Paris Accord
Paris Accord or Paris Agreement - it's all the same. What happens when global climate ambitions collide with failing governance on the ground? The Paris Agreement, often framed as a collective solution to an existential threat, depends entirely on local compliance, participation, and implementation. But what if the local systems meant to carry it out are hollowed out—culturally fragmented, politically performative, or co-opted by soft power stakeholders?
In Newfoundland, the Paris targets were adopted quietly, embedded in provincial planning and economic strategies without meaningful debate or consent. Projects like the Port au Port World Energy GH2 wind development were sold as inevitable outcomes of international commitments—while the community was expected to fall in line, provide the land, and stay silent.
This section unpacks the hidden mechanisms behind global climate agreements and how they play out in vulnerable regions. It tracks the collapse of trust, the bypassing of democracy, and the way federal and provincial actors frame “green” development as rescue—while exporting the cost of compliance to those least able to bear it.
Posted by Holly Revollàn-Huelin on August 9, 2025 — 6 min read
A deep look at how the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) turns the Paris Agreement’s finance clause, Article 2.1(c), into a powerful tool for shaping national policy through private capital. By embedding “Paris alignment” into banking, investment, and insurance standards, GFANZ can drive energy transitions without direct legislation — raising questions about sovereignty, market coercion, and who really decides the pace of change. Read More...
Posted by Holly Revollàn-Huelin on August 7, 2025 — 7 min read
This isn’t about turbines — it’s about the deals behind them. Behind the Green Curtain lays out how Newfoundland’s wind and hydrogen push was never a local idea, but a package sold through global MOUs, federal net-zero targets, and climate branding that makes land grabs look like progress. From the 2022 hydrogen handshake with Germany to stacked agreements no one voted on, the groundwork was laid before the public ever saw a press release. This is the local paradox in motion — global ambitions delivered on our soil, with our resources, while our say in the matter is treated as optional. Read More...
Posted by Holly Revollàn-Huelin on July 29, 2025 — 5 min read
This exposé reveals how international geopolitics—specifically Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement—played a direct role in the collapse of Newfoundland’s wind projects. Yet despite the scale of this influence, key voices within local activist groups actively suppressed the topic. Framed as “too political” or “divisive,” discussions about U.S. climate policy and global decarbonization financing were systematically silenced by moderators like Paul Pike. The article uncovers how tone policing, selective censorship, and the illusion of neutrality created a sanitized narrative—one that hid the project’s vulnerability to global market shifts. By stifling essential context, this strategy not only misinformed the public but shielded federal and corporate interests from scrutiny. The piece ties into broader themes from the Peer Pressure section, emphasizing how global agendas rely on local compliance—and how silence, enforced socially, becomes a tool of strategic misdirection. Read More...
