Greenhouse gas emissions could be about to peak – here’s why it isn’t all good news
Cop28 has been mired in controversy (yes, again) over comments by its host, Sultan al-Jaber, about whether it’s necessary to phase out fossil fuels to limit global warming.
It emerged at the end of last week that he had made comments that there is “no science” behind calls to phase out fossil fuel consumption. But then Jaber, who is also head of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, clarified his comments and said that dramatically reducing fossil fuel use was “inevitable” if the world is to keep within 1.5C of pre-industrial levels.
How quickly emissions can be cut – and how – is the key question that the UN climate summit is trying to answer.
Ever since the first Cop in 1992, global emissions have increased each year, with . But even if we currently remain well off-track from our long-term climate goals, there are signs that the emissions picture could finally
