Experts angry – anger over statement at the World Climate Conference

“Fossil energies are not even mentioned, even though they are the main culprit of climate change and therefore its health impacts,” says expert Jess Beagley of the Climate and Global Health Alliance, a coalition of health organizations from around the world . Sunday in Dubai.

‘Exit from fossil energy’ is missing
Other experts also criticized the announcement. The statement issued by the host of the climate conference – the United Arab Emirates – and joined by more than 120 countries, aims to strengthen research and action and prevent the health-threatening consequences of climate change. But you won’t find the words ‘fossil energy sources’ or ‘getting out of fossil energies’ in the text. Whether the climate conference in the oil state can agree on the global phase-out of coal, oil and gas is considered one of the controversial points at the climate conference.

Controversial technologies
The World Health Organization and more than forty doctors from around the world called in Dubai to accelerate the phase-out of fossils. State governments must also implement the announcements they have made regarding climate protection.

The health experts warned of “dangerous distractions” such as CO2 storage or geoengineering, on which some countries are pinning their hopes in the fight against the climate crisis. In reality, however, these technologies are considered scientifically controversial, very expensive and difficult to scale up on a large scale.

“The fact is that the climate crisis and the health crisis are one and the same,” US Special Envoy John Kerry said in Dubai. “They are completely connected.”