Al Gore Hates the Final COP28 Deal, So It Must Be Fine
As COP28 inevitably winds down to the signing of yet another do-nothing conclusion, Al Gore is throwing yet another fit of rage.
Here’s a Tweet the pompous jackass published late Monday morning:
Full text with [commentary] added:
COP28 is now on the verge of complete failure. [Cool!]
The world desperately needs to phase out fossil fuels as quickly as possible, [No, it doesn’t] but this obsequious draft reads as if OPEC dictated it word for word. [Awesome!]
It is even worse than many had feared. [Translated: This means it is the best deal the world could have possibly hoped for.]
It is “Of the Petrostates, By the Petrostates and For the Petrostates.” [Ok, so what’s your point?]
It is deeply offensive to all who have taken this process seriously. [Anyone who takes these COP conferences seriously needs to have their head examined.]
There are 24 hours left to show whose side the world is on: the side that wants to protect humanity’s future by kickstarting the orderly phase out of fossil fuels or the side of the petrostates and the leaders of the oil and gas companies that are fueling the historic climate catastrophe. [Translation: Just 24 hours left until the conferees sign off on yet another meaningless deal that China and India and most of the developing world would studiously ignore in any event.]
In order to prevent COP28 from being the most embarrassing and dismal failure in 28 years of international climate negotiations, the final text must include clear language on phasing out fossil fuels. [One word: No.]
Anything else is a massive step backwards from where the world needs to be to truly address the climate crisis and make sure the 1.5°C goal doesn’t die in Dubai. [Please, conferees, give this goal an unceremonious mercy killing. Thanks.]
That is all.