Analysis: Absurd host could make or break COP28
One might think that the Gulf state of the United Arab Emirates is a strange place for a climate meeting, The Telegraph's environmental editors write in an analysis. But because of its absurdities, like man-made ski slopes in the middle of a desert country, the location might be perfect for a meeting "which is increasingly accused by both climate activists and climate deniers of generating more hot air than it prevents" - with the untranslatable point that "hot air" also means idle talk in English.
Instead of focusing on fulfilling previously made pledges, the meeting gets bigger every year, they write, making it so expensive and complicated that almost only a wealthy Gulf state can afford to hold it.
"Ignoring the fossil elephant in the room will be difficult at COP28," writes Nigel Purvis in his analysis in Foreign Policy.
Since a reduction in fossil fuels is by far the most effective way to slow down climate change, he predicts conflicts over whether to regulate the type of emissions to be reduced, something that each country today decides for itself.
The Economist also writes about the urgent need for negative emissions from fossil fuels and about mistrust of the host country:
"Among many delegates, trust is so low that the negotiations may collapse."
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