The oil sheik figure is Al Jaber As chairman of the climate summit, he has already brought up Doubts burning from the first momentSome of his statements approaching climate denialism intensified the debate. He first stated that “there is no science” to justify this claim. eliminating fossil fuels to save the climate and now, given the debate that has arisen, had to fix it.
Sultan Al Jaber, President of the Dubai Climate Summit, assured in a statement this Monday that he respects and believes in science, which, as he emphasized, “guides” his entire life and frames the principles and strategy of his COP28 presidency.
“Science guided my life. Science has guided the principled strategy in the COP28 presidency,” Al Jaber repeated several times at a press conference where he was accompanied by Jim Skea, head of the UN group of climate scientists (IPCC).
With these words and his staging of Skea, Al Yaber tried to counteract the effects created by the publication of a video recorded on November 21, shortly before the start of the summit, in which he claimed that there was no science saying that fossils were left. fuels will enable 1.5 degrees to be reached.
Sultan said a few days ago: “There is no science or scenario that says phasing out fossil fuels will get us to 1.5°C.”
“I am in no way participating in an alarmist debate. There is no science or scenario that says phasing out fossil fuels will enable us to reach 1.5°C.He stated in an online meeting on preparations for COP28 on 21 November.
But now he points out: “The science says that to maintain our goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees per year, global emissions must fall by 43% by 2030 and we need to reach net zero emissions by 2050.” century.”
“Everything my team and I do is about scienceAl Jaber insisted, assuring that after reviewing all the progress already made in the negotiations, there is a lot of hope and optimism among the negotiating parties and that we cannot miss this opportunity.
‘I was surprised’ by the criticism directed at him
In this context, Emirati, a senior executive of Abu Dhabi state oil company ADNOC, “I am very surprised” by “constant and repeated attempts to undermine the work of the COP28 presidency”Efe stated that he reiterated that the reduction and abandonment of fossil fuels is “inevitable” for him.
“I sincerely believe that there is confusion and misunderstanding,” Al Jaber said of himself, and therefore took advantage of the press conference to present his CV. He emphasized that he is an engineer, so science is “my passion and belief.” and allowed him to advance his career.
However, as president of COP28, he stated that he had no “red lines” regarding the conduct of negotiations and that it was the parties who needed to reach an agreement.
He therefore encouraged delegations to find meeting points and work to provide the “most ambitious” response to the challenge of confronting Global Balance or GST (English).
“Please help me achieve this goal. “I am determined to give the most assertive response to Global Balance,” Al Jaber told the press.
COP28 should close what is known as the GST, whose ultimate goal is to correct deviation from the targets of the Paris Agreement, under which parties committed to work to limit warming to 2 degrees and, if possible, 1.5 degrees.
Skea emphasized the following: What exactly the IPCC report says about fossil fuels is that their use must be significantly reduced to maintain the 1.5 degree target. in all scenarios considered by scientists.
Skea said that depending on the fuel type, by 2050, without mitigation, the use of coal (technologies that allow the capture of emitted CO2) will be completely eliminated, the use of oil will decrease by 60% and the use of gas by 45%.
The IPCC chief, who explained in his talks with Al Jaber that the issue was “exclusively science”, added that the COP28 president “is attentive to science and I think he fully understands that”.
“Don’t go any further, the facts are clear,” said the head of the IPCC, an organization that periodically publishes reports on the state of the climate.
……………………
Contact address of the environmental department:[email protected]