[Guardian] Todd Stern claims the world will have to forgo developing reserves of oil, coal and gas in order to solve global warming. | If that means that a lot of humans have to die, tough luck. Mr. Stern will find a way to stay warm, fed and in charge... |
In the clearest sign to date the administration sees no long-range future for fossil fuel, the state department climate change envoy, Todd Stern, said the world would have no choice but to forgo developing reserves of oil, coal and gas.
The assertion, a week ahead of United Nations climate negotiations in Lima, will be seen as a further indication of Obama's commitment to climate action, following an historic US-Chinese deal to curb emissions earlier this month.
A global deal to fight climate change would necessarily require countries to abandon known reserves of oil, coal and gas, Stern told a forum at the Center for American Progress in Washington.