Global Stockta[n]ke

COP28

...people and communities who will be most affected by this transition . . . As most of government ministers and world leaders have wrapped up their events, a sense of urgency is building...

Whatever is adopted has to be agreed on by consensus so it has to be near unanimous.

What makes this COP unique as compared to the previous COPs? First and foremost, it’s the Global Stocktake

One World Religion

...all the world's religions have sent representatives to be part of what's called the "faith pavilion", the first-ever interreligious pavilion at a UN climate change conference.

The first-ever Faith Pavilion at a United Nations climate change conference was inaugurated on December 3 in Dubai. High-profile figures such as Pope Francis and the grand imam of Al Azhar, Egypt, addressed the world via video messages, simultaneously urging peace and preserving a livable climate.

...the first time that a religious pavilion has been set up within a UN climate change conference.

Global Technology Summit

I think you all probably thought that DPI was digital public infrastructure, but now it’s digital public intelligence, so we have re-christened it today, so welcome to the christening

Speaker list includes NASA Administrator Bill Nelson

MOSIP is a Gates Foundation-funded platform that “helps governments and other user organizations implement a digital, foundational identity system.” . . . collaboration between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the United Nations Development Program, the Digital Public Goods Alliance, the Center for Digital Public Infrastructure, and Co-Develop; with support from GovStack, the Inter-American Development Bank, and UNICEF

The trust that countries have placed in MOSIP has been pivotal to its success. It is a source of great pride that country governments have chosen to trust...

A computer program that could provide digital identification for the entire world population is expected to be used by 1 billion people within 18 months

...our biggest excitement is our work on our government’s super app. It’s modeled after the very successful Ukrainian Diia app...

Here in the U.S., there's a different everything-app connected to the global identity system...

What are the tools of the New World? Everybody should have a digital ID; everybody should have a bank account; everybody should have a smartphone. Then, anything can be done. Everything else is built on that.

Ros/Magog vis-a-vis Sheba & Dedan

Putin has begun a trip to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates . . . now hosting the United Nations’ Cop28 climate talks. It marked his first trip to the region since before the coronavirus pandemic...

"The UAE is Russia's main trading partner in the Arab world." "Nothing can prevent the development of our friendly relations," Putin added. Putin’s visit to the Middle East is rare.

As the COP28 climate talks in Dubai reached their scheduled halfway point on Wednesday, the Russian leader landed discreetly just 150 kilometers away . . . First up, Putin’s Emirati counterpart, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Then, it was over to Riyad to see Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman.

Ros/Magog vis-a-vis Persia

Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi is heading to Moscow on Thursday to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. The meeting comes in the wake of Putin’s trip to the UAE and Saudi Arabia this week

"It is very important for us to exchange views on the situation in the region, especially with regard to the situation in Palestine," Putin said.

The Moscow-Tehran alliance grew stronger Thursday

A little [horn?] wheelin' & dealin'

...such an abrupt cancellation of the address, which was presumably agreed upon beforehand, is seen as surprising, worrying, and unclear...

...met virtually with leaders from the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations

G7 . . . show of solidarity

Crimean televisions were hacked . . . mocking Russian President...

...undercover assets deep inside Russia...

...Hosts Chabad Rabbis...

...attend inauguration of . . . Milei

Most important Hanukkah of our lifetime

 

Update: The march took place as planned

This is not just another march, not just another protest! Kick out the [Jordanian Islamic] Waqf and restore full Jewish control over the Temple Mount!

Temple Mount activists plan to conduct a march through the Old City of Jerusalem on Thursday, with organizers saying the march aims to call for the removal of the Waqf from the Temple Mount . . .  rejected claims that the march would cause tensions to flare . . . They don't need an excuse to massacre us. They want to massacre us every day.

For most of us, this is the most important Hanukkah of our lifetime

...being billed as the Maccabee March, a nod to a revolt by a small Jewish sect in ancient Judea that culminated in the rededication of the Temple . . . Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referred to the Maccabbees in a speech Tuesday night...

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