Apple CEO Tim Cook to Speak at United Nations Climate Ambition Summit on Saturday

[MacRumors]

Apple CEO Tim Cook is set to speak at the United Nations Climate Ambition Summit on Saturday, December 12, reports Reuters.

Co-hosted by the United Nations, the UK, and France, the summit is being held on the fifth anniversary of the international Paris climate agreement and ahead of U.N. talks next year in Glasgow, Scotland. From the Climate Summit website:

Leaders across government, business and civil society will gather for this online summit as the world deals with coronavirus. But the science is as urgent as ever and tells us that we need to limit the rise in global temperature to 1.5C degrees. We know climate change will not wait. Action must be taken now, together, for our planet, so we can build back better.

The Summit will provide a meaningful platform for civil society, young people and Indigenous Peoples representatives, many of whom disproportionately experience the impacts of climate change. Climate change must also be tackled by entire systems and we therefore also want to provide a platform for businesses, cities and other non-state actors who are rallying together and collaborating to support governments and accelerate the systemic change required to reduce emissions and build resilience.

Cook will likely speak about Apple's environmental efforts. The Cupertino company recently pledged to make all of its products carbon neutral by 2030.

Apple's stores, offices, and data centers worldwide are already powered by 100% renewable electricity, and its operations, from commute to business travel, are carbon neutral. The company is aiming to transition its supply chain to 100 percent renewable energy as well to reach its carbon neutral goal by 2030.

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Article Link: Apple CEO Tim Cook to Speak at United Nations Climate Ambition Summit on Saturday

 

[GadgetBen]

I bet he's glad he will be able to work with Biden on this from January.

 

[swingerofbirch]

"build back better"

That's pretty on the nose!

The Paris Accord was almost literally the least all nations could do. There was nothing binding about it. So the fact that we pulled out, well that was actually was the least we could do.

 

[Cosmosent]

Great, but would rather he publish an Op Ed titled "I will stand up to the Bully !" ... & sign his name to it ! ... there is NO leadership from Cook OR the CEOs of the other BIG tech companies here in the States !

And I'm sure most of you know who I am referring to !

The climate stuff can wait, here in the States we have much more pressing issues !!

 

[ilikewhey]

are disposable airpods carbon neutral?

 

[ghanwani]

i hope he doesn't forget to mention the removal of the power brick with iphones. that took a lot thinking to get it done right.

 

[redbeard331]

Can I just say that I disagree with putting stuff like this in the political forum? What’s next, all posts related to Apples M1 chip will be put there because 3 conspiracy theorists don’t agree that electricity flows through transistors and blah blah blah.

By labeling things like this as controversial and putting them into a political forum it’s giving credence to extremist views and false info.

*I have no idea how transistors work it was just an example so don’t come at me over it.

 

[maerz001]

Maybe he will explain how solar panels work for the glue guns and soldering irons 😬

 

[Spock]

Great, but would rather he publish an Op Ed titled "I will stand up to the Bully !" ... & sign his name to it ! ... there is NO leadership from Cook OR the CEOs of the other BIG tech companies here in the States !

And I'm sure most of you know who I am referring to !

The climate stuff can wait, here in the States we have much more pressing issues !!

Yeah, because that’s what the big corporations want to do, have a big target painted on their backs for the United States government.

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

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The climate stuff can wait, here in the States we have much more pressing issues !!

But it really can’t. Climate is way more important than anyone wants to admit.

 

[Rojaaemon]

“But the science is as urgent as ever and tells us that we need to limit the rise in global temperature to 1.5C degrees.”

That sounds easy! What’s the global temperature now? What was it five years ago when the Paris agreement was signed?

 

[justperry]

But it really can’t. Climate is way more important than anyone wants to admit.

Covid kills a few million, when the climate runs beserk it kills most of us, so yeah, it's much more important than most think.

 

[Jimmy James]

We’re running on 100% renewable energy. Our products are made from recycled materials, and are recyclable. They’re beautiful. And disposable. We know you’ll love them.

 

[5232152]

Will probably say how important the world is and how Apple cares about the planet and then pay a lobbyist to try exempt them to do anything about it.

