TCU faculty members Michael Slattery and Ann Bluntzer penned an editorial column for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram addressing COP28, an agreement that seeks a global transition away from fossil fuels to aid the environment.
āThe deal paves the way for what environmentalists hope will be the ābeginning of the endā of the fossil fuel era, and the deep emission cuts pledged at COP28 (coupled with substantially increased financing) are intended to set the world on that path. But itās not words that impact the climate. Itās actions, and the money to fund them,ā they wrote.
Slattery is the director of the Institute for Environmental Studies and chair of the Department of Environmental and Sustainability Sciences and a fellow in the Ralph Lowe Energy Institute at TCU. Bluntzer is the executive director of the Ralph Lowe Energy Institute and a professor at TCUās Neeley School of Business.
āEach year, the world continues to increase its energy consumption, with our usage steadily rising and offsetting any progress achieved by renewable energy. We need an inclusive energy solution that encompasses fossil fuels for the foreseeable future, as it represents the responsible path towards a globally secure energy future. The question that no one wants to answer and all will continue to mask in contradicting unrealistic policy notions is: āDo we care more about the planet or the people?āā