#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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