" 'A Tragedy for the #Planet': Scientists Decry #COP28 Outcome - The lack of an agreement to phase out #FossilFuels was devastating," one prominent expert said.
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""People celebrating COP28... what is WRONG with you??" #NASA climate scientist Peter #Kalmus tweeted. Kalmus added that he thought it was "shameful" that it had taken 28 COPs to get to the first mention of #FossilFuels and showed "just how the entire COP process has been co-opted. This is how we lose a planet."
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"The International Energy Agency #IEA calculated that pledges made at COP28 would only reduce #emissions by around four metric gigatons of #CO2 equivalent by 2030, covering around 30% of the gap between current promises and what needs to happen to limit warming to 1.5 °C."
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Nice summary by Olivia Rosane of climate scientists' opinions on the outcome of Cop28 - https://www.commondreams.org/news/scientists-decry-cop28
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University of Pennsylvania climate scientist Michael Mann told #AFP that the language around "transitioning away from fossil fuels" was "weak tea, at best. It's like promising your doctor that you will 'transition away from donuts' after being diagnosed with diabetes," Mann continued. "The lack of an agreement to phase out fossil fuels was devastating."
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"No doubt there will be lots of cheer and back-slapping...," Kevin Anderson, a professor of #energy and ClimateChange at the University of Manchester, toldAgence France-Presse, "but the #physics will not care."
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"Martin Siegert, a polar scientist who is deputy vice-chancellor at the University of Exeter, told The #Guardian: "The science is perfectly clear. #COP28, by not making a clear declaration to stop #FossilFuel burning is a tragedy for the #planet and our future. The world is heating faster and more powerfully than the #COP response to deal with it."
#FossilFuel #Oil #Gas #Coal #Carbon #Methane #CH4 #Climate #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #Klimakrise #Klima #GlobalWarming #FossilFuelIndustry