Gore blasts 'insane' Saudi veto power at climate talks
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Former U.S. Vice-President criticizes oil-producing countries that impede the adoption of stricter measures for oil, giving the example of the resistance shown to consensus in Dubai.
The former Vice-President of the United States denounces the veto power in the climate negotiations of the fossil energy-producing countries.
(Roma=Yonhap News) Correspondent Min-kyung-rak = Former US Vice President Al Gore, who has raised his voice in responding to the climate crisis, said on the 13th (local time) that oil producing countries such as Saudi Arabia...
Gore blasts 'insane' Saudi veto power at climate talks
Speaking to AFP on the sidelines of the COP31 summit in Antalya, Turkey, Gore said UN climate talks needed to replace the consensus-based decision-making system with a supermajority model. Saudi Arabia and other fossil fuel-producing countries, including Russia and India, have been among countries accused of using their de facto veto power to impede tougher language on oil, gas and coal in UN climate negotiations. "There's growing support for mo…
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore believes it is "literally insane" that oil-producing countries like Saudi Arabia can block global actions on climate change and called for far-reaching reforms in the UN climate negotiations.
The former U.S. vice-president considers it absurd that a handful of oil producers alone could slow down all of the climate negotiations of the year.... Read more Al Gore calls for an end to the veto of a single country on the climate appeared first on Le Singulier.
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