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Failure to agree fossil fuel phase-out at Cop28 ‘will push world into climate breakdown’

UK’s former climate chief Alok Sharma says phase-out crucial to limit global warming to 1.5C

The Guardian - UK

What it means for an oil producing country, the UAE, to host U.N. climate talks

The United Arab Emirates is a major oil producing nation, and that's drawing attention to the role oil and gas has at this year's COP28 climate negotiations.

WEKU

‘Stunned’: OPEC urges members to block action on fossil fuels at COP28

French Energy Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher said Saturday she was "stunned" after the oil cartel OPEC urged its members to thwart any deal targeting fossil fuels at the COP28 conference.

France 24

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Cop28 is a farce rigged to fail, but there are other ways we can try to save the planet

Inaction and self-interest are built into climate summits. Instead, we need a voting system that can’t be subverted by fossil fuel producers, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK

Campaigners denounce the tough rules stifling voices of protest at Cop28

Record numbers of people are at the Cop28 climate summit in Dubai, now in its second week. Seeking to be heard in the throng of 84,000 participants are activists who say their space to protest is diminishing every year.

Radio France Internationale

‘This may be our last chance’: Cop28 talks enter final phase

‘We cannot negotiate with nature’ says Denmark’s climate minister as talks to phase out fossil fuels hang in balance

The Guardian - UK

Cop28: highlights and lowlights so far

An update on the first half of the UN climate conference in Dubai, including shock over the host president’s comments

The Guardian - UK

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We need power to prescribe climate policy, IPCC scientists say

Exclusive: Five IPCC report authors say scientists should be allowed to make policy prescriptions and potentially oversee implementation

The Guardian - UK

2023 declared hottest year on record as UN slams climate inaction

The temperature record was confirmed as a UN official condemned ‘posturing’ at COP28 climate summit.

Al Jazeera

Young people’s plea to Cop28: ‘World leaders owe it to future generations’

Children at the UN climate summit urge governments to commit to policies that put their needs first

The Guardian - UK

Cop28’s pipe dream: inside the 8 December Guardian Weekly

Big oil meets the climate cause in Dubai. Plus: Living with less stuff

The Guardian - UK

COP28 Climate Summit | Global Stocktake draft calls for phasing out fossil fuels

Latest version of the Global Stocktake includes a clause committing all signatories to “an orderly and just phase out of fossil fuels”; negotiators say that COP 28’s location in the UAE, a petro state, has influenced language in the document

The Hindu

Record number of fossil fuel lobbyists get access to Cop28 climate talks

UAE-hosted summit admitted at least 2,456 people affiliated with oil and gas industries, analysis finds

The Guardian - UK

Hyping the carbon capture con, big consulting firms infest COP28

The Big Six know an opportunity when they see one — and the fossil-fuel industry representatives at COP28 offer a lucrative one.

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Morning Mail: Coalition flies to Cop28, Westpac suffers major outage, UK nuclear site hacked

Customers lose access to accounts and cards after system update failure; conservative lobby groups fund trips by frontbenchers to Cop28

International Business Times

COP28 Makes Progress On Methane And Climate Finance; Talks Derailed By Fossil Fuel Phase-Out

Two steps forward and another one back: COP28 makes progress on major initiatives, but critics say the oil lobby mars an otherwise productive summit.

The Conversation

Getting climate funds to conflict zones – a case for working with armed groups and local communities

Conflict-ridden and fragile countries are among the most vulnerable to climate change and least prepared to deal with it. They are largely excluded from climate adaptation programmes and funding.

The Guardian - UK

Cop28 president says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels

Exclusive: UAE’s Sultan Al Jaber says phase-out of coal, oil and gas would take world ‘back into caves’

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The Independent UK

As host of UN COP28 climate talks, the autocratic UAE is now allowing in critics it once kept out

As participants at the United Nations’ COP28 climate talks filed in for another day of talks, they found themselves greeted by a rare sight in the United Arab Emirates — a protest

The Guardian - UK

Lula’s bid to style himself climate leader at Cop28 undermined by Opec move

Brazilian president’s plans to approve new fossil fuel projects sit awkwardly with pledge to meet 1.5C target

France 24

COP28: More than 110 nations commit to tripling renewable energy capacity by 2030

More than 110 countries committed Saturday to triple renewable energy capacity worldwide by 2030 and double the annual rate of energy efficiency improvements. The deal came as world leaders gathered for a third day of the COP28 summit in Dubai.

Al Jazeera

Clashes over fossil fuels, Gaza war at COP28 climate summit

Israel’s assault on Gaza resumes the day after the summit reaches an agreement over a long-sought rehabilitation fund.

International Business Times

Over 110 Countries Support Tripling Renewables By 2030: EU Chief

More than 110 countries want the COP28 climate negotiations to adopt a goal of tripling renewable energy and doubling energy efficiency by 2030, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Friday.

The Guardian - UK

Cop28: King Charles warns of ‘vast, frightening experiment’ on natural world

UK monarch addresses world leaders at climate summit where more than 100 states have committed to transforming food systems

The Hindu

UAE announces $30 billion fund to catalyse private sector climate investments

The United Arab Emirates, host of COP-28, announced a US$30 billion commitment to an investment fund called ALTÉRRA.

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