The Conference of the Parties (COP) was held this year in Dubai, an oil-producing country, but it was this year’s COP that included in the new text the desire to “leave fossil fuels behind”.
Emergenza climatica
The COP28 conference, attended by representatives of 197 countries plus the European Union as parties to the UN Framework Convention, ended on 12 December 2023.
For the first time, OPEC and the oil industry in general will have their own space at the COP28 climate conference.
Holding a meeting to reduce emissions of polluting gases, which mainly come from the use of fossil fuels, in a country whose economy is largely dependent on oil, seemed contradictory. And the reality has surpassed the worst of the predictions.
Doñana, in the south of Spain, is an extensive territory of special natural interest but threatened by numerous attacks. The drought caused by the climate emergency, or the management of the park by the Andalusian Government, has caused the area to be expelled from a prestigious international green list.