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COP28 Does Not Deliver [1]
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Date: 2023-12-13
I’ve read several articles this morning about the COP28 finale. Frankly, it’s difficult to take COP28 seriously; I think this article sums it up pretty thoroughly.
From Inside Climate New 12.13.23
COP28 Does Not Deliver Clear Path to Fossil Fuel Phase Out
Going into overtime under the cover of a dark winter night in Dubai, climate negotiators at COP28 cooked up a weak sauce of climate half-measures that fail to adequately address the existential risk of global warming to millions of people around the globe, according to leading climate experts at the conference.
Some of the speakers at the closing plenary, including Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, said the mere mention of moving away from fossil fuels could be interpreted as a successful outcome for the climate summit. Al-Jaber tooted his own horn during the closing plenary by saying, “We have delivered a robust action plan to keep 1.5 in reach.”
That reference to the Paris accord’s goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial levels elicited an immediate response from some climate scientists, including Rob Larter, a polar researcher with the British Antarctic Survey.
“When you see statements like this you know you’re being lied to,” Larter wrote in a social media post. “What’s been agreed certainly does not keep 1.5C in reach.”
Other scientists at COP28 warned that the current level of warming, set to come close to 1.5 degrees Celsius this year, is already driving parts of the planet’s climate system toward irreversible tipping points.
insideclimatenews.org/…
And there is this, from Inside Climate News 12.12.23
Big Business Could Be the Real Winner at COP28
World leaders may be struggling to reach a landmark agreement at COP28. But just outside the closed-door negotiations, the United Nations’ annual climate summit proved to be a bonanza of lucrative business deals, including for the oil and gas industry.
insideclimatenews.org/...
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