Fossil fuels from ancient ecosystems — more action and fewer mistruths needed now

What rational intelligent action looks like: Ireland has joined the ‘Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance’, led by Costa Rica and Denmark, collectively advocating for the phasing out of fossil fuels

Fossil fuels are made from the partially degraded remains of ancient ecosystems on land and in the sea. The hydrocarbons in coal, oil, and natural gas are all the products of photosynthesis by organisms that lived millions of years ago

It is alarming that the president of the Cop28 climate summit cast doubt about the need to stop burning fossil fuels.

Sultan Al Jaber challenged Mary Robinson in an online event in November, just prior to the beginning of the global climate meeting — querying the existence of evidence that phasing out fossil fuels is required to keep temperatures from soaring above 1.5°C over pre-industrial levels, as agreed in the Climate Cop in Paris in 2015.