After the appalling Islamic terrorist attacks in Paris, it’s rather ironic that COP22 next year is going to be in Morocco. And a very quick google reveals the following ongoing terrorist incidents:
- 2003 Casablanca bombings
- 2007 Casablanca bombings
- 2011 Marrakesh bombing
- Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group
Whilst the EU open borders policy is a disaster, there’s effectively no border from Morocco to Islamic terrorism. This article will be of particular interest:
After Paris ISIS Attacks, Morocco Terrorism Under Scrutiny: Islamic State Is North African Country’s Latest Terror Threat
After the alleged mastermind behind Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris was identified as being of Moroccan descent, police in the North African nation on Monday arrested four alleged members of the so-called Islamic State militant group, also known as ISIS, Reuters reported.
Strangely I’ve just gone off the idea of attending – even if I could afford it!
No doubt many civil servants who will be already engaged in the job of organising their delegation are thinking the same as me. We might see:
- A sudden increase in the number of climate diplomats deciding to take early retirement or finding it time for “further career development in another role”.
- A number of excuses being developed as to why there is no need for the same top civil servants to go to Morocco
- A sudden interest in “cutting air miles” by academics, commercial interests and other free-loaders.
Maybe Paris was too cold for them this time? Ah, sunshine, basking on the beach between sessions and partying at night. Oh it must be good to be part of that bureaucracy. Such perks. 2 vacations a year. Yours and this one in Morroco, next. I wonder how much carbon all of these “conferences” generate – totalled?