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"If there was any doubt about the difficulties of playing the fossil fuel
industry on its home ground they have been quickly dismissed in the first few
days of the COP28 climate conference in the UAE.
The COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber, who also doubles as the CEO of the
country’s major gas producer Adnoc, set the tone at the opening of the
conference when he said that fossil fuels were important and had to be part of
any future mix.
It appears his thoughts go much deeper than that, and deep into the bowels of
climate denial and fossil fuel tropes that have been repeated around the world
for the past half century.
It has since emerged, via
The Guardian, that he told an online forum hosted
by former Ireland president and UN climate envoy Mary Robinson a few weeks ago
that abandoning fossil fuels would force the world “back into caves.”
That’s important, because despite the “nice” headlines about a tripling of
renewables, the first health day, and money for a loss and damage fund, what
really counts for the 1.5°C target is whether fossil fuels will be phased out,
phased down, or left untouched.
That’s ostensibly up in the air, but it’s hard to imagine a COP28 president
wedded to oil and gas profits will fight hard for the outcome that climate
scientists, the UN and even the IEA says is essential for a safe climate."
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
