Exclusive: UAE’s Sultan Al Jaber says phase-out of coal, oil and gas would take world ‘back into caves’
The president of Cop28, Sultan Al Jaber, has claimed there is “no science” indicating that a phase-out of fossil fuels is needed to restrict global heating to 1.5C, the Guardian and the Centre for Climate Reporting can reveal.
Al Jaber also said a phase-out of fossil fuels would not allow sustainable development “unless you want to take the world back into caves”.
The comments were “incredibly concerning” and “verging on climate denial”, scientists said, and they were at odds with the position of the UN secretary general, António Guterres.
I know these have mostly been performative for a while but I feel like this one has really symbolised the crossover into entire absurdity.
I’m somehow appreciating the fact that they don’t hide anything this time.
They finally spoke the quiet part loud: “world leaders” aren’t in good faith working on climate crisis. They are going to fuck us all.