Thread by @mboudry

"But we will continue building coal plants at home for decades." Just like Western countries who no longer fund fossil fuel plants in developing countries (see World Bank policy), but will continue to burn fossil fuels at home for decades (e.g., Germany, Belgium). #Hypocrisy

https://twitter.com/laurimyllyvirta/status/1440400423236497424

So the big, powerful, rich countries who have been profiting from fossil fuels for decades (or centuries) are now proudly thumping their chests because they'll stop funding fossil fuels... in poor & developing countries. I find this sort of #greenwashing morally repugnant. /2

Think about it: Germany, one of the richest and most technologically advanced nations on the planet, says that they really, REALLY must burn coal until 2038. Because the economy, you know. But in the meantime we expect poor countries not to use ANY coal?/3 bbc.com/news/world-eur…