Published: June 8th, 2023,
Last updated: June 8th, 2023
It is the big crux of international climate policy: If the climate crisis is to be stopped, fossil fuels cannot continue to be burned. But a new study shows: Oil and gas countries continue to invest in their extraction, consumer countries increase fossil subsidies instead of cutting them. This is the path to 2.7 degrees of warming, the report warns. COP28 could be a failure before it even started. And it is no coincidence that this loud alarm, with harsh criticism of the next COP host, the United Arab Emirates, comes on the day that COP President-elect Sultan Al Jaber visits Bonn.