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Pierre Friedlingstein: There are no “magical climate solutions” | Nothing matters more than ending fossil fuel consumption, says one of the world's leading climate scientists. (www.newstatesman.com)

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Bar chart of 2022 CO2 emissions. Land use: 3.9 gigatonnes. Fossil fuels 37.5 gigatonnes

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[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm sure the message will really hit home at COP28, Dubai.

[–] ChrisMcMillan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why do I still have doubts?

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 year ago

It's almost like the folks running the negotiation this year have had a fugitive fraudster advise them to buy up large chunks of Africa in order to pretend that their emissions don't count

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