It was kind of expected that when Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, current head of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, was appointed president of the Cop28 climate conference, that his primary goal would be to greenwash his country's oil industry.
So when he stated that there was no science supporting a phase out of fossil fuels, this was to be expected:
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.
Al Jaber made the comments in ill-tempered responses to questions from Mary Robinson, the chair of the Elders group and a former UN special envoy for climate change, during a live online event on 21 November. As well as running Cop28 in Dubai, Al Jaber is also the chief executive of the United Arab Emirates’ state oil company, Adnoc, which many observers see as a serious conflict of interest.
A, "Serious conflict of interest?" Gee, you think?
Seriously, I do not know how the writers at The Onion, get out of bed to do their jobs any more.
Our world defies satire.
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