COP 28 - ‘No Science’ Linking Fossil Phaseout to 1.5°C Target, Al Jaber Claims in ‘Ill-Tempered’ - Video
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December 3, 2023 - Primary Author: Mitchell Beer
There is “no science” connecting a fossil fuel phaseout to holding average global warming to 1.5°C, COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber declared two weeks ago, in a public video that circulated after a flurry of early announcements brought a sense of momentum to UN climate negotiations in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
“There is no science out there, or no scenario out there, that says that the phaseout of fossil fuel is what’s going to achieve 1.5°C,” Al Jaber, who’s also CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), told Mary Robinson, chair of the Elders group and a former UN special envoy for climate change, during a live event November 21. . . .
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