Just over two years ago, on the occasion of COP26 (the annual “Conference of Parties” of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change) held in Glasgow, I wrote about the carbon imperialism that the representatives of the US, EU and their developed country allies want to impose on the governments of the Global South representing over 80% of the world’s population.
In an interview with AFP prior to the commencement of the conference last week, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for a total “phaseout” of fossil fuels. Never one to shy from hyperbole, he warned of a "complete disaster" which awaits mankind on its current trajectory.
Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, the president of the COP28 climate summit and CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, said pointedly “There is no science out there, or no scenario out there, that says that the phase-out of fossil fuel is what’s going to achieve 1.5C.”
