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The ElephantA resource for journalists, politicians, policy makers, activists and citizens interested in climate change and the environmental emergency
Can we adapt before climate change drowns us? - Frontline
2024-02-22 in Frontline: The HinduDespite rising sea levels, heatwaves, and floods, global efforts to adapt to climate change fall short, leaving vulnerable communities exposed.
Tagged under: COP29 | COP28 | Sea Level | Heatwaves | Finance
Opinion: Why COP28’s climate failures are actually a nightmare for Norfolk
2024-01-17 (or before) in edp24.co.ukLast month, governments from across the world gathered in Dubai, with the goal of saving the world from the catastrophic breakdown of our climate. …
Tagged under: COP28
Global annual finance flows of $7 trillion fueling climate, biodiversity, and land degradation crises
2024-01-14 (or before) in UN Environment ProgrammeDubai, 9 December 2023 – Close to $7 trillion is invested globally each year in activities that have a direct negative impact on nature from both public and private sector sources - equivalent to roughly 7 per cent of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - according to the latest State of Finance for Nature report released today at COP28 by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners.
Tagged under: COP28 | Economic Growth | Finance
Oil industry veteran to lead next round of Cop climate change summit
2024-01-05 in The GuardianMukhtar Babayev is named president-in-waiting of UN climate summit to be held in November
Deforestation effect of UK consumption unsustainable, say MPs
2024-01-04 in The GuardianCommittee finds British consumers contributing particularly highly to destruction of world’s forests
Tagged under: COP28 | Deforestation | Trees
World will look back at 2023 as year humanity exposed its inability to tackle climate crisis, scientists say
2023-12-29 in The GuardianDisastrous events included flash flooding in Africa and wildfires in Europe and North America
Tagged under: COP28 | Wildfires | Africa
The Climate Treadmill Speeds Up At COP28, But Critics Say It’s Still Not Going Anywhere - Inside Climate News
2023-12-25 by in Inside Climate NewsEsa Sharon Mona Ainuu, Niue minister of natural resources and environment, was in tears as she met the press on Dec. 11, near the end of COP28 in Dubai. After 12 days of meetings, any references to a fossil fuel phase-out had suddenly been stripped out of the text by Sultan al-Jaber, the presiding officer […]
Tagged under: COP28
Record number of fossil fuel lobbyists granted access to COP28 climate talks | Global Witness
2023-12-21 (or before) in Global WitnessAt least 2456 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the COP28 summit in Dubai, signalling an unprecedented presence at crucial climate talks from representatives of some of the world’s biggest polluters, according to a new analysis from the Kick Big Polluters Out (KBPO) coalition
Tagged under: COP28
Nuclear expert Mycle Schneider on the COP28 pledge to triple nuclear energy production: ‘Trumpism enters energy policy’
2023-12-18 by in Bulletin of the Atomic ScientistsA nuclear expert explains why it's impossible to triple nuclear energy capacity by 2050.
Tagged under: COP28 | Nuclear Power
Forget Cop – local climate action can bring more tangible results | Letter
2023-12-18 in The GuardianLetter: Annette Gorst-Unsworth says she invests in community energy groups that are making a difference in her area
Tagged under: COP28 | Solar Energy
Failure of Cop28 on fossil fuel phase-out is ‘devastating’, say scientists
2023-12-14 in The GuardianClimate experts say lack of unambiguous statement is ‘tragedy for the planet and our future’
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels
Science panel presents COP28 with blueprint for saving the Amazon
2023-12-13 in MongabayFive policy briefs released at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai call for urgently protecting the Amazon Rainforest from degenerating into a dry savanna, providing insights about what drives destruction and degradation in the region and solutions for securing the basin’s sustainable future. The reports were published Dec. 9 by the Science Panel for the […]
Tagged under: COP28 | Amazon Rainforest
Good Cop, bad Cop: what the Cop28 agreement says and what it means
2023-12-13 in The GuardianSome say the deal is historic, others that it is weak. We look closely at the text for the truth of the matter
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels
Rich countries are desperate to convince us their hollow Cop28 deal is a triumph. They’re lying | Asad Rehman
2023-12-13 in The GuardianThe agreement on fossil fuel phase-out is full of loopholes, but those of us fighting for climate justice won’t give up, says Asad Rehman of War on Want
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels | Climate Justice
COP28: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Dubai - Carbon Brief
2023-12-13 by in Carbon BriefCarbon Brief provides in-depth analysis of all the key outcomes from the COP28 climate change summit in Dubai – both inside and outside the COP.
