‘No Science’ to Support Phasing Out Fossil Fuels to Limit Global Warming: COP28 President

Phasing out fossil fuels would lead the world ‘back into caves,’ he warned.

John Kerry (L), U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, and Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, president of the COP28 UNFCCC Climate Conference, speak to each other during Day 2 of the high-level segment of the UNFCCC COP28 Climate Conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Dec. 2, 2023. Sean Gallup/Getty Images

The president of the U.N Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, dismissed the idea that there’s “science” supporting the elimination of fossil fuel usage to meet climate change targets.

“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” the target of keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius, COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber said during a Nov. 28 online discussion held by activist group SHE Changes Climate.