RIYADH, Oct 8 — The president of the upcoming COP28 climate talks in Dubai called today for governments to abandon “fantasies” such as hastily ditching existing energy...
A man and a woman stand outside the entrance of the convention centre before the opening session of the Middle East and North Africa Climate Week, a UN-organised conference hosted in the Saudi capital Riyadh October 8, 2023. — AFP picRIYADH, Oct 8 — The president of the upcoming COP28 climate talks in Dubai called today for governments to abandon “fantasies” such as hastily ditching existing energy infrastructure in pursuit of climate goals.
Much of international climate diplomacy revolves around the thorny issue of how and when to quit fossil fuels. Climate activists have criticised the appointment of Jaber to lead the COP28 talks which kick off in Dubai in November, given that he is also head of the Emirati state-owned oil firm Adnoc. Developing countries least responsible for climate change are seeking money from richer polluters to adapt to its increasingly destructive and expensive consequences.
Last year’s COP27 talks in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, ended with the first ever creation of a “loss and damage” fund into which countries would pay to support poorer nations suffering the most from more intense and frequent storms, floods and droughts. The region must already grapple with high temperatures and water scarcity, with more than 60 per cent of the population having “very little if any access to potable water”, the statement said.Jaber also highlighted challenges facing the region, referring to extreme events like hurricane-strength Storm Daniel, which last month caused two dams in eastern Libya to burst and flood the city of Derna.
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