Tagged under: COP28
'Keeping Carbon in the Ground' Missed the Point: How COP28 Signals End of Oil – Byline Times
2023-12-12 by in Byline TimesWestern hypocrisy nearly scuppered global climate negotiations. But now the direction of travel is clear. Byline Times' columnist sums up his conclusions after addressing the Dubai summit
Tagged under: COP28
Ted O’Brien’s nuclear love-in at COP28 gets a brutal reality check
2023-12-11 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economyRelease of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report provides a sobering reality check for an industry on life-support and a contrast to Ted O’Brien’s silliness at COP28 climate conferen…
Tagged under: COP28 | Nuclear Power
COP28 Boosts Carbon Capture, a Long Shot Fix for the Climate - Bloomberg
2023-12-11 in BloombergFossil fuel producers at COP28 want to use technologies to cut emissions from dirty energy rather than target consumption. The US experience shows it’s not that simple.
Tagged under: COP28
‘The climate change argument is becoming ever more convincing’, says former BP chief
2023-12-11 (or before) in The TelegraphFormer ‘sun king’ Lord Browne on why he’s no longer an oil and gas man
Tagged under: COP28 | Rishi Sunak | BP
'Large gaps still need to be bridged': UN chief returns to COP28 as climate talks remain on knife edge
2023-12-11 in Business GreenWith crunch climate talks' scheduled close less than 24 hours away, negotiators are still wrangling over the future of fossil fuels, finance pledges, and climate adaptation goals
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels | Finance
Cop28: China ‘would like to see agreement to substitute renewables for fossil fuels’
2023-12-09 in The GuardianBut country’s climate envoy, Xie Zhenhua, would not say whether it would support phase-out wording in climate deal
Tagged under: COP28 | Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels
Opec rails against fossil fuel phase-out at Cop28 in leaked letters
2023-12-08 in The GuardianOil cartel warns ‘pressure may reach a tipping point’ and that ‘politically motivated campaigns put our prosperity’ at risk
Tagged under: COP28 | Tipping Points
Carbon capture is key to COP28 debate over ending or extending fossil fuels
2023-12-07 in NewsweekCarbon capture and storage technology has emerged as a central issue among U.N. COP28 climate negotiators considering a phaseout of fossil fuels.
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels
‘Unprecedented mass coral bleaching’ expected in 2024, says expert
2023-12-07 in The Guardian2023 is first year of potential pair of El Niño years and since 1997, every instance of these pairs has led to mass coral mortality
Tagged under: Coral Reefs | Wildlife | COP28 | El Niño | Caribbean
Andrew Forrest calls for fossil fuel bosses' 'heads on spikes' in extraordinary outburst on sidelines of UN COP28 climate conference - ABC News
2023-12-06 in ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)The Australian mining magnate and climate campaigner lashes out at oil and gas supremos he says are "selfish beyond belief".
Tagged under: COP28
Home - Global Tipping Points
2023-12-06 (or before) by in Global Tipping Points | HomeWelcome Global Tipping Points is led by Professor Tim Lenton from the University of Exeter’s Global Systems Institute with the support of more than 200 researchers from over 90 organisations in 26 countries. The Global Tipping Points Report was launched at COP28 on 6 December 2023. The report is an authoritative assessment of the risks […]
Tagged under: COP28 | Tipping Points
An Inevitable Showdown With the Fossil Fuel Industry Is Brewing at COP28 - Inside Climate News
2023-12-05 by in Inside Climate NewsDUBAI, United Arab Emirates—The growing momentum at COP28 for a fossil fuel phaseout has not gone unnoticed by the fossil fuel industry, which has sent a record number of representatives and lobbyists to this year’s climate summit. A report released this morning by a coalition of nonprofit climate policy watchdog groups shows that at least […]
Tagged under: COP28
COP28: Bill Gates Says World Probably Won't Meet 2C Climate Warming Goal - Bloomberg
2023-12-03 in BloombergThe billionaire clean-energy investor said it would be “fortunate” if temperature rise stays below 3C.
