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"The world must abandon fossil fuels as a matter of urgency, rather than
entrusting the future climate to untried “techno-fixes” such as sucking carbon
out of the air, scientists and campaigners have urged, as governments wrangled
over last-minute changes to a landmark scientific report.
Talks on the final draft of the latest comprehensive assessment of climate
science, from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), stretched
hours past their deadline on Sunday.
Scientists and governments were locked in disagreement on questions such as how
much funding was likely to be needed for developing countries to tackle the
climate crisis, and what emphasis to give policies such as phasing out fossil
fuel subsidies.
Governments have been accused of trying to water down the scientists’ findings,
originally due to be published early on Monday but – after delays and
disagreements on Sunday – postponed by six hours to later the same day.
The Guardian understands that India has demanded key changes on issues
including finance, along with Saudi Arabia which wants to see affirmation of a
continued role for fossil fuels, while other countries including China and
Ecuador also held out on some points. Russia has played a more muted role than
some feared.
Kevin Anderson, professor of energy and climate the Tyndall Centre for climate
research at the University of Manchester, one of the UK’s leading climate
academics, called for the scientists to prevail."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
