Final COP28 Deal Bears the Fingerprints of the Fossil Fuel Industry

Photo caption: Delegates applaud after a speech by Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber (center), president of the COP28 climate conference, during a plenary session on day 13 of COP28 on December 13, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Photo credit: Fadel Dawod / Getty Images. Article by Jake Johnson, Common Dreams. Truthout – December 13, 2023. Original article published by Common Dreams.

The COP28 climate summit in Dubai ended Wednesday with an agreement that, for the first time, explicitly endorsed a move away from fossil fuels — a weak but historic signal that the oil and gas era may be coming to an end. But the deal, dubbed the UAE Consensus, is also chock full of escape hatches that will allow the fossil fuel industry to persist and thrive […]

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