Tagged under: COP28
Cop28 president says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels
2023-12-03 in The GuardianExclusive: UAE’s Sultan Al Jaber says phase-out of coal, oil and gas would take world ‘back into caves’
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels
COP28: UN climate talks go big on ending fossil fuels
2023-12-03 (or before) in The BBCCountries and companies pledge more renewables and emissions cuts but critics say the measures fall short.
Tagged under: COP28 | Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels
Greenhouse gas emissions soar – with China, US and India most at fault
2023-12-03 in The GuardianSatellite tracking data shows many countries and firms do not provide accurate figures
Tagged under: COP28
Kamala Harris addresses Cop28 amid mixed reaction to US climate pledges
2023-12-02 in The GuardianUS vice-president, deputising for Joe Biden, tells summit that world faces a ‘pivotal moment’ in the climate crisis
Tagged under: COP28 | Joe Biden
US joins in other nations in swearing off coal power to clean the climate
2023-12-02 in Associated Press NewsThe United States is now committed to the idea of phasing out coal power plants, joining 56 other nations in kicking the coal habit. Saturday's announcement by U.S.
Tagged under: COP28 | US Politics | USA | Coal | Electricity | Middle East | Renewable Energy
The Climate Summit Is a Sick Joke. You Should Be Angry and Afraid
2023-12-01 in NewsweekThe primary cause of global heating is fossil fuels; and global heating is what's driving all the crazy heat, fire, smoke, storms, flooding, drought, crop yield losses, and ecosystem death that is
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Drought | COP28
‘Climate collapse in real time’: UN head António Guterres urges Cop28 to act
2023-11-30 in The GuardianWorld Meteorological Organization says 2023 will be hottest year on record, leaving ‘trail of devastation and despair’
Tagged under: COP28 | Collapse | Wildfires
Fossil Fuel Friendly Daily Mail Firm Handed £500k Government Contract to Run UK COP28 Events
2023-11-29 by in DeSmogThe UK’s events at this year’s COP28 summit will be hosted by a Daily Mail events firm that specialises in organising exhibitions for the oil and gas industry, DeSmog can reveal. Government records show that dmg events, which is owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT), will be paid £545,000 for “commissioning and […]
Tagged under: COP28
Biden admin holds oil, gas auctions amid COP28 climate talks: Environmentalists furious
2023-11-29 in AxiosThe last auction is due to take place on Dec. 12 — the final day of Cop28.
Tagged under: COP28
US oil and gas production set to break record in 2023 despite UN climate goals
2023-11-27 in The GuardianUnited States projected to extract 12.9m barrels of crude oil per day as countries at Cop28 to push for agreed fossil fuels ‘phaseout’
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels
COP28 president secretly used climate summit role to push oil trade with foreign government officials – Centre for Climate Reporting
2023-11-27 by in Centre for Climate ReportingLeaked documents reveal COP28 president and UAE national oil company boss Sultan Al Jaber’s plans to discuss boosting fossil fuel business in bilateral meetings about the climate summit.
Tagged under: COP28
UAE planned to use COP28 climate talks to make oil deals
2023-11-27 in The BBCLeaked documents show how the COP28 host planned to use its role to strike fossil fuel business deals.
Tagged under: COP28
Revealed: Saudi Arabia’s grand plan to ‘hook’ poor countries on oil
2023-11-27 in The GuardianClimate scientists say fossil fuel use needs to fall rapidly – but oil-rich kingdom is working to drive up demand
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels | Middle East | Saudi Arabia | Africa
World stands on frontline of disaster at Cop28, says UN climate chief
2023-11-24 in The GuardianExclusive: Simon Stiell says leaders must ‘stop dawdling’ and act before crucial summit in Dubai
Tagged under: COP28
The Fossil Fuel Industry Has Been Infiltrating U.N. Climate Talks for Decades
2023-11-23 (or before) in The New RepublicTagged under: COP28
World facing ‘hellish’ 3C of climate heating, UN warns before Cop28
2023-11-20 in The Guardian‘We must start setting records on cutting emissions,’ UN boss says after temperature records obliterated in 2023
Tagged under: COP28
'Insufficient ambition and not enough action': UN warns world is on track for 3C of warming
2023-11-20 in Business GreenUN's latest Emissions Gap Report warns that even if governments' decarbonisation goals are met the world is still facing around 2.5C of warming this century
Tagged under: Global Warming | United Nations | COP28 | Decarbonisation
The world's largest single-site solar farm just came online
2023-11-17 by in ElectrekThe United Arab Emirates has launched Al Dhafra solar farm – now the world's largest single-site solar farm – ahead of COP28.
