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silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years ago

Even if COP28 fails, it has changed the conversation on fossil fuels | Even having discussions on an end to the main cause of global warming is huge progress, say campaigners and researchers

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Even if COP28 fails, it has changed the conversation on fossil fuels | Even having discussions on an end to the main cause of global warming is huge progress, say campaigners and researchers

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silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years ago
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Even if COP28 fails, it has changed the conversation on fossil fuels
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Countries at the COP28 climate summit are still struggling to reach a deal on phasing out fossil fuels, but even having discussions on an end to the main cause of global warming is huge progress, say campaigners and researchers

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    i’d just assumed it was short for “Cope, cause we’ll all be fucked by 2028”

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      How bad it gets is (quite literally) a matter of degree, not one of fucked/not fucked.

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