 

[laudern]

1. 1967: Dire Famine Forecast By 1975
2. 1969: Everyone Will Disappear In a Cloud Of Blue Steam By 1989 (1969)
3. 1970: Ice Age By 2000
4. 1970: America Subject to Water Rationing By 1974 and Food Rationing By 1980
5. 1971: New Ice Age Coming By 2020 or 2030
6. 1972: New Ice Age By 2070
7. 1974: Space Satellites Show New Ice Age Coming Fast
8. 1974: Another Ice Age?
9. 1974: Ozone Depletion a ‘Great Peril to Life (data and graph)
10. 1976: Scientific Consensus Planet Cooling, Famines imminent
11. 1980: Acid Rain Kills Life In Lakes (additional link)
12. 1978: No End in Sight to 30-Year Cooling Trend (additional link)
13. 1988: Regional Droughts (that never happened) in 1990s
14. 1988: Temperatures in DC Will Hit Record Highs
15. 1988: Maldive Islands will Be Underwater by 2018 (they’re not)
16. 1989: Rising Sea Levels will Obliterate Nations if Nothing Done by 2000
17. 1989: New York City’s West Side Highway Underwater by 2019 (it’s not)
18. 2000: Children Won’t Know what Snow Is
19. 2002: Famine In 10 Years If We Don’t Give Up Eating Fish, Meat, and Dairy
20. 2004: Britain will Be Siberia by 2024
21. 2008: Arctic will Be Ice Free by 2018
22. 2008: Climate Genius Al Gore Predicts Ice-Free Arctic by 2013
23. 2009: Climate Genius Prince Charles Says we Have 96 Months to Save World
24. 2009: UK Prime Minister Says 50 Days to ‘Save The Planet From Catastrophe’
25. 2009: Climate Genius Al Gore Moves 2013 Prediction of Ice-Free Arctic to 2014
26. 2013: Arctic Ice-Free by 2015 (additional link)
27. 2014: Only 500 Days Before ‘Climate Chaos’
28. 1968: Overpopulation Will Spread Worldwide
29. 1970: World Will Use Up All its Natural Resources
30. 1966: Oil Gone in Ten Years
31. 1972: Oil Depleted in 20 Years
32. 1977: Department of Energy Says Oil will Peak in 1990s
33. 1980: Peak Oil In 2000
34. 1996: Peak Oil in 2020
35. 2002: Peak Oil in 2010
36. 2006: Super Hurricanes!
37. 2005 : Manhattan Underwater by 2015
38. 1970: Urban Citizens Will Require Gas Masks by 1985
39. 1970: Nitrogen buildup Will Make All Land Unusable
40. 1970: Decaying Pollution Will Kill all the Fish
41. 1970s: Killer Bees!
42. 1975: The Cooling World and a Drastic Decline in Food Production
43. 1969: Worldwide Plague, Overwhelming Pollution, Ecological Catastrophe, Virtual Collapse of UK by End of 20th Century
44. 1972: Pending Depletion and Shortages of Gold, Tin, Oil, Natural Gas, Copper, Aluminum
45. 1970: Oceans Dead in a Decade, US Water Rationing by 1974, Food Rationing by 1980
46. 1988: World’s Leading Climate Expert Predicts Lower Manhattan Underwater by 2018
47. 2005: Fifty Million Climate Refugees by the Year 2020
48. 2000: Snowfalls Are Now a Thing of the Past
49.1989: UN Warns That Entire Nations Wiped Off the Face of the Earth by 2000 From Global Warming
50. 2011: Washington Post Predicted Cherry Blossoms Blooming in Winter

What's old is new again. Now we have to wait until 2030 until irreparable damage has been done.....but we'll all forget about that prediction by the time we get there....

 

[Rocko99991]

Is he going to talk about Apple lobbying against Uighur slave labor bill?

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[827538]

Covid kills a few million, when the climate runs beserk it kills most of us, so yeah, it's much more important than most think.

Maybe dial the hyperbole down? Climate change isn't a nuclear holocaust and this sort of over the top rhetoric doesn't help things.

 

[-DMN-]