Tagged under: COP28 | Solar Energy
Cop28 host UAE breaking its own ban on routine gas flaring, data shows
2023-11-17 in The GuardianExclusive: Fields run by climate summit host have burned gas near daily despite 20-year-old pledge, satellite monitoring reveals
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels
Showdown at COP28
2023-11-17 by in Counter Punch“$200 trillion is needed to stop global warming” (Bloomberg New Energy Finance) Buckle up, fireworks will be going off in a couple weeks in the pristine
Tagged under: COP28 | Global Warming | Finance
Opinion | More lightning, more wildfires and a warmer world. Welcome to the ‘doom loop’ | South China Morning Post
2023-11-17 in South China Morning PostClimate-induced lightning is becoming more frequent and powerful, triggering more wildfires, particularly in Siberia, Canada and Alaska, and releasing the carbon locked in permafrost.
Tagged under: COP28 | Permafrost | Wildfires | Alaska | Russia
Climate-heating gases reach record highs, UN reports
2023-11-15 in The GuardianWorld Meteorological Organization sees ‘no end in sight to the rising trend’, largely driven by fossil fuel burning
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | COP28
ICCI – International Cryosphere Climate Initiative
2023-11-10 (or before) in International Cryosphere Climate InitiativeTagged under: COP28
‘Insanity’: petrostates planning huge expansion of fossil fuels, says UN report
2023-11-08 in The GuardianPlans by nations including Saudi Arabia, the US and UAE would blow climate targets and ‘throw humanity’s future into question’
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels | Russia | Saudi Arabia
McKinsey & Company pushes fossil fuel interests as advisor to UN climate talks, whistleblowers say
2023-11-07 in France 24The world's top management consultancy McKinsey & Company is using its position as a key advisor to the UN's COP28 climate talks to push the interests of its big oil and gas clients, undermining efforts…
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | COP28
UN to seek assurances UK will not renege on net zero pledge
2023-11-03 in The GuardianConcerns ahead of Cop28 climate summit that Rishi Sunak among leaders backsliding on green measures
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Net Zero | COP28 | COP27 | COP26
In 2023 we’ve seen climate destruction in real time, yet rich countries are poised to do little at Cop28 | Saleemul Huq and Farhana Sultana
2023-11-01 in The GuardianAs another big climate conference looms and global ‘loss and damage’ takes hold, we must keep pressure on the biggest emitters, write Farhana Sultana and the late Saleemul Huq
COP28 Action Tracker: Latest Updates on Climate Action and Sustainable Development
2023-10-27 (or before) by in Edie AwardsStay up to date with the latest updates on COP28, including headline news, UK preparations, and the global efforts towards climate action and sustainable development. This edition covers news from the UAE organisers, Latin America and Carribean Climate Week, and more.
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels | Climate Justice | Finance
'We have to be realistic': Government dismisses CCC's concerns over UK's net zero progress
2023-10-26 in Business GreenGovernment insists UK can meet all its climate targets, but rejects recommendations 'that force families to make costly and burdensome changes to their lifestyles'
Tagged under: Net Zero | COP28
Inside the campaign that put an oil boss in charge of a climate summit – Centre for Climate Reporting
2023-10-25 by in Centre for Climate ReportingSultan Al Jaber, CEO of the UAE’s national oil company, mobilized a PR army to secure the COP28 presidency despite concerns over his green credentials.
