(The Guardian) Cop28: 'failure is not an option,' says summit president - as it happened

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Cop28: ‘failure is not an option,’ says summit president – as it happened

Sultan Al Jaber calls for countries to come together amid disagreements over the future of climate action

Jonathan Watts and Natalie Hanman
Sun 10 Dec 2023 15.42 GMT

Summary
Here’s a recap of some of the main developments of the day at Cop28 in Dubai:

• Conference president Al Jaber has warned that “failure is not an option” as he prepares a final package for delegates.
• Vulnerable countries are unhappy at the weak language on climate adaptation.
• Human Rights Day marked by civil society complaints about restrictions on protest.
• Experts are worried that carbon emissions trading could become a “black box’ due to inadequate transparency.
• Global food production will become ‘problematic’ even at 1.5C, a US envoy has predicted.
• Argentina is due to swear in a new climate-denying president who has reportedly put the tourism minister in charge of the environment.

Tense days ahead - what former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson used to describe as “squeaky bum time.”

That’s all for today’s live blog. Many thanks for following.

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1. If so, then why was he put in charge?

Oh, yeah, I forgot - $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

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4. Why was Trump put in charge of the US of A?

i.e. Because, only he could fix it!

See “Only Nixon could go to China.”

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2. I wonder what an oil company executive

will consider "failure"?

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3. Well, I think death counts as failure

(even for an oil company executive.)

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5. Ah, but whose death?

Did he count the many Pakistanis who drowned in the climate-caused flooding a few years ago as a failure? Or just as a cost of doiing business? Or the Persians who died of heat last summer?
The oil barons have OUTDOOR air conditioning in their braggadocio stadiums. They obviously think their wealth makes them immune, and screw the rest of the world. All they need is an easily replaceable supply of slave labor.