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Related: About this forumCop28 president says there is 'no science' behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels
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.
The comments were incredibly concerning and verging on climate denial, scientists said, and they were at odds with the position of the UN secretary general, António Guterres.
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Al Jaber said: I accepted to come to this meeting to have a sober and mature conversation. Im 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 whats going to achieve 1.5C.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/03/back-into-caves-cop28-president-dismisses-phase-out-of-fossil-fuels
quaint
(3,546 posts)patphil
(6,951 posts)No science = no profit
Without fossil fuels, it's just a desert.
Think. Again.
(17,987 posts)...the UN should have cancelled this year's COP immediately after it was reported that the leader of it was using it to gain more oil sales contracts.
hatrack
(60,934 posts)He's soaked in oil from top to toe, and he's there to lie; to lie about technology, to lie about science, to lie about his country and company, to lie about reality.
So, yeah, have fun in the Desert Of The Opium-Eaters, everybody.
hatrack
(60,934 posts)EDIT
Al Jaber spoke with Robinson at a She Changes Climate event. Robinson said: Were in an absolute crisis that is hurting women and children more than anyone
and its 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 youre 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. Im 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 whats 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: Youre 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 dont 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.
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/03/back-into-caves-cop28-president-dismisses-phase-out-of-fossil-fuels