COP28: Head of UN talks hits back at climate denial claims – Saudi Gazette

COP28: Head of UN talks hits back at climate denial claims – Saudi Gazette

DUBAI — The president of the ongoing UN climate talks Sultan Al-Jaber has hit back at claims that he denies a core part of climate science.It follows his earlier comments that there was “no science” behind requiring the end of fossil fuels in order to limit temperature rise to 1.5C.“We very much believe and respect the science,” he said on Monday. The COP28 summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, aims to make progress on tackling climate change.All countries at the UN climate talks in 2015 agreed to slash releases of warming gases in order to keep the average global temperature rise below 1.5C compared to pre-industrial levels.But in an online event on Nov. 21 with Mary Robinson, the chair of the Elders group and a former UN special envoy for climate change, Jaber appeared to deny that.“There is no science out there, or no scenario out there, that says that the phase-out of fossil fuel is what’s going to achieve 1.5C,” he said.On Monday, the fifth day of the UN talks, Jaber said “let me clarify where I stand on the science”.“I honestly think there is some confusion out there, and misrepresentation. I am quite surprised with the constant and