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Climate summit leader defends controversial comments that alarmed scientists and sent shockwaves through meeting
CNN ^ | 9:45 AM EST, Mon December 4, 2023 | By Laura Paddison, CNN

Posted on 12/04/2023 8:25:31 AM PST by Red Badger

Sultan Al Jaber, the oil executive who is leading the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, sent shockwaves through the gathering by claiming in the days before the UN-backed talks that there is “no science” that says phasing out fossil fuels is necessary to keep global warming under a critical threshold — comments Al Jaber said were misinterpreted.

Al Jaber held a surprise news conference Monday where he fiercely defended his commitment to climate science, after an increasing number of scientists and advocates expressed alarm at the comments and concern for the direction of the talks.

The future role of fossil fuels is one of the most controversial issues countries are grappling with at the COP28 climate summit. While some are pushing for a “phase-out,” others are calling for the weaker language of a “phase-down.” Scientific reports have shown that fossil fuels must be rapidly slashed to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius — the goal of the Paris climate agreement, and a threshold above which scientists warn it will be more difficult for humans and ecosystems to adapt.

Al Jaber made the remarks during the She Changes Climate panel event on November 21, which came to light on Sunday in a story published by the Guardian, and in video that CNN has reviewed. Al Jaber was asked by Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and current chair of the Elders Group, an independent group of global leaders, if he would lead on phasing out fossil fuels.

In his response, Al Jaber told Robinson, “there is no science out there, or no scenario out there, that says the phase-out of fossil fuel is what’s going to achieve 1.5.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Qatar
KEYWORDS: cop28; energy
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1 posted on 12/04/2023 8:25:31 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

The attendees who have an IQ above room temperature know what was said is truth. The “shockwave” comes from the potential for slowing the scam.


2 posted on 12/04/2023 8:28:37 AM PST by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: brownsfan

To believe in ‘Climate Change’ you cannot believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob..............


3 posted on 12/04/2023 8:30:15 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

No, he was right the first time.


4 posted on 12/04/2023 8:31:24 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (I AM A ZIONIST HOODLUM!)
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The future role of fossil fuels is one of the most controversial issues countries are grappling with at the COP28 climate summit. While some are pushing for a “phase-out,” others are calling for the weaker language of a “phase-down.”

Climactics say “Scientific reports” have shown that fossil fuels must be rapidly slashed to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius — the goal of the Paris climate agreement......

Sultan Al Jaber, the oil executive leading the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, sent shockwaves through the gathering by claiming that there is “no science” that says phasing out fossil fuels is necessary to keep global warming under a critical threshold — comments Al Jaber said were misinterpreted.


5 posted on 12/04/2023 8:31:29 AM PST by Liz (Women have tremendous power — their femininity, because men can't do without it. Sidney Sheldon)
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To: Red Badger

😂 The es-steamed science guys(?) were alarmed at his comments! That alone speaks volumes. “Dude, our grant money and govt research money could be at stake!”. Dear cop28....🖕


6 posted on 12/04/2023 8:33:36 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: rktman

CNN is simply missing one key word, multiple times in their article.

Some scientists

Some studies

For decades, companies made a lot of money with creative content......books, movies, sports entertainment etc.

Now it is the news media. They create content rather than reflect it.


7 posted on 12/04/2023 8:47:07 AM PST by SteelPSUGOP
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To: Red Badger

Could we all stop calling it “fossil fuels”? Please? There is no such thing. It should be called what it actually is: petroleum.


8 posted on 12/04/2023 8:50:22 AM PST by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist .)
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To: DennisR

Abiogenic fuels..................


9 posted on 12/04/2023 8:57:07 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: brownsfan

Ha, China laughs while building a couple hundred more coal power plants for the future


10 posted on 12/04/2023 9:03:41 AM PST by baclava
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To: Red Badger

The best way to save the planet is to have world leaders fly private jets from climate conference to climate conference...

Lol.


11 posted on 12/04/2023 9:06:33 AM PST by cgbg ("Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training." Anna Freud.)
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To: Red Badger

“Climate Change” is both a hoax and a religion.


12 posted on 12/04/2023 9:06:41 AM PST by marron
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To: DennisR

Its a renewable, they just want something else so they can have control of it.


13 posted on 12/04/2023 9:09:18 AM PST by TiGuy22
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To: Red Badger

That would work also.

Saying petroleum comes from fossils is ridiculous. I am quite sure our Creator was responsible for petroleum’s existence - just as He is responsible for the rest of the universe!


14 posted on 12/04/2023 9:11:44 AM PST by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist .)
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To: DennisR

There never was enough biological materials to produce the amount of petroleum extant in the Earth. Even accounting for a couple of billion years.

Plus, how did it wind up thousands of feet, even miles, below the surface?

The outer planets and their moons have ‘fossil fuels’ in abundance, but never anything lived there.

Titan, Saturn’s moon, second largest in the Solar System only to our Moon, has enough liquid methane to power the entire Earth for millennia................


15 posted on 12/04/2023 9:28:05 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

He let the cat out of the bag and now he’s like never mind


16 posted on 12/04/2023 9:33:53 AM PST by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: Red Badger

You would have to inject reason, logic, and common sense into the conversation, wouldn’t you? 👍🏻👍🏻


17 posted on 12/04/2023 9:46:27 AM PST by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist .)
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To: Red Badger

The term fossil fuels is as much bullshit as the words climate change.


18 posted on 12/04/2023 9:47:04 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: Red Badger

He let the cat out of the bag


19 posted on 12/04/2023 10:57:03 AM PST by Long Jon No Silver (Rrily)
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To: Long Jon No Silver

Now he’s trying to stuff the cat back in the bag............


20 posted on 12/04/2023 10:59:18 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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