Nearly 120 Nations Agree to Triple World’s Renewables Output

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COP28: Nearly 120 Nations Agree to Triple World's Renewables Output - EcoWatch

At the COP28 climate conference on Saturday, nearly 120 nations pledged to triple the output of renewable energy on the planet by 2030.

In Dubai, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, along with 118 countries and COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber, launched the Global Pledge on Renewables and Energy Efficiency at the World Climate Action Summit, a press release from the European Commission said.

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did anyone at this climate conference commit to reducing fossil fuel consumption at all in any way?
- They did, the pledge includes focusing on methane emission reduction as well as putting a stop on all private funding for coal.
  
  I'm glad for both of these things and neither necessarily reduces fossil fuel consumption
Weak. Increasing renewables only matters to the extent that it displaces fossil fuels. It’s just a way to look good by doing something that mostly would have happened anyway due to increasing energy use.
- Are you saying applying renewables more broadly won't result in an increased rate of advancement? Utilizing them more broadly not only will lessen the current rates of oil consumption, but also allow the processes to become more efficient. Additionally, it's not just a single renewable energy source, but many different approaches, making the three fold increase in application beneficial across many different areas of focus. Not to mention the uptick in jobs which will be associated with larger scale use. The states could sure use it, especially after the drastic loss of coal based jobs. But this is just my stance, I'm well aware some folks don't assess situations logically.
  
  I’m not saying it’s a bad thing to do, just that it’s not a direct commitment to do anything meaningful about climate change which is what we should demand out of these talks. With the price of renewables, governments barely need to do anything to build them out, which they’ve been using to avoid taking real action for years now. This is just a continuation of that same pattern.

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