"It is immoral that rich nations cannot find adequate funds for addressing climate impact, yet could find instantly billions of dollars to support a war on the people of Gaza that has killed nearly 20,000 civilians, mostly children, UN staff, medical staff, and journalists."
Tasneem Essop to world leaders at the COP28 UN Climate Conference
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.
Al Jaber is also the head of the Abu Dhabi National oil company.
“The United Nations and COP28 are lying. They know the 1.5C and 2C global warming targets are dead. Young people can and should take charge of their future.”
At COP28, a Growing Sense of Alarm Over the Harms of Air Pollution
A study released on the eve of the conference found that 8 million people around the world die annually from air pollution. And experts say the crisis is worsening.
'Yet Sunak’s major U-turn on the government’s climate commitments signified a new shift within the Conservative party: delayed timelines. No longer is this government just not doing enough in terms of policy; it’s now actively choosing to defer deadlines set by previous governments.'
After Cop28, know this: Sunak and his rightwing allies around the world have no interest in saving our planet | Diyora Shadijanova | The Guardian
COP28: Hosted by a petrostate, Qatar, led by fossil-fuel company executive.
COP29: Hosted by a petrostate, Azerbaijan, led by fossil-fuel company executive, no women on 28-person leadership committee.
COP30: Hosted by ExxonMobilShellSaudiAramcoBP in an underground bunker? No climate scientists or environmental experts or affected communities or NGOs allowed in?
You know, I‘m starting to suspect that Cop28 might have been captured by corrupt, dishonest, self-serving, greedy tossers. I can‘t quite put my finger on why, but these headlines from the Guardian are giving very subtle hints that letting a bunch of authoritarian shit-heel oligarchs run a climate conference might have been a terrible idea. #cop28