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    Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, CBE is an Emirati politician who the Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology of the United Arab Emirates, head of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), and chairman of Masdar.

    Emphasis mine.

    That’s the first line from his wikipedia.

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    “verging on climate denial”

    I think it’s fair to say he’s progressed pasted “verging.”

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      Like the planet has been “verging” on a climate catastrophe for a century. Just keep it verging like that, and we’ll all be ok!

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        As the guy falling from the top of the Empire State Building was heard saying half-way down: “So far, so good!”

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    Really, why the hell did they organize a climate conference in a country completely dependent on selling fossil fuels. What did they expect…

    This is worse than a footgun.

    Not even to mention the human rights questions of course.

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    "unless you want to take the world back into caves.”

    ironically a likely scenario with runaway climate change overworking above ground air conditioning.

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      I’d rather live in a cave for free than sign my life over in servitude for a damp basement closet in the middle of a dystopian toxic shithole. Like, by far.

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    I don’ think jack fuck is gonna happen about the climate until the world’s poor and middle class demonstrate violence against these asscunts.

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      More than 99% of people reject Green parties, and instead keep voting for parties and politicians subsidizing a mass extinction. Would it be ethically correct for the 1% of people who don’t want a mass extinction, to keep killing the omnicidal class - which the 98% will then find replacements for?

      It’s not just the richest 1% who are the problem - yes they cause vastly more harm than the rest, but it’s also the other 98% poorest who vote for the most violent, Machiavellian, narcissists there are to rule them.

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        Save the person that thinks that calling someone a liberal is an insult. And also is a constructive comment

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          It IS an insult. They’re all talk, hearts and rainbows but still are ieffectual milquetoast corporatists.

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    As well as running Cop28 in Dubai, Al Jaber is also the chief executive of the United Arab Emirates’ state oil company

    😂😂😂 yeah, we’re still not serious about surviving as a species on this planet.

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      They’re doing the good old “Bad COP, good COP” routine. I’m still waiting for the good COP…

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      I can’t believe he’s a doctor…

      …no wait, I can, because my friend is a doctor and has encountered a stupid number of anti-vaxxer doctors and nurses.

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        And I can’t believe Idi Amin was King of Scotland! But I mean he said he was, so, who am I to question the king?

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    23 year old virgin who bought his academic credentials with a credit card decides to chip in on the future of planet! Planet decides to run with it.

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      “Let’s add special interest and climate deniers to the climate change conference.”

      Most transparent plan ever, yet it still worked.

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        Well that’s to keep it fair and balanced, so that the unfair and unbalanced also have their voices heard.

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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    The president of Cop28, Sultan Al Jaber, has claimed there is “no science” indicating that a phase-out of fossil fuels is needed to restrict global heating to 1.5C, the Guardian and the Centre for Climate Reporting can reveal.

    Al Jaber made the comments in ill-tempered responses to questions from Mary Robinson, the chair of the Elders group and a former UN special envoy for climate change, during a live online event on 21 November.

    More than 100 countries already support a phase-out of fossil fuels and whether the final Cop28 agreement calls for this or uses weaker language such as “phase-down” is one of the most fiercely fought issues at the summit and may be the key determinant of its success.

    Prof Sir David King, the chair of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group and a former UK chief scientific adviser, said: “It is incredibly concerning and surprising to hear the Cop28 president defend the use of fossil fuels.

    Dr Friederike Otto, of Imperial College London, UK, said: “The science of climate change has been clear for decades: we need to stop burning fossil fuels.

    The spokesperson said the presidency had operationalised the loss and damage fund with more than $700m, launched a $30bn private market climate vehicle, brought 51 oil companies to agree decarbonisation targets and 119 countries to sign a pledge to triple renewable energy.


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