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COP28: Climate Catastrophism Wins as the World Loses

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COP28: Climate Catastrophism Wins as the World Loses
A man walks past a COP28 sign at the venue of the United Nations climate summit in Dubai on Nov. 30, 2023. Jewel Sawad/AFP via Getty Images
Michael Rectenwald
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A hodgepodge of activism and legalistic negotiations characterized the 28th meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Conference of the Parties (UNFCCC COP28), which concluded on Dec. 13. The resulting agreement, dubbed the “UAE Consensus,” includes the first-ever U.N. statement in the 27-year history of climate summits to call for the “transition away” from fossil fuels.

Michael Rectenwald
Michael Rectenwald
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Michael Rectenwald, Ph.D., is a former professor at New York University and a distinguished fellow at Hillsdale College. He is the author of twelve books, including “The Great Reset and the Struggle for Liberty” (2022), “Thought Criminal” (2020), “Beyond Woke” (2020), “Google Archipelago” (2019), “Springtime for Snowflakes” (2018), and “Nineteenth-Century British Secularism” (2016).
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