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H-huh..? No... It can't be...

*runs to look out the window*

... No, the pigs are still firmly on the ground and the sky is still blue..

Hol' up

*reads the article*

"Our businesses are feeling the impacts and cost of increasing extreme weather events resulting from climate change," the companies wrote in the letter, which was coordinated by the non-profit We Mean Business Coalition, which is pushing for greater climate action globally.

"To decarbonise the global energy system, we need to ramp up clean energy as fast as we phase out the use and production of fossil fuels," they wrote.

Oh. That checks out.

Nevermind, false alarm guys! I thought Nestle was actually thinking of someone else for once. Whew. I was scared we'd had a reality collapse or something.

I'm conflicted. If Nestle wants this, it must be horribly bad for us, but on the other hand I want fossil fuels to go.

Article didn't mention whether they gonna help or not so i'm very much inclined to believe they probably just gonna do the bare minimum possible, considered Nestle and Volvo is mentioned.

Guess evil corporations like Nestle and Unilever can do something not evil now and then.

Nestlé is doing something right?

Great! What viable alternative have they come up with?

Edit: somebody's mad lol

They know it won't happen and will excuse their continued use of resources with it.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

LONDON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Companies including Nestle (NESN.S), Unilever (ULVR.L), Mahindra Group and Volvo Cars are urging political leaders to agree a timeline at the upcoming U.N. climate summit to phase out fossil fuels.

The 131 companies, which have nearly $1 trillion in global annual revenues, wrote in a letter published on Monday that attendees at the COP28 summit must commit to reach 100% decarbonised power systems by 2035 for richer economies, and help developing countries financially so they can ditch fossil fuels by 2040 at the latest.

"Our businesses are feeling the impacts and cost of increasing extreme weather events resulting from climate change," the companies wrote in the letter, which was coordinated by the non-profit We Mean Business Coalition, which is pushing for greater climate action globally.

COP28 begins in Dubai on Nov. 30 against a backdrop of more scientists warning that the world is not on course to avoid the worst impacts of climate change by meeting the goals of the 2015 Paris accord, which committed countries to limit global temperature rises to 1.5 degrees Celsius (34.7°F) from pre-industrial levels.

The speed at which countries should phase out fossil fuels will be one of the thorniest issues.

Calls from Europe and elsewhere to stop burning CO2-emitting fuels will run into the arguments of the world's biggest fossil fuel producers, consumers, as well as poorer nations that say they cannot cut CO2 emissions fast enough without significantly more financial support from wealthy nations.

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