Tagged under: COP28
Pope urges rich world to make profound changes to tackle climate crisis
2023-10-04 in The GuardianFrancis also defends climate protesters and calls on governments to make Cop28 in Dubai a turning point
Tagged under: COP28 | Climate Change | Religion | Pope Francis
Boycott COP28: 'Holding a climate conference in Dubai is absurd and dangerous' - earthactiongloballeague.com
2023-10-02 by in Earth Action Global LeagueBoycott COP28: 'Holding a climate conference in Dubai is absurd and dangerous'. The venue of the 28th edition COP (Conference of the Parties)
Tagged under: COP28
How do we raise trillions of dollars to fight the climate crisis? The answer is staring us in the face | Gordon Brown
2023-09-25 in The GuardianThe profits for oil and gas companies have reached truly staggering proportions. A simple levy could funnel money to the global south, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown
Tagged under: COP28
Tory launches international climate declaration to bring politicians together | The Independent
2023-09-19 (or before) in The IndependentChris Skidmore wants to create a cross-party, international group of legislators committed to climate action.
Tagged under: COP28 | Climate Change
Climate action must respond to extreme weather driving health crisis, says WHO
2023-09-19 in The GuardianMelting ice caps and rising sea levels are urgent but people care more about the floods, wildfires and droughts that are here now, New York summit hears
Tagged under: COP28 | Libya | Drought | Africa | Ice Melting | Sea Level | Health | Middle East | Wildfires
Fossil fuel investment ‘very unwise economic risk’, says energy expert
2023-09-14 in The GuardianFatih Birol, head of International Energy Agency, warns large-scale fossil fuel projects carry big financial risks
Tagged under: COP28 | Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels
American PR Firm Edelman Enabled Oil Baron Al Jaber’s Ascension to Lead COP28 Climate Conference
2023-09-13 by in DeSmogWith three months to go until the COP28 United Nations climate talks begin in Dubai, critics have stepped up their condemnation of the decision to put Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, the head of Abu Dhabi’s state oil company ADNOC, in charge of the conference. What few may realize, however, is that Al Jaber’s ascent to the highest levels of climate diplomacy began 16 years ago, and Edelman, the largest public relations firm in the world, played a crucial role.
Tagged under: COP28
US behind more than a third of global oil and gas expansion plans, report finds
2023-09-12 in The GuardianStudy highlights conflict between Washington’s claims of climate leadership and its fossil fuel growth plans
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels | US Politics | Russia | Iran | Washington State
‘A critical moment’: UN warns world will miss climate targets unless fossil fuels phased out
2023-09-08 in The GuardianGovernments failing to cut emissions fast enough to meet Paris agreement goals and avoid disaster, major report says
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels
Only genuinely clean hydrogen can help solve the climate crisis | Malcolm Turnbull
2023-08-17 in The GuardianCOP28 in Dubai needs to be the moment the world commits to producing hydrogen with near zero emissions by 2030
Tagged under: COP28 | Hydrogen
Fossil Fuel Exec Is Slated to Lead COP28. We Must Decolonize Climate Governance.
2023-08-03 by in Truthout - Fearless Independent JournalismCurrent climate governance is rooted in the same colonial mindsets that led us to this very crisis.
Tagged under: COP28
Phase down of fossil fuel inevitable and essential, says Cop28 president
2023-07-13 in The GuardianExclusive: Sultan Al Jaber calls on world to up its renewable energy capacity and says oil and gas companies must be involved
Tagged under: COP28 | Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels
So what if fossil fuel lobbyists have to declare themselves at Cop28? That won’t curb their power| Amy Westervelt
2023-06-28 in The GuardianOil and gas companies don’t just have a seat at the Cop table: they are in charge of the table, says climate journalist Amy Westervelt
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels
How long before climate change claims the Thwaites Glacier?
2023-06-23 by in The National News UKThe National visits the British Antarctic Survey, which plans to use AI to study data that could offer hope for the planet's future
Tagged under: COP28 | Climate Change | Antarctic
Countdown to COP28: Time for world to focus on oil and gas phase-out, renewables target – not distractions like CCS
2023-06-08 (or before) in Climate Action TrackerTagged under: COP28 | Renewable Energy
Army of fake social media accounts defend UAE presidency of climate summit
2023-06-08 in The GuardianSultan Al Jaber – Cop28 president and CEO of state oil firm – is ‘ally the climate movement needs’, posts say
Tagged under: COP28 | Africa | Middle East
Indicators of Global Climate Change 2022: annual update of large-scale indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence
2023-06-08 (or before) in Earth System Science DataAbstract. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessments are the trusted source of scientific evidence for climate negotiations taking place under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), including the first global stocktake under the Paris Agreement that will conclude at COP28 in December 2023. Evidence-based decision-making needs to be informed by up-to-date and timely information on key indicators of the state of the climate system and of the human influence on the global climate system. However, successive IPCC reports are published at intervals of 5–10 years, creating potential...
