“One statement, taken out of context, with representation and misinterpretation, that gets maximum coverage.” Thus spoke the president of the COP 28 summit in Dubai following a feisty debate where he stated there was “no science out there, or no scenario out there, that says that the phase out of fossil fuel is what is going to achieve 1.5 degree C.” Irrespective of whether some pesky journalist took the statement out of context, that is what grabbed the early headlines in Dubai. There must tho...
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