"To tell Uganda to stop fossil fuels, it is really, really an insult. It's like you are telling Uganda to stay in poverty," Uganda's energy minister Ruth Nankabirwa said. Advocates from wealthy developed countries, though, say a phasing out of fossil fuels is inevitable. You can't keep burning fossil fuels," Irish Climate Minister Eamon Ryan told Reuters. "Whether it's in the text or not, it's happening.”The Bottom LineAll of this controversy puts the President of COP28, United Arab Emirates Industry Minister Sultan Al Jaber, in a difficult position.

Source: Forbes December 10, 2023 00:02 UTC