Impossible to quit? COP28 showdown over phase-out of fossil fuels

Beyond tired scapegoating arguments, there's a more important question: how shortsighted is humanity? Will we all perish tomorrow morning? No. But we do have to pay our food and energy bills. In Germany, cost is why there's a backlash against policies aimed at phasing out gas boilers, why a quickly-scrapped carbon tax sparked France's Yellow Vests movement, why naval-dependent Greece is leading the charge against a shipping tax. 

Which brings us back to the UN climate summit in Dubai. In an era when our Instagram feeds encourage us to buy more and strive for the jet-set life, in an era where nationalism trumps global treaties, can humanity find the common ground necessary to ensure its own survival? 

Produced by Alessandro Xenos, Guillaume Gougeon and Louise Guibert.

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