Tagged under: COP28 | IPCC | Climate Change | Earth Energy Imbalance
Countries must put aside national interests for climate crisis, UN says
2023-06-05 in The GuardianSimon Stiell tells conference in Bonn the world is at ‘tipping point’ and must fight together for common good
Tagged under: COP28 | Tipping Points
Climate crisis: rich nations undermining work to help poor countries, research suggests
2023-06-04 in The GuardianOxfam report says only $11.5bn (£9.2bn) of climate finance in 2020 devoted to helping vulnerable states
COP28: Government defends oil boss Jaber to head talks - BBC News
2023-05-28 (or before) in The BBCGovernment minister pushes back against EU and US calls for removal of Sultan al-Jaber as head of COP28.
Tagged under: COP28
COP28 team marshals oil and gas industry alliance ahead of climate summit | Financial Times
2023-05-09 (or before) in Financial TimesGoals outlined in initiating letter do not address most damaging emissions
Tagged under: COP28
‘Mind-boggling’ methane emissions from Turkmenistan revealed
2023-05-09 in The GuardianLeaks of potent greenhouse gas could be easily fixed, say experts, and would rapidly reduce global heating
Tagged under: COP28 | Methane | Fossil Fuels
'Accelerate the phase out': How the G7 cooled on fossil fuels as the answer to the energy crisis
2023-04-17 in Business GreenG7 Energy and Environment Ministers acknowledge energy crisis requires reduction in global gas demand and reiterate support for clean tech, but stop short of setting out roadmap for phasing out fossil fuel power
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels
Cop28 president: world needs business mindset to tackle climate crisis
2023-04-07 in The GuardianExclusive: Sultan Al Jaber aims to use UN talks to set out how private sector can limit greenhouse gas emissions
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels
Revealed: UAE plans huge oil and gas expansion as it hosts UN climate summit
2023-04-04 in The GuardianExclusive: UAE’s fossil fuel boss will be the president of Cop28, making a mockery of the summit, say campaigners
Tagged under: COP28 | Africa | Fossil Fuels | Middle East
The COP28 Agenda is a Recipe for Economic Armageddon: An Open Letter to Sultan Al Jaber, President of COP28
2023-03-15 (or before) by in Bylines SupplementThis open letter is co-published by Byline Supplement with the Age of Transformation, a newsletter by Nafeez Ahmed promoting systems-thinking for the ‘global phase-shift’.
Tagged under: COP28
LET'S FACE REALITY. FOSSIL FUEL INTERESTS HAVE DESTROYED THE COPS - WE NEED SOMETHING NEW
2023-02-13 (or before) by in Cool Earth | Bill McGuire | SubstackIt beggars belief that the UN thought it a good idea to allow an authoritarian petro-state to host an already compromised Cop28
Tagged under: COP28
COP28 Chief’s Global Tour Begins With a Defense of Fossil Fuels
2023-02-09 (or before) in BloombergOil and gas will have a key role to play even as the world shifts to cleaner energy and climate talks should reflect the challenges of energy poverty, according to the president of this year’s COP summit.
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels | Saudi Arabia
UN chief: Fossil fuel firms without credible net zero plans 'should not be in business'
2023-02-06 in Business GreenUN Secretary General António Guterres calls on governments, businesses, and investors to urgently step up action to deliver on climate and biodiversity goals
Tagged under: COP28 | Net Zero
Let’s face reality. Fossil fuel interests have destroyed the Cops – we need something new | Bill McGuire
2023-01-16 in The GuardianIt beggars belief that the UN thought it a good idea to allow an authoritarian petro-state to host the already compromised summit, says Bill McGuire, professor emeritus of climate hazards
Tagged under: COP28 | Africa | Middle East
COP28: Why has an oil boss been chosen to head climate summit? - BBC News
2023-01-14 (or before) in The BBCThe UAE has named state oil company chief Sultan Al Jaber as president of the UN climate conference.
Tagged under: COP28 | Middle East
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