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Will fossil fuel phase-out make it onto the UN’s climate agenda?

UN climate chief says while the rapid end of hydrocarbon use is required, the idea may not be discussed at COP28 talks.

Al Jazeera

Climate crisis: rich nations undermining work to help poor countries, research suggests

Oxfam report says only $11.5bn (£9.2bn) of climate finance in 2020 devoted to helping vulnerable states

The Guardian - UK

‘Climate negotiations are inherently abusive’: campaigner Brianna Craft on the struggle smaller countries face

In her memoir, the Cop delegate draws parallels with her violent childhood home and the imbalance of power in global summits

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Cop28 president’s team accused of Wikipedia ‘greenwashing’

Exclusive: UAE using site to ‘control narrative’ amid criticism of oil boss leading climate summit, say critics

The Guardian - UK

Next UN climate summit to consider health issues in depth for first time

Cop28 president Sultan Al Jaber says summit in Dubai in November will dedicate a day to health

The Guardian - UK

Cop28 president: world needs business mindset to tackle climate crisis

Exclusive: Sultan Al Jaber aims to use UN talks to set out how private sector can limit greenhouse gas emissions

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: UAE plans huge oil and gas expansion as it hosts UN climate summit

Exclusive: UAE’s fossil fuel boss will be the president of Cop28, making a mockery of the summit, say campaigners

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UAE's COP28 leader: 'Fight climate change, not each other'

The United Arab Emirates’ pick to lead the upcoming COP28 climate talks in Dubai has called on the world to “fight climate change, not each other.”

The Independent UK

UAE oil company employees given roles in office hosting Cop28

Exclusive: at least 12 officials at body hosting Cop28 appear to have come straight from fossil fuel industry

The Guardian - UK

French finance minister backs pension push, UAE's COP28 pick

Trying to sell France to Emirati investors, France’s finance minister has highlighted what he described as the business-friendly overhaul of President Emmanuel Macron while on a trip to Abu Dhabi

The Independent UK

Let’s face reality. Fossil fuel interests have destroyed the Cops – we need something new

It 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

The Guardian - UK

John Kerry tells AP he backs UAE oil chief overseeing COP28

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry backs the United Arab Emirates’ decision to appoint the CEO of a state-run oil company to preside over the upcoming U.N. climate negotiations in Dubai, citing his work on renewable energy projects

The Independent UK

UAE’s Cop28 president will keep role as head of national oil company

Campaigners warn ‘breathtaking conflict of interest’ could jeopardise climate negotiating process

The Guardian - UK

Environmentalists cry foul as UAE names oil chief to head COP28 talks

The United Arab Emirates has said that the CEO of state oil giant Abu Dhabi National Oil Company will lead this year's COP28 climate summit, fuelling activists' worries that big industry is hijacking the global response to the environmental crisis.

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UAE names head of national oil company to lead COP28 climate talks

The United Arab Emirates on Thursday named a veteran technocrat with experience in both renewable energies and the oil business to be the president of the upcoming United Nations climate negotiations in Dubai, highlighting the balancing act ahead for this crude-producing nation.

The Independent UK

UAE names technocrat to lead upcoming UN COP28 climate talks

The United Arab Emirates has named a veteran technocrat with experience in both renewable energies and the oil business as the president of the upcoming United Nations climate negotiations in Dubai

Reuters

UAE names oil boss to lead climate summit, worrying activists

The United Arab Emirates said on Thursday that the head of state oil giant Abu Dhabi National Oil Company would lead this year's COP28 climate summit, fuelling activists' worries that big industry is hijacking the global response to environmental crisis.

The Conversation

COP27 in review: climate talks delivered big gains for Africa, but also several challenges

Africa has contributed negligibly to the changing climate, with less than 4% of global emissions. Yet it stands out disproportionately as the most vulnerable region in the world.

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Paris Perspective #37: 25 years later – The Kyoto Protocol and Cop - Stephan Savarese

This edition of Paris Perspective looks at the legacy of the Kyoto Protocol on the 25th anniversary of what was, in effect, the first legally binding international agreement on reducing greenhouse gases.

The Conversation

The historic COP15 outcome is an imperfect game-changer for saving nature. Here's why Australia did us proud

Billed as the event that’ll determine the fate of the entire living world, the United Nations’ COP15 nature summit has wrapped up in Canada with a historic deal, which includes protecting roughly a third of nature by 2030.

The Guardian - UK

US actor James Cromwell stages dinosaur protest at Cop15

Actor from Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom urges leaders to take more forceful action to end nature crisis

The Guardian - UK

Cop15 was meant to be nature’s Paris moment, but Greta Thunberg’s ‘blah, blah, blah’ cry is proving right

In Montreal, progress on biodiversity issues has been slow. We cannot go on like this

The Guardian - UK

Cop15 half-time report: China prompts fears of new ‘Copenhagen moment’

Negotiators say divisions mean risk is growing of a weak final agreement similar to Denmark summit in 2009

The Conversation

COP15 biodiversity summit in Montréal: Canada failed to meet its 2020 conservation targets. Will 2030 be any better?

The 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is underway in Montréal. Like the COP27 climate conference held in Egypt last month, the goal of this conference is to get member nations to make agreements that can help reverse or slow down…

The Guardian - US

Democratic senators warn UN secretary general of eroding public trust in Cop

Letter urges sponsors provide ‘corporate climate political influencing statements’ after 630 lobbyists attend Cop27

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