Ottmar Edenhofer's full quote:""First of all, developed...

Ottmar Edenhofer's full quote:

""First of all, developed countries have basically expropriated the atmosphere of the world community. But one must say clearly that we redistribute de facto the world's wealth by climate policy. Obviously, the owners of coal and oil will not be enthusiastic about this. One has to free oneself from the illusion that international climate policy is environmental policy. This has almost nothing to do with environmental policy anymore." ~ Ottmar Edenhofer"

In other words, the process of mitigating the climate crisis is one of reducing emissions in the wealthy countries where emissions are highest due to higher consumption, whilst simultaneously addressing the necessary alleviation of poverty in poor countries. This amounts to a reducing of global inequity, which just by happy coincidence happens to be one part of what is required to address the crisis. About 1% of the world's population generate as much carbon emissions as the poorest 50%. It's this fact that Edenhofer is referring to.

Some further quotes from Ottmar Edenhofer:

""We cannot afford to lose another decade. If we lose another decade, it becomes extremely costly to achieve climate stabilization."

"There is a clear message from science: To avoid dangerous interference with the climate system, we need to move away from business as usual." ~

"It does not cost the world to save the planet."

"Climate change is a global commons problem." (this is effectively making reference to the same wealth distribution issue.

Conspiracy theorists are basically people who seek confirmation bias everywhere they look, to support a view that's contrarian merely for the sake of being so, and at the expense of facts, and they will distort and partially quote anything and anyone to achieve it. It's an attitude that has the feel of a petulant child about it. Trouble is they fool no one who's familiar with the facts.