2023-12-06 13:37:31
The 2,456 employees of the fossil fuel industry registered for the COP28 climate summit in Dubai quadruple those of last year and exceed the delegates of the 10 most vulnerable countries to the climate combined, according to the ONG Global Witness.
The news puts the credibility of an event that is already highly questioned at risk.marked over the years by declarations of intent that are almost never binding, such as the effective reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
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For more controversy, This year’s edition is chaired by Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry of the host, United Arab Emirates, and head of the state oil company Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. In a session prior to the meeting, recorded last month, the sultan had stated that “there was no science” that said the gradual elimination of fossil fuels was necessary to meet the objective of limiting the global warming at 1.5 degrees.
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After the comments came to light this Sunday, Al Jaber assured that he was committed to the objectives of the summitcomplained of being misunderstood and argued that the phasing out of fossil fuels is “inevitable” and “essential.”
As the world continues to burn oil, gas and coal, global temperatures are soaring to unprecedented levels, triggering increasingly extreme phenomena. The World Meteorological Organization recognizes that it is no longer within humanity’s reach to return to the climate of the last century, but warns that “we must act now to limit the risks of a more inhospitable climate in this century and those to come.” The company specialized in risks XDI reported that If global and coordinated actions are not carried out, the climate crisis will lead, for example, to the closure of one of every twelve hospitals in the world.
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The issue also worries Pope Franciswho suspended his trip to the COP28 due to health problems, but left a clear message: its protagonists should lay the foundations for “a decisive acceleration towards the ecological transition” in four key areas: energy efficiency, renewable sources, elimination of fossil fuels and education in lifestyles that depend less of them. If the oil lobbyists don’t listen, perhaps the forces of heaven will.
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