#Oxfam on #Cop28 #Dubai draft text - " In response to the Global #Stocktake draft text released tonight, Nafkote Dabi, Oxfam International’s Climate Change Policy Lead, said:

“If this current text is adopted, #COP28 will be a scandal that has failed us all. It is unimaginably bad. Instead of committing to #Phase Out all #FossilFuels, it only talks about a #PhaseDown of #coal – and ignores #oil and #gas altogether. Any language on actually paying for the transition toward #renewables for low-income countries is missing too. Right now, people are dying because of catastrophic #climate breakdown in the Horn of #Africa and around the world. This current proposal from COP28 does nowhere near enough to prevent massive loss of life. In the coming hours, all countries must categorically refuse this fatally flawed document, and demand a text that reflects the true will of the people." https://www.oxfamamerica.org/press/press-releases/cop28-draft-text-a-scandal-that-has-failed-us-all/

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From the #Guardian (Fiona Harvey) live feed, 14.22 CET 11. December 2023 - what do you think this means, actually? " #FossilFuel production and consumption will be reduced by 2050 in line with scientific advice, according to a new draft agreement at the #Cop28 #UN #ClimateSummit in #Dubai.

The long-awaited draft from the presidency avoids the terms #PhaseOut or #PhaseDown, which have been key sources of contention at this conference.

However, by requiring countries to reduce their #FossilFuel production, it effectively achieves the same ends as a phase-down, without using the contentious language that some countries would not allow.

Some countries and campaigners are likely to be disappointed, but the Guardian understands that the presidency held firm against severe pressure from some countries to weaken the outcome.

Governments will now be invited to consider the text, with two key meetings to take place this evening, in particular a heads of delegation meeting at 8pm.

One source close to developing countries at the talks said this was a compromise that could work. Despite the lack of phase-out or phase-down language, the text addresses fossil fuel production directly, rather than fossil fuel emissions – seen as a get-out clause for countries that want to use carbon capture and storage."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2023/dec/11/cop28-live-time-to-be-ambitious-says-president-as-summit-enters-final-days

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#PhaseOut or #PhaseDown of #FossilFuels? At #Cop28, language matters (Guardian live blog, 10.45 CET 08. Dec 2023) -
"With a calls for a “phase out” versus a “phase down” of fossil fuels shaping up to be the critical fight in the second week of Cop28, Christiana Figueres, the UN’s climate chief when the landmark Paris agreement was reached in 2015, is unequivocally behind phase out.

“If we want a step forward in this #COP, then we cannot compromise on phase out,” said Figueres, now founder at the Global Optimism group. “It sends a political signal that has ramifications for companies that need to decide where they’re going to put their [investment].”

She said including further language around phase out would take into consideration other concerns. “Language around equity is important, because industrialised countries can and should phase out much quicker than developing countries who are exporters [and] language around a just transition is critical.” Figueres spoke at a #Guardian Live event on Wednesday."

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