#COP21 – anything but science

I’ve been looking at the tweets on #cop21 and put simply, they are discussing anything but the actual facts about climate. Indeed many have nothing to do with climate and are the usual “saving the whales, saving the rainforest, saving our grants, saving our right to protest about saving the whales …”
As far as tweeter goes, it is largely a festival of the ill-informed “hangers-on” who use climate to push entirely unrelated issues.
Here’s a typical selection:

Do we really need to take action now? Nah, #flexibledeadlines will do. That’s what world leaders think at #COP21 ^KG
Ce matin, focus sur la résilience secteur #eau en direct de la #COP21 #ClimateIsWater
Looking forward to speaking this morning on crossover between private and public commitments- side event on INDCs #COP21
Tuesday “Ray of the Day” at #COP21
Will the PM be mentioning KP billion tree tsunami and plantation of 130 million trees last year at #COP21? Pakistan’s massive contribution
Corruption = Climate change = Death #ClimateMarchKE 3 Dec 2015 @hakijamiitrust @UKatiba #StopCorruptioninKenya @nanodo2001 @KimanziN #COP21
Tomorrow at #COP21 – We share our work helping develop a process for countries to communicate climate change impacts

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