‘Expert’ at Climate Summit Shocks the World
<p>It was the shotgun pump heard ‘round the world. It was something akin to having Harvey Weinstein oversee the drama department at an all-girls high school. Fossil fuels, it turns out, have almost nothing to do with climate change. Poor little gas and oil, why are we so bullying those wonderful natural resources?</p>
<p>The current president of the United Nations COP28 meeting, Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber — you read that right! — was heard making precisely that statement a few weeks ago. This week, he is overseeing the “most important” assembly of world leaders and scientists, all of whom fly to far-off spots and live in big, air-conditioned hotels, to talk about really important things like how to cut carbon emissions. (Hint: Don’t fly thousands of miles and spend a week in air-conditioned rooms.)</p>
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