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- originalucifer ( @originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com ) 72•10 months ago
“terrible country who relies on the sale of fossil fuels claims ignorance on terribleness of fossil fuels”
yeah, some story
- LollerCorleone ( @LollerCorleone@kbin.social ) 54•10 months ago
This entire summit is a farce.
- SpiderShoeCult ( @SpiderShoeCult@sopuli.xyz ) 15•10 months ago
it certainly has some ‘war is peace, freedom is slavery’ (and all that) vibes
- P1r4nha ( @P1r4nha@feddit.de ) 13•10 months ago
It was completely undermined by lobbyists in the past years.
- Zworf ( @Zworf@beehaw.org ) 52•10 months ago
Really, why the hell did they organize a climate conference in a country completely dependent on selling fossil fuels. What did they expect…
This is worse than a footgun.
Not even to mention the human rights questions of course.
- runiq ( @runiq@feddit.de ) 19•10 months ago
I hereby coin Hanlon’s Inverted Anticapitalist Razor:
Never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by greed.
- VentraSqwal ( @VentraSqwal@links.dartboard.social ) English2•10 months ago
I like this. It’s applicable basically everywhere nowadays.
- teft ( @teft@startrek.website ) 42•10 months ago
Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, CBE is an Emirati politician who the Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology of the United Arab Emirates, head of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), and chairman of Masdar.
Emphasis mine.
That’s the first line from his wikipedia.
- blazera ( @blazera@kbin.social ) 26•10 months ago
"unless you want to take the world back into caves.”
ironically a likely scenario with runaway climate change overworking above ground air conditioning.
- atomic ( @atomic@programming.dev ) English15•10 months ago
As well as running Cop28 in Dubai, Al Jaber is also the chief executive of the United Arab Emirates’ state oil company
😂😂😂 yeah, we’re still not serious about surviving as a species on this planet.
- heavyboots ( @heavyboots@lemmy.ml ) English13•10 months ago
COP has been 110% co-opted and hamstrung.
- lntl ( @lntl@lemmy.ml ) 11•10 months ago
that fella isn’t a scientist
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The president of Cop28, Sultan Al Jaber, has claimed there is “no science” indicating that a phase-out of fossil fuels is needed to restrict global heating to 1.5C, the Guardian and the Centre for Climate Reporting can reveal.
Al Jaber made the comments in ill-tempered responses to questions from Mary Robinson, the chair of the Elders group and a former UN special envoy for climate change, during a live online event on 21 November.
More than 100 countries already support a phase-out of fossil fuels and whether the final Cop28 agreement calls for this or uses weaker language such as “phase-down” is one of the most fiercely fought issues at the summit and may be the key determinant of its success.
Prof Sir David King, the chair of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group and a former UK chief scientific adviser, said: “It is incredibly concerning and surprising to hear the Cop28 president defend the use of fossil fuels.
Dr Friederike Otto, of Imperial College London, UK, said: “The science of climate change has been clear for decades: we need to stop burning fossil fuels.
The spokesperson said the presidency had operationalised the loss and damage fund with more than $700m, launched a $30bn private market climate vehicle, brought 51 oil companies to agree decarbonisation targets and 119 countries to sign a pledge to triple renewable energy.
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- Nougat ( @Nougat@kbin.social ) 9•10 months ago
I’m willing to bet that his fireplace has a chimney.
- Dem Bosain ( @DemBoSain@midwest.social ) English7•10 months ago
Perhaps he’s just worried that his preferred people will live in caves.
- Hadriscus ( @Hadriscus@lemm.ee ) 5•10 months ago
See this shit ? this is why we need to blow shit up.
- Tosti ( @Tosti@feddit.nl ) 5•9 months ago
Purged by creator
- P1r4nha ( @P1r4nha@feddit.de ) 8•10 months ago
“Let’s add special interest and climate deniers to the climate change conference.”
Most transparent plan ever, yet it still worked.
- Lols [they/them] ( @Lols@lemm.ee ) 5•10 months ago
just out of curiosity, when will killing these guys be considered self defense
- lustyargonian ( @lustyargonian@lemm.ee ) 1•10 months ago
How did they find out that I was behind it all!?