Chris Nelder 🤘Jul 6, 2023

Christiana Figueres, head of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change from 2009-2016, who helped negotiate the Paris Agreement, finally realizes what all veteran energy transitionistas eventually realize: That it's foolish to think FF companies will ever be good partners in the #energytransition.

"I thought fossil fuel firms could change. I was wrong." https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/7/6/i-thought-fossil-fuel-firms-could-change-i-was-wrong

I thought fossil fuel firms could change. I was wrong

Their unprecedented profits over the past year have shown their unwillingness to adapt. It’s now D-Day for them.

Al Jazeera
Franziska_schmidtkeJul 9, 2023
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Reassuring: “We have reached the point where decarbonisation will happen with the fossil fuel industry or without them. […] renewables are simply a superior technology.”—Christiana Figueres https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/7/6/i-thought-fossil-fuel-firms-could-change-i-was-wrong

#EnergyTransition #FossilFuels #Electrification #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange

I thought fossil fuel firms could change. I was wrong

Their unprecedented profits over the past year have shown their unwillingness to adapt. It’s now D-Day for them.

Al Jazeera
Jul 9, 2023 at 5:46amWeb