John Kerry responds to COP28 president’s claim there’s ‘no science’ behind fossil fuel phase out
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PUBLISHED SUN, DEC 3 2023 - Sam Meredith @SMEREDITH19
QUOTE: "“People are arguing that the fossil fuel industry, which is obviously responsible for the emissions that are going up, needs to step up and do more. I think that Sultan al-Jaber would say that — I say that certainly. They can and must do more in order to solve this problem much more rapidly,” Kerry said.
“We are in a race against time, and I know that everybody here does accept that concept,” he added.
The 1.5 degrees Celsius temperature threshold is widely recognized as crucial because so-called tipping points become more likely beyond this level. Tipping points are thresholds at which small changes can lead to dramatic shifts in Earth’s entire life support system."