The Cop28 president told a shocking lie about fossil fuels and he's wrong about climate economics too | Geoffrey Lean
Briefly

No sooner had Al Jaber's remarks become public than the scientific community descended on him, with top experts citing the overwhelming mass of hard evidence establishing the vital need to quit coal, gas, and oil.
But it is even more pernicious. Opponents of action on climate change have almost entirely stopped denying the science in the face of conclusive evidence (making Al Jaber's claim against it all the more extraordinary). Instead they are focusing on claiming that the level of intervention needed would be economically ruinous. They have made headway on this.
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