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Why the world’s biggest climate conference is a cynical scam

The COP process is now worse than superfluous: it has become a cynical exercise in moral blackmail against the West.

Ambrose Evans-PritchardGlobal economy commentator

Nov 19, 2024 – 8.21am

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If you wish to see the climate glass as dangerously empty, read this year’s Global Carbon Budget report by 119 global scientists. It sums up the state of the planet in 2024 and will confirm your worst fears.

The stated facts are: CO₂ emissions will rise by 0.8 per cent to 37.4 billion tonnes this year. We are still burning more fossil fuels. Coal emissions are up 0.2 per cent, oil 0.9 per cent and gas 2.4 per cent.

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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard is a columnist at the Telegraph, London.