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Dec 18, 2023Liked by Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean

At the UN Secretary General’s Food Systems Summit in 2021 food businesses took over the show and turned it into an opportunity for business contracts amongst themselves. Food prices had already been rising due to the pandemic and after the summit they soared. A coincidence, as one who sees a conspiracy behind every closed door I'm not so sure. Whatshisnuts, the guy with the golden gavel leading COP28 is a huge investor in renewable energy and also runs the state oil company, makes you pause to think. Especially with all the controversy over fossil fuel lobbyists. This makes me think Smith wasn't politicking about "those obsessed," with the large contingent of fossil fuel enthusiasts she was there to make deals. A smoke screen which I think COP28 has become. Will the oil industry create more jobs, perhaps a few but, they've learned to operate with skeleton crews and AI to maintain profits. This government is undeniably corporate friendly whether its oil, education or healthcare, we are going to be the losers.

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Food for thought, to be sure

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