And there are good reasons for skepticism about how much will actually be done at COP 28. It’s being hosted by Sultan Al Jaber, the head of the country’s national oil company, which is such an obvious conflict that it’s like anSome will say that activists’ demands are unreasonable or that their focus on eliminating the fossil fuels causing climate change is naive.
But this push for the end of the era of fossil fuels is a principled stand that has helped this important grassroots movement focus and gain traction recently. Youth climate activists scored a landmark victory last month in Montana, winning a case in which the judge found there is a “fundamental constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment” and climate.
When we see people marching through the streets of Manhattan, we should all listen and join them in demanding a world without fossil fuels.