'End Fossil Fuels': 12-Year-Old Indian Climate Activist Bursts On To COP28 Stage Holding Sign, Applauded

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>COP28:</strong> On the penultimate day of the 28th meeting of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), a 12-year-old Indian climate activist stormed on to the stage of the climate summit, holding a sign which read: 'End fossil fuels. Save our planet and our future'. The activist, Licypriya Kangujam, received the audience's applause. While she was escorted away, COP28 Director-General Ambassador Majid Al Suwaidi said that he admired the enthusiasm shown by young people at COP28, according to media reports.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Environmentalists are calling for a final COP28 deal that mentions the phase-out of fossil fuels. Several activists have expressed disdain over 'fossil fuel phase-out' not being mentioned in the draft deal released by the UNFCCC on December 11.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The UN climate summit was scheduled to end on December 12, but due to disagreements among nations over the inclusion of fossil fuel phase-out in the final text, and a pushback from the OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) to the organisation's member countries to refrain from signing a deal that focuses on fossil fuel phase-out, COP28 has run into overtime.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong>MUST READ | <a title="COP28: No Mention Of Fossil Fuel Phase-Out In Draft Deal, OPEC Pushback &mdash; Key Events As Climate Summit Comes To A Close" href="https://ift.tt/Ud2vN3I" target="_self">COP28: No Mention Of Fossil Fuel Phase-Out In Draft Deal, OPEC Pushback &mdash; Key Events As Climate Summit Comes To A Close</a></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The final decision is likely to be made on December 13.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Over a period of 12 days, several major announcements from the operationalisation of the loss and damage fund, a pledge to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030, an allocation of funds to tackle methane, and other climate finance pledges were made.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The updated version of the Global Stocktake text called for the reduction of fossil fuel consumption and production by 2050, but did not directly refer to a 'phase-out' of fossil fuels. Several climate activists have claimed that this is a regression from previous versions, and that the commitment to reduce fossil fuel consumption and production, without any mention of phase-out, is vague.</span></p> <p><strong>MUST READ |&nbsp;<a title="COP28: Fossil Fuel Firms Spending Millions Of Dollars On Online Promotion Of Carbon Capture And Storage As Climate Solution" href="https://ift.tt/5Z49mKI" target="_self">COP28: Fossil Fuel Firms Spending Millions Of Dollars On Online Promotion Of Carbon Capture And Storage As Climate Solution</a></strong></p> <p>In a letter dated December 6, 2023, OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais urged OPEC Members to reject a COP28 deal that targets fossil fuels rather than emissions, Reuters reported.</p> <p>UN Secretary-General Ant&ograve;nio Guterres has said that nations should reach an agreement on phasing-out fossil fuels because this is the key to the success of COP28.</p> <p><strong>MUST READ |&nbsp;<a title="COP28: Green Hydrogen Is Most Water-Efficient Form Of Clean Hydrogen, Uses One-Third Less Water Than Blue Hydrogen" href="https://ift.tt/yORdiTv" target="_self">COP28: Green Hydrogen Is Most Water-Efficient Form Of Clean Hydrogen, Uses One-Third Less Water Than Blue Hydrogen</a></strong></p>

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