1. 1967: Dire Famine Forecast By 1975
2. 1969: Everyone Will Disappear In a Cloud Of Blue Steam By 1989 (1969)
3. 1970: Ice Age By 2000
4. 1970: America Subject to Water Rationing By 1974 and Food Rationing By 1980
5. 1971: New Ice Age Coming By 2020 or 2030
6. 1972: New Ice Age By 2070
7. 1974: Space Satellites Show New Ice Age Coming Fast
8. 1974: Another Ice Age?
9. 1974: Ozone Depletion a ‘Great Peril to Life (data and graph)
10. 1976: Scientific Consensus Planet Cooling, Famines imminent
11. 1980: Acid Rain Kills Life In Lakes (additional link)
12. 1978: No End in Sight to 30-Year Cooling Trend (additional link)
13. 1988: Regional Droughts (that never happened) in 1990s
14. 1988: Temperatures in DC Will Hit Record Highs
15. 1988: Maldive Islands will Be Underwater by 2018 (they’re not)
16. 1989: Rising Sea Levels will Obliterate Nations if Nothing Done by 2000
17. 1989: New York City’s West Side Highway Underwater by 2019 (it’s not)
18. 2000: Children Won’t Know what Snow Is
19. 2002: Famine In 10 Years If We Don’t Give Up Eating Fish, Meat, and Dairy
20. 2004: Britain will Be Siberia by 2024
21. 2008: Arctic will Be Ice Free by 2018
22. 2008: Climate Genius Al Gore Predicts Ice-Free Arctic by 2013
23. 2009: Climate Genius Prince Charles Says we Have 96 Months to Save World
24. 2009: UK Prime Minister Says 50 Days to ‘Save The Planet From Catastrophe’
25. 2009: Climate Genius Al Gore Moves 2013 Prediction of Ice-Free Arctic to 2014
26. 2013: Arctic Ice-Free by 2015 (additional link)
27. 2014: Only 500 Days Before ‘Climate Chaos’
28. 1968: Overpopulation Will Spread Worldwide
29. 1970: World Will Use Up All its Natural Resources
30. 1966: Oil Gone in Ten Years
31. 1972: Oil Depleted in 20 Years
32. 1977: Department of Energy Says Oil will Peak in 1990s
33. 1980: Peak Oil In 2000
34. 1996: Peak Oil in 2020
35. 2002: Peak Oil in 2010
36. 2006: Super Hurricanes!
37. 2005 : Manhattan Underwater by 2015
38. 1970: Urban Citizens Will Require Gas Masks by 1985
39. 1970: Nitrogen buildup Will Make All Land Unusable
40. 1970: Decaying Pollution Will Kill all the Fish
41. 1970s: Killer Bees!
42. 1975: The Cooling World and a Drastic Decline in Food Production
43. 1969: Worldwide Plague, Overwhelming Pollution, Ecological Catastrophe, Virtual Collapse of UK by End of 20th Century
44. 1972: Pending Depletion and Shortages of Gold, Tin, Oil, Natural Gas, Copper, Aluminum
45. 1970: Oceans Dead in a Decade, US Water Rationing by 1974, Food Rationing by 1980
46. 1988: World’s Leading Climate Expert Predicts Lower Manhattan Underwater by 2018
47. 2005: Fifty Million Climate Refugees by the Year 2020
48. 2000: Snowfalls Are Now a Thing of the Past
49.1989: UN Warns That Entire Nations Wiped Off the Face of the Earth by 2000 From Global Warming
50. 2011: Washington Post Predicted Cherry Blossoms Blooming in Winter

What's old is new again. Now we have to wait until 2030 until irreparable damage has been done.....but we'll all forget about that prediction by the time we get there....

Thank you for making this common sense comment!! Every few years the sky is falling!

 

[laudern]

Thank you for making this common sense comment!! Every few years the sky is falling!

Truth be told, when I was alerted that someone had replied to my comment, I got all excited waiting to see the mental gymnastics that they would have to accomplish to disregard the past failings of the alarmist community, only to see that you are in agreement with me.

I guess my wait continues.....

 

[Digital Dude]

Yeah, I'm sure China and India will get right on this thing'.

 

[5232152]

Yeah, I'm sure China and India will get right on this thing'.

China is having the lead right now. The US is falling behind.

And why wouldn't they be?
1. They don't wanna be forced into buying a resource that becomes more expensive over time
2. Don't buy what you produce yourself
3. If you are the last to adapt you don't get to decide which way the technology is going

America will have to play catch very soon if we don't start thinking and acting on these things.

 

[sideshowuniqueuser]

