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PARIS: French Energy Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher stated Saturday she was “stunned” after the oil cartel OPEC urged its members to thwart any deal concentrating on fossil fuels at the COP28 convention.
“I am stunned by these statements from OPEC. And I am angry,” she stated from the local weather convention in Dubai, including that “OPEC’s position endangers the most vulnerable countries and the poorest populations who are the first victims of this situation”.
The minister stated she was “counting on the presidency of the COP not to be influenced by these declarations, and to reach an agreement which affirms a clear objective of phasing out fossil fuels”.
OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais despatched a letter to the group’s 13 members and 10 Russian-led allies this week after negotiators at talks in Dubai launched a draft deal that included requires a part-out of fossil fuels.
In the letter despatched Wednesday, Ghais urges the group to “proactively reject any text or formula that targets energy i.e. fossil fuels rather than emissions”.
The letter has drawn anger from activists and the High Ambition Coalition, a broad group of countries starting from Barbados to France, Kenya and Pacific island states.
Spain’s ecology transition minister Teresa Ribera referred to as the transfer “disgusting”.
“I am stunned by these statements from OPEC. And I am angry,” she stated from the local weather convention in Dubai, including that “OPEC’s position endangers the most vulnerable countries and the poorest populations who are the first victims of this situation”.
The minister stated she was “counting on the presidency of the COP not to be influenced by these declarations, and to reach an agreement which affirms a clear objective of phasing out fossil fuels”.
OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais despatched a letter to the group’s 13 members and 10 Russian-led allies this week after negotiators at talks in Dubai launched a draft deal that included requires a part-out of fossil fuels.
In the letter despatched Wednesday, Ghais urges the group to “proactively reject any text or formula that targets energy i.e. fossil fuels rather than emissions”.
The letter has drawn anger from activists and the High Ambition Coalition, a broad group of countries starting from Barbados to France, Kenya and Pacific island states.
Spain’s ecology transition minister Teresa Ribera referred to as the transfer “disgusting”.
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