The U.N.'s climate body on Monday published its latest draft text of the deal it hopes to reach at the COP28 summit in Dubai, which includes a range of actions countries could take to reduce emissions.
  • teft@startrek.websiteEnglish
    321·
    11 months ago

    Really? None of the oil execs in charge of COP28 want reductions in fossil fuel usage? So weird.

  • Optional@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    11 months ago

    Considering we’re already past the point where we could have saved the planet even this is pathetic. Had we adopted this in the early 80s when we had a chance, yes. But then, Reagan.

  • geogle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    134·
    11 months ago

    I know you want it to be stated outright, which is unlikely to happen. However, section e does state pretty directly:

    (e) Reducing both consumption and production of fossil fuels, in a just, orderly and equitable manner so as to achieve net zero by, before, or around 2050 in keeping with the science;

    Yes, you can pick on ‘the science’ and what ‘net zero’ means, but unequivocally phasing out all fossil fuels in 27 years is not achievable unless we found ways to completely replace our current infrastructural needs by that time. This includes upscaling biodiesel and ethanol production to run existing machinery that cannot yet run on electric or hydrogen power, including planes, freighters, etc.

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
      103·
      11 months ago

      27 years is a long time. Full replacement or retrofit is doable in that kind of time.

    • GenEcon@lemm.eeEnglish
      21·
      11 months ago

      Thats the whole point: it doesnt call for the reduction of fossil fuels. The idea behind the draft is that we continue to invest and consume fossil fuels until some magic technology saves us by capturing and storing the CO2.

    • andrew@lemmy.stuart.funEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      Lazy marketing of a climate conference that honestly seems to have no real legitimacy at the moment, so no real need to cover it unless paid to cover it?

    • Perhyte@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      11 months ago

      There may not have been much to tell until it actually started, which was one day before the start of this month (modulo time zones, it was held in UTC+04).

      It’s an annual thing apparently (except during the height of the pandemic) and this was the 28th time, hence the “28” in the name. Presumably they’ll hold COP29 next year, and now you’ve heard of that one about a year beforehand! 😛