"Stop fossil fuel" has become a war cry at the ongoing Dubai COP 28; and global leaders' failure to arrive at a consensus on the agenda could push the summit beyond its scheduled closure on December 12. Licypriya, who joined the Dubai COP in the capacity of a special envoy of the Asian country Timor Leste, had participated in the Madrid and Sharm El Sheikh COPs earlier. "I jumped onto the high-level podium as I was completely frustrated with our leaders doing actually nothing about it (fossil fuel cuts)…. Only lip service and blah blah blah; and I acted spontaneously,” Licypriya told this correspondent outside the COP venue. “They even warned that I would not get a badge in any future COP,” she said, but pledged to continue to come to future summits.

Source: The Telegraph December 13, 2023 01:18 UTC