (CoP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, was a huge disappointment to me, not because of the reporters but because of what the CoP26 did and did not do!

The news written by Tony La Viña, Joy Reyes & Tonichi Regalado dated 02 Dec 2021, “Our Experience In The Glasgow Climate Conference[1],” of 1,315 words (including title, excluding authors), showed me, a climate change activist since 2007, that:

CoP26 was 2 times a disaster: (1) a chaos of procedure (CoPr) as well as (2) a curtailment of participation (CoPa) – CoPr because of the pandemic restrictions, which is understandable, and CoPa because of the non-inclusion of climate activists and farmers, which is unforgivable!

The Rappler reporters do declare categorically:

As always, the real work lies outside of COP. It lies in government policies created after the fortnight of negotiations, and the projects and plans implemented post-COP.

Does Rappler mean we citizens are not encouraged to play our active role/s in fighting climate change?

Digitally, I myself have been sifting information about climate change in the last 14 years, having written as early as March 2007 on the intellectual & scientific works of Al Gore and the Inter-Governmental Panel for Climate Change (IGPCC), my blogging happening 7 months beforethey were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on October 2007 (see my essay, “Primate Change Or Climate Change? You Choose! – The Blogal Village Voice[2],” 03 March 2007, The American Frank, WordPress.com).

I forgive the pandemic chaos but not the inferior thinking that went behind and dictated the entire CoP26 – farmers as well as climate activists should have been included as active participants – the People’s Panel!

The Gas Guzzlersand Energy Eaters will always show that they do listen in any climate conference, but will keep on producing alibis to postpone what they should be doing, while the People’s Panel would be pushing intellectually with all their might.

For instance, I have firsthand knowledge that farmers are guilty not only of applying chemical fertilizers and pesticides on their crops and livestock, but also of constantly interfering with the natural processes of growth and regrowth.

In the Philippines alone, there are millions of hectares of farms – their unnatural farming contributes much to global warming. Chemical farming is pro-Climate Change!

Such realities should have been discussed in CoP26 – and subsequent Conference of Parties.

Now then, this climate activist says government policies regarding climate change should provide policies that cover programs that are clearly addressed against climate change.

And that is why as an agriculturist and a warrior writer for village development, I am intent on promoting regenerative agriculture (RegINA), whose practices from beginning to end work alongwith Mother Nature, not against her. RegINA restores what millions of farmers destroy by their careless & chemical agriculture, and thereby RegINA produces healthy environments as well as healthy foods for everyone.

I see RegINA as the David that will slay the Goliath called Climate Change!@517


[1]https://www.rappler.com/voices/thought-leaders/opinion-experience-cop26-climate-conference-glasgow-scotland/

[2]https://theamericanfrank.wordpress.com/

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