I'm confused: in his openingspeech of the #cop28, this sjik guy of #dubai insults 50,000 people and a little more than a day after, he scoffs half of them again by meeting with a #russianwarcriminal. I cannot get my head around why everyone is still around there. Well, I didn't already get why they all went there in the first place. And all that money offered: isn't that just another form of #neocolonialism

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#Cop28 president shows true colours - "Cop28 president says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of #FossilFuels. #UAE Sultan #AlJaber says phase-out of #coal, #oil and #gas would take world ‘back into caves’. 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 #GlobalHeating to 1.5C, the #Guardian and the Centre for Climate Reporting #CCR can reveal.

Al Jaber also said a phase-out of fossil fuels would not allow #sustainable development “unless you want to take the world back into caves”.
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Bill Hare, the CEO at Climate Analytics, said: “This is an extraordinary, revealing, worrying and belligerent exchange. ‘Sending us back to caves’ is the oldest of #FossilFuel industry tropes: it’s verging on climate denial.”
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The comments were “incredibly concerning” and “verging on #ClimateDenial ”, scientists said, and they were at odds with the position of the #UN secretary general, António #Guterres.

#AlJaber 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 #ClimateChange, during a live online event on 21 November. As well as running Cop28 in #Dubai, Al Jaber is also the CEO of the United Arab Emirates’s state #oil company, #Adnoc, which many observers see as a serious conflict of interest.

Al Jaber spoke with Robinson at a She Changes Climate event. Robinson said: “We’re in an absolute crisis that is hurting women and children more than anyone … and it’s because we have not yet committed to phasing out fossil fuel. That is the one decision that Cop28 can take and in many ways, because you’re head of Adnoc, you could actually take it with more credibility.”

Al Jaber said: “I accepted to come to this meeting to have a sober and mature conversation. I’m not in any way signing up to any discussion that is alarmist. There is no science out there, or no scenario out there, that says that the phase-out of fossil fuel is what’s going to achieve 1.5C.”

Robinson challenged him further, saying: “I read that your company is investing in a lot more fossil fuel in the future.” Al Jaber responded: “You’re reading your own media, which is biased and wrong. I am telling you I am the man in charge.”

Al Jaber then said: “Please help me, show me the roadmap for a phase-out of fossil fuel that will allow for sustainable socioeconomic development, unless you want to take the world back into caves.”

“I don’t think [you] will be able to help solve the climate problem by pointing fingers or contributing to the polarisation and the divide that is already happening in the world. Show me the solutions. Stop the pointing of fingers. Stop it,” Al Jaber said.

Guterres told Cop28 delegates on Friday: “The science is clear: The 1.5C limit is only possible if we ultimately stop burning all fossil fuels. Not reduce, not abate. Phase out, with a clear timeframe.”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/03/back-into-caves-cop28-president-dismisses-phase-out-of-fossil-fuels

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