Optics and propaganda is the point. They throw a climate conference, the disinterested public sees that "people are trying" and goes about their day ignorant of the ongoing atrocities destroying our planet
Why would you even want to host a climate change conference in a country whose entire ethos is to oppose climate change measures in the name of oil money?
As well as running Cop28 in Dubai, Al Jaber is also the chief executive of the United Arab Emirates’ state oil company, Adnoc, which many observers see as a serious conflict of interest.
The corruption here is as transparent as glass so any claim to legitimacy doesn’t exist. The only thing he is doing is screwing over his & his countries reputation let alone future prosperity.
“So why not buy more oil? I mean, we are all going to die anyway. Take some hookers and blow back to your penthouse suite and relax till you have to read this prewritten statement by our PR firm letting your people back home know there is nothing they can do either and we will all boil to death. Money is your god, remember? And you CAN take it with you”
This arsehole could be a visionary leader. Instead he’s there because he’s employed by mutual interest to not change anything too quickly. Still gotta squeeze every drop outta the black gold
The president of Cop28, Sultan Al Jaber, has claimed there is “no science” indicating that a phase-out of fossil fuels is needed to restrict global heating to 1.5C, the Guardian and the Centre for Climate Reporting can reveal.
Al Jaber made the comments in ill-tempered responses to questions from Mary Robinson, the chair of the Elders group and a former UN special envoy for climate change, during a live online event on 21 November.
More than 100 countries already support a phase-out of fossil fuels and whether the final Cop28 agreement calls for this or uses weaker language such as “phase-down” is one of the most fiercely fought issues at the summit and may be the key determinant of its success.
Prof Sir David King, the chair of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group and a former UK chief scientific adviser, said: “It is incredibly concerning and surprising to hear the Cop28 president defend the use of fossil fuels.
Dr Friederike Otto, of Imperial College London, UK, said: “The science of climate change has been clear for decades: we need to stop burning fossil fuels.
The spokesperson said the presidency had operationalised the loss and damage fund with more than $700m, launched a $30bn private market climate vehicle, brought 51 oil companies to agree decarbonisation targets and 119 countries to sign a pledge to triple renewable energy.
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What a farce. And you just know this is gonna be spun like "see, you can't trust these scientists", by the alt-right. Whatever legitimacy any future COP may have had has now gone down the drain.
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