Companies including Nestle , Unilever , Mahindra Group and Volvo Cars are urging political leaders to agree a timeline at the upcoming U.N. climate summit to phase out fossil fuels.

Nestle, Volvo among 130 companies urging COP28 agreement to ditch fossil fuels::Companies including Nestle , Unilever , Mahindra Group and Volvo Cars are urging political leaders to agree a timeline at the upcoming U.N. climate summit to phase out fossil fuels.

  • Mossy Feathers (She/They)@pawb.socialEnglish
    59·
    1 year ago

    H-huh…? No… It can’t be…

    *runs to look out the window*

    … No, the pigs are still firmly on the ground and the sky is still blue…

    Hol’ up

    *reads the article*

    “Our businesses are feeling the impacts and cost of increasing extreme weather events resulting from climate change,” the companies wrote in the letter, which was coordinated by the non-profit We Mean Business Coalition, which is pushing for greater climate action globally.

    “To decarbonise the global energy system, we need to ramp up clean energy as fast as we phase out the use and production of fossil fuels,” they wrote.

    Oh. That checks out.

    Nevermind, false alarm guys! I thought Nestle was actually thinking of someone else for once. Whew. I was scared we’d had a reality collapse or something.

    • kambusha@feddit.chEnglish
      161·
      1 year ago

      As sad as it is, it actually makes me hopeful that it can help push the agenda onto sustainable energy sources, as long as they are economically viable (which many are at this point). Once it starts hitting the bottom-line for large corporations, and better alternatives exist, that’s when we see change (not when millions of scientists warn about the devastating effects). Maybe we can finally have a climate agreement where they stick to the agreement part. Sceptical but hopeful.