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Cop28 president says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I'm not that up to speed on research and stuff, but isn't like all the science behind that?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Well, the science says stop right now, not phase out... And we're only talking about phase out

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No, only the science based on decades of research, statistics, and hundreds of climate models.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

It's only a model

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Here is the real kicker:

In 1996: COP 2, Geneva, Switzerland the very first point (after COP1 was just a kickoff) was:

Accepted the scientific findings on climate change proffered by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its second assessment (1995);

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Climate_Change_conference (scrolls down to Cop2 Segment)

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