Editorial: On climate change, world leaders are saying one thing and doing another

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : In advance of the COP28 summit, hundreds of scientists are urging President Biden to "agree to a fast and fair phaseout of all fossil fuels (coal, oil, and gas), with clear timelines and science-informed targets for the near and long term."
54% : A U.N.-backed report released earlier this month found that despite their promises, the world's governments still plan to produce and consume more than twice as much coal, oil and gas in 2030 as they should to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, a gap that's remained basically unchanged since 2019.
51% : They throw humanity's future into question," Inger Andersen, executive director of the United Nations Environment Program, wrote in the report.
50% : "The only safe path forward is for the world's nations to commit to ending the extraction and burning of coal, oil and gas.
38% : "Governments must stop saying one thing and doing another.

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