COP 28: we can’t be surprised at the outcome, but at least we now know where we stand

<p>As things stand,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/11/cop28-draft-agreement-calls-for-fossil-fuel-cuts-but-avoids-phase-out" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">the draft conclusions of COP 28 in Dubai doesn&rsquo;t include any mention of a phase-out of fossil fuels</a>, and is limited to briefly mentioning &ldquo;a fair, orderly and equitable reduction&rdquo;, as if that were not the equivalent of the greatest crime ever committed against humanity.</p> <p><a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/saudi-led-fight-against-cop28-deal-shows-panic-german-climate-envoy-says/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s total opposition</a>, as the most prominent member of OPEC, to signing absolutely anything containing those words, with the complicity of the UAE&rsquo;s Sultan Al Jaber as director of this year&rsquo;s climate conference, has produced a decaffeinated draft, which,&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/edans/status/1734272940332462341" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">as Al Gore rightly comments</a>&nbsp;is &ldquo;of the petrostates, by the petrostates and for the petrostates&rdquo;.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/enrique-dans/cop-28-we-cant-be-surprised-at-the-outcome-but-at-least-we-now-know-where-we-stand-4384b50c004e"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>
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