Anger and frustration as COP28 draft text omits fossil fuel phaseout
The burning of coal, oil and gas accounts for more than three-quarters of global greenhouse gas emissions. It is for this reason that so many had pushed for the COP28 outcome to show that “we are truly at the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era.”
However, COP28 President Sultan al Jaber faced a backlash last week when he claimed there was “no science” behind calls for a phase-out of fossil fuels, and that such a move would not allow sustainable development “unless you want to take the world back into caves.”
They always leave out that 82% of global energy comes from coal, oil, and gas.
You can't just wave a magic wand and make it all go away without committing global murder in the process.
