Pádraig Hoare: World burns as leaders continue with greenwashing fiasco

It seems the more climate summits are held, the harder we are making it for ourselves to save an exhausted planet

Cop28 president Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber is also head of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), the 12th largest oil-producing firm in the world. Picture: Joshua Bickel/AP

The world cannot be given any more clear and incontrovertible signals that it is on a path of self-induced mayhem due to global warming, yet leaders somehow and inexplicably cling to the fossil fuel usage that has brought us all to the brink of disaster.

Not only is the resistance to giving up current fossil fuel deals glaring, but the determination to generate even more sources of oil and gas is breathtaking in its folly.