Hello Roro. Indeed there is a commitment to fossil fuels in the main text of the COP27 decision. The state promised to speed up reducing coal use and getting out of subsidies “not efficient” to fossil fuels. But that’s the same promise made at COP26 in 2021. Oil and gas are not mentioned, while achieving carbon neutrality means no more building fossil fuel facilities. Many countries, particularly the European Union or even the major oil producers, such as the United States, Canada, Norway and Colombia, continue to support the gradual withdrawal of all these fuels, but the majority oppose it, especially in the Gulf. and China. India, at the start of this proposal, no longer pushed it to the end of the negotiations.

This is the main blind spot of the climate negotiations: they have failed to address the root cause of global warming. Since the first COP in 1995, countries like Saudi Arabia, the Gulf countries, Australia, supported by the United States, have worked so that we don’t talk formally about the energy issue in this mystery. They assume that it is the agreement about climate and not about energy, which allows them not to threaten their economy. At COP27, Saudi Arabia maintained eliminating all energy-related sections in the final decision, and did not want to discuss emission sources. A battle is being played on this issue between the countries that are holding back and other countries that are fighting for the exit (or at least the reduction) of fossils to be decided: the European Union and small islands in particular.