World not ready yet to 'switch off' fossil fuels, COP28 host UAE says
WASHINGTON – The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday that countries should agree to phase out fuel emissions – not the production of oil, gas and coal – at the upcoming United Nations climate change negotiations that it will host this December.
She favoured phasing out fossil fuel emissions using capture and storage technologies while ramping up renewable energy, saying this strategy lets countries fight warming while continuing to produce oil, gas, and coal. over 80 countries including the EU and small island nations agreed to include language in the final outcome calling for a phase down of all fossil fuels. Countries including Saudi Arabia and China urged Egypt not to include that language in the final text.
The UAE has a goal to get 50 per cent of its electricity from renewables by 2050 from the current level of 25 per cent, and could strengthen that goal, she said.
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