“terrible country who relies on the sale of fossil fuels claims ignorance on terribleness of fossil fuels”
yeah, some story
This entire summit is a farce.
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.
“verging on climate denial”
I think it’s fair to say he’s progressed pasted “verging.”
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!
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.
I hereby coin Hanlon’s Inverted Anticapitalist Razor:
Never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by greed.