1. 1967: Dire Famine Forecast By 1975
2. 1969: Everyone Will Disappear In a Cloud Of Blue Steam By 1989 (1969)
3. 1970: Ice Age By 2000
4. 1970: America Subject to Water Rationing By 1974 and Food Rationing By 1980
5. 1971: New Ice Age Coming By 2020 or 2030
6. 1972: New Ice Age By 2070
7. 1974: Space Satellites Show New Ice Age Coming Fast
8. 1974: Another Ice Age?
9. 1974: Ozone Depletion a ‘Great Peril to Life (data and graph)
10. 1976: Scientific Consensus Planet Cooling, Famines imminent
11. 1980: Acid Rain Kills Life In Lakes (additional link)
12. 1978: No End in Sight to 30-Year Cooling Trend (additional link)
13. 1988: Regional Droughts (that never happened) in 1990s
14. 1988: Temperatures in DC Will Hit Record Highs
15. 1988: Maldive Islands will Be Underwater by 2018 (they’re not)
16. 1989: Rising Sea Levels will Obliterate Nations if Nothing Done by 2000
17. 1989: New York City’s West Side Highway Underwater by 2019 (it’s not)
18. 2000: Children Won’t Know what Snow Is
19. 2002: Famine In 10 Years If We Don’t Give Up Eating Fish, Meat, and Dairy
20. 2004: Britain will Be Siberia by 2024
21. 2008: Arctic will Be Ice Free by 2018
22. 2008: Climate Genius Al Gore Predicts Ice-Free Arctic by 2013
23. 2009: Climate Genius Prince Charles Says we Have 96 Months to Save World
24. 2009: UK Prime Minister Says 50 Days to ‘Save The Planet From Catastrophe’
25. 2009: Climate Genius Al Gore Moves 2013 Prediction of Ice-Free Arctic to 2014
26. 2013: Arctic Ice-Free by 2015 (additional link)
27. 2014: Only 500 Days Before ‘Climate Chaos’
28. 1968: Overpopulation Will Spread Worldwide
29. 1970: World Will Use Up All its Natural Resources
30. 1966: Oil Gone in Ten Years
31. 1972: Oil Depleted in 20 Years
32. 1977: Department of Energy Says Oil will Peak in 1990s
33. 1980: Peak Oil In 2000
34. 1996: Peak Oil in 2020
35. 2002: Peak Oil in 2010
36. 2006: Super Hurricanes!
37. 2005 : Manhattan Underwater by 2015
38. 1970: Urban Citizens Will Require Gas Masks by 1985
39. 1970: Nitrogen buildup Will Make All Land Unusable
40. 1970: Decaying Pollution Will Kill all the Fish
41. 1970s: Killer Bees!
42. 1975: The Cooling World and a Drastic Decline in Food Production
43. 1969: Worldwide Plague, Overwhelming Pollution, Ecological Catastrophe, Virtual Collapse of UK by End of 20th Century
44. 1972: Pending Depletion and Shortages of Gold, Tin, Oil, Natural Gas, Copper, Aluminum
45. 1970: Oceans Dead in a Decade, US Water Rationing by 1974, Food Rationing by 1980
46. 1988: World’s Leading Climate Expert Predicts Lower Manhattan Underwater by 2018
47. 2005: Fifty Million Climate Refugees by the Year 2020
48. 2000: Snowfalls Are Now a Thing of the Past
49.1989: UN Warns That Entire Nations Wiped Off the Face of the Earth by 2000 From Global Warming
50. 2011: Washington Post Predicted Cherry Blossoms Blooming in Winter

What's old is new again. Now we have to wait until 2030 until irreparable damage has been done.....but we'll all forget about that prediction by the time we get there....

Just because an endless stream of idiots wrote some clickbait, doesn't mean that climate change (which the vast majority of scientists agree with) is false.

 

[laudern]

Just because an endless stream of idiots wrote some clickbait, doesn't mean that climate change (which the vast majority of scientists agree with) is false.

Lol the endless stream of idiots creating this click bait you refer to are the heros of climate change of yesteryear.

I'm surprised you didn't go with the standard comment of "oh but the science of 2xxx/19xx isn't as accurate as what we have in 2020, so now we are 100% accurate."

Then in 10 years time, when whatever bulls**t you are spewing out now doesn't pan out once again, you can rinse and repeat the same deflection.

 

[sideshowuniqueuser]

Good science is good science, and bad science is bad science, it doesn't matter when it came out. There are ways of sifting out the ******** from the good stuff, but it does take not being religious about your opinion that all science is ********.

Anyway, this discussion is pointless, as we have differing viewpoints that won't be changed by this discussion, so I'm out.

 

[laudern]

Good science is good science, and bad science is bad science, it doesn't matter when it came out. There are ways of sifting out the ******** from the good stuff, but it does take not being religious about your opinion that all science is ********.

Anyway, this discussion is pointless, as we have differing viewpoints that won't be changed by this discussion, so I'm out.

Honestly, your point of view doesn't interest me. What does interest me is how you can have that point of view in spite of all the evidence that every "certain death apocalypse" that has come before the current "certain death apocalypse" has always been a lie?