UN chief to fossil fuel firms: stop trying to 'knee-cap' climate progress
www.reuters.com
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that countries must start phasing out oil, coal and gas - not just emissions - and demanded fossil fuel companies "cease and desist" measures that aim to "knee-cap" climate progress.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/258411

His remarks come after the United Arab Emirates, which will host COP28, said that talks should focus on phasing out emissions, not fossil fuels. He said that the world must “leave oil, coal and gas in the ground” in order to address climate change.

  • cykablyatbot@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    One of the ways you can tell when politicians are bullshitting and just politicking is when they call for stuff like this without mentioning how fossil fuels will specifically be replaced and how those efforts will be encouraged or funded.
    Anyone can cut out fossil fuels. You’ll just have a lot less power and transportation available all of a sudden. It’s not much different on a societal level, except it is worse, as we use fossil fuels for everything from fertilizer for food production to manufacturing and transporting the solar panels and wind turbines that will eventually make fossil fuels obsolete.