The worst thing about reading the COP28 final statement is to think of the idiotic expression on your face as you realize that the climate summit was a complete waste of time and that we have all been taken for fools.
Some have welcomed a document that finally includes a sentence saying that we are approaching the end of fossil fuels, albeit without any kind of deadline or commitment. Having the secretary general of the UN, António Guterres, say “fossil fuel phase out is inevitable” is of little help, considering that there’s no deadline and no apparent intention to phase out anything at all.