{"id":290918,"date":"2023-12-11T16:32:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T15:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=290918"},"modified":"2023-12-11T16:32:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T15:32:16","slug":"failure-is-not-an-option-cop28-president-urges-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=290918","title":{"rendered":"\u201cFailure \u2026 is not an option\u201d: COP28 President Urges Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"380\" data-attachment-id=\"290921\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=290921\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0sultan-al-jaber-uae-cop28.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,630\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;REUTERS&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;United Arab Emirates Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber speaks during a press conference at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 4, 2023. REUTERS\/Thaier Al-Sudani&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1701686342&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;U.N.&#039;s COP28 climate summit in Dubai&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"U.N.&amp;#8217;s COP28 climate summit in Dubai\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;United Arab Emirates Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber speaks during a press conference at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 4, 2023. REUTERS\/Thaier Al-Sudani&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0sultan-al-jaber-uae-cop28.jpg?fit=723%2C380&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0sultan-al-jaber-uae-cop28.jpg?resize=723%2C380&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-290921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0sultan-al-jaber-uae-cop28.jpg?resize=1024%2C538&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0sultan-al-jaber-uae-cop28.jpg?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0sultan-al-jaber-uae-cop28.jpg?resize=768%2C403&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0sultan-al-jaber-uae-cop28.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">United Arab Emirates Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber speaks during a press conference at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 4, 2023. REUTERS\/Thaier Al-Sudani<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>From <a href=\"http:\/\/Watts Up With That?\">Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Essay by Eric Worrall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are making progress\u201d \u2013 but it sure doesn\u2019t smell like progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Znq7fW15LuE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From The Guardian;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cop28: \u2018failure is not an option,\u2019 says summit president \u2013 as it happened<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sultan Al Jaber calls for countries to come together amid disagreements over the future of climate action<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Failure is not an option\u2019 \u2013 Al Jaber<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fiona Harvey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sultan Al Jaber, president of Cop28, made a last-ditch call for all countries to come together this afternoon in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/dubai\">Dubai<\/a>, to find common ground amid deep disagreements over the future of climate action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everyone would be listened to, he said, emphasising as he has done from the start that this must be an inclusive process. \u201cEveryone\u2019s experience and national circumstances have merit and will be taken in consideration. We will not ignore anyone. As I\u2019ve said many times, we will not neglect any issue, we will not neglect or undermine or underestimate any of the views or the national circumstances of any region or any country. And I promise that they will all be heard,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026Read more:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/live\/2023\/dec\/10\/cop28-live-focus-on-food-and-agriculture-as-climate-change-summit-continues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/live\/2023\/dec\/10\/cop28-live-focus-on-food-and-agriculture-as-climate-change-summit-continues<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I actually feel a little sorry for Sultan Al Jaber. Despite being a big oil boss, I think he genuinely expected parties to behave rationally, that participants would be persuaded to buy his gas to help ween their economies off coal and oil, and everyone could go home and report real progress towards reducing global CO2 emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What Al Jaber didn\u2019t reckon on is the sheer irrationality of the climate movement. No agreement which includes a future role for fossil fuel is politically acceptable to Western climate extremists, no matter how much it reduces CO2 emissions. To the green extremists driving this entire process,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2023\/12\/03\/cop28-president-challenges-mainstream-climate-narrative-on-fossil-fuels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Al Jaber has committed blasphemy by suggesting fossil fuel has a future<\/a>. There is also a real possibility many participants at the COP conferences don\u2019t actually want genuine progress, they just want someone to blame for the lack of progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Al Jaber is the perfect fall guy for the coming blame storm \u2013 he\u2019s a big oil executive, and he was in charge of COP28.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pinning the blame for failure on Al Jaber could have commercial consequences for the UAE economy, if greens in Europe and elsewhere demand the scapegoat be punished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al Jaber is the perfect fall guy for the coming blame storm \u2013 he\u2019s a big oil executive, and he was in charge of COP28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":290921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Al Jaber is the perfect fall guy for the coming blame storm \u2013 he\u2019s a big oil executive, and he was in charge of COP28.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818994,691818076,691818260,691820394],"class_list":{"0":"post-290918","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-climate-action","9":"tag-co2","10":"tag-cop28","11":"tag-sultan-al-jaber","13":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0sultan-al-jaber-uae-cop28.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1dGe","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":252256,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=252256","url_meta":{"origin":290918,"position":0},"title":"COP28 Climate Conference Boss Promises to Introduce KPIs","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"11\/04\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Outside the emirates, Sultan Al Jaber doesn\u2019t wield the same level of influence. 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