{"id":289828,"date":"2023-12-03T17:06:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T16:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=289828"},"modified":"2023-12-03T17:06:13","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T16:06:13","slug":"cop28-president-says-there-is-no-science-behind-demands-for-phase-out-of-fossil-fuels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=289828","title":{"rendered":"Cop28 president says there is \u2018no science\u2019 behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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UAE\u2019s Sultan Al Jaber says phase-out of coal, oil and gas would take world \u2018back into caves\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The president of Cop28<\/a>, Sultan Al Jaber, has claimed there is \u201cno science\u201d 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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al Jaber also said a phase-out of fossil fuels would not allow sustainable development \u201cunless you want to take the world back into caves\u201d. The Guardian<\/a> has the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The comments were \u201cincredibly concerning\u201d and \u201cverging on climate denial\u201d, scientists said, and they were at odds with the position of the UN secretary general, Ant\u00f3nio Guterres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. As well as running Cop28 in Dubai, Al Jaber is also the chief executive of the United Arab Emirates\u2019 state oil company, Adnoc, which many observers see as a serious conflict of interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 \u201cphase-down\u201d is one of the most fiercely fought issues at the summit and may be the key determinant of its success. Deep and rapid cuts are needed to bring fossil fuel emissions to zero and limit fast-worsening climate impacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al Jaber spoke with Robinson at a\u00a0She Changes Climate<\/a>\u00a0event. Robinson said: \u201cWe\u2019re in an absolute crisis that is hurting women and children more than anyone \u2026 and it\u2019s 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 you\u2019re head of Adnoc, you could actually take it with more credibility.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al Jaber said: \u201cI accepted to come to this meeting to have a sober and mature conversation. I\u2019m 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 what\u2019s going to achieve 1.5C.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robinson challenged him further, saying: \u201cI read that your company is investing in a lot more fossil fuel in the future.\u201d Al Jaber responded: \u201cYou\u2019re reading your own media, which is biased and wrong. I am telling you I am the man in charge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al Jaber then said: \u201cPlease 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.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t 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,\u201d Al Jaber said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres told Cop28 delegates on Friday: \u201cThe science is clear: The 1.5C limit is only possible if we ultimately stop burning all fossil fuels. Not reduce, not abate. Phase out, with a clear timeframe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bill Hare, the chief executive of Climate Analytics, said: \u201cThis is an extraordinary, revealing, worrying and belligerent exchange. \u2018Sending us back to caves\u2019 is the oldest of fossil fuel industry tropes: it\u2019s verging on climate denial.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAl Jaber is asking for a 1.5C roadmap \u2013 anyone who cares can find that in the International Energy Agency\u2019s latest net zero emissions scenario, which says there cannot be any new fossil fuel development. The science is absolutely clear [and] that absolutely means a phase-out by mid-century, which will enhance the lives of all of humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof Sir David King, the chair of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group and a former UK chief scientific adviser, said: \u201cIt is incredibly concerning and surprising to hear the Cop28 president defend the use of fossil fuels. It is undeniable that to limit global warming to 1.5C we must all rapidly reduce carbon emissions and phase-out the use of fossil fuels by 2035 at the latest. The alternative is an unmanageable future for humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full story here<\/a>. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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