After another COP that went into overtime, we were present at the closing plenary on 13th December to witness the adoption of the revised decision for the first Global Stock Take (GST) of the Paris Agreement.

The hot topic at the COP is energy transition and how it will be part of the Global Stock Take (GST).  First of all, it’s important to know what we are attempting to transition from. We have been living in an era of fossil fuels. Whilst this may not be surprising news to most of us, the extent of the climate challenges we face today are direct ramifications of our past actions.

As the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives in Abu Dhabi amid the Ukraine war and energy crisis, we ask the question: is this the right time to quit the addiction to fossil fuels altogether, and the best opportunity to do something truly positive for the climate crisis?