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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

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Mary Robinson reiterates call for rapid phase-out of fossil fuels

Former Ireland leader issues firm response in row over comments made to her by Cop28 president

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Cop28: UN climate chief warns nations not to ‘fall into the trap of point-scoring’ – as it happened

Simon Stiell says’ ‘we need highest ambition, not point scoring or lowest common denominator politics’

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Cop28: anger after record number of fossil fuel lobbyists given access to summit – as it happened

Coalition of climate NGOs highlights that there are more fossil fuel lobbyists than delegates from 10 most climate-vulnerable countries combined

The Guardian - UK

COP28 Fossil Fuel Battle Hardens Despite New Warning On Warming

Battle lines on fossil fuels hardened at UN climate talks on Tuesday despite scientists warning that global warming could breach the 1.5C threshold within seven years.

International Business Times

Record More Than 2,000 Fossil Fuel Lobbyists At COP28 Talks: NGOs

A record almost 2,500 fossil fuel lobbyists have been accredited for UN climate talks in Dubai, as negotiators wrestle with calls to end all new oil, gas and coal projects to curb global warming, campaign groups said Tuesday.

International Business Times

COP28 head denies climate change truths

Sultan Al Jaber wrongly claimed that phasing out fossil fuels would not help reach the planet climate change goals

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Cop28 president insists he 'respects climate science' amid fossil fuel polemic

The Emirati head of the Cop28 UN climate conference has insisted that he respects climate science after he came under fire over a leaked video in which he questions the science on fossil fuels.

Radio France Internationale

The Cop28 president told a shocking lie about fossil fuels – and he’s wrong about climate economics too

Sultan Al Jaber’s claim that green policies damage economic growth is wrong and highly damaging, says environmental correspondent Geoffrey Lean

The Guardian - UK

Cop28 president forced into defence of fossil fuel phase-out claims

Sultan Al Jaber, who is state oil CEO, had said phase-out of fossil fuels would take world ‘back into caves’

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COP28's UAE Chair Says 'We Respect' Climate Science

The Emirati head of the UN climate conference insisted on Monday that he respects climate science after he came under fire over a leaked video in which he questioned the science on fossil fuels.

International Business Times

First Thing: Israel says its ground forces are operating across ‘all of Gaza’

IDF spokesperson says ‘troops coming face-to-face with terrorists and killing them’. Plus, how one New Yorker became a TikTok star at 97

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COP28's UAE President Says 'We Respect' Climate Science

The Emirati president of the UN's COP28 talks said Monday he respects climate science, after a leaked video showed him declaring that no science says phasing out fossil fuel will achieve climate goals.

International Business Times

Al Jaber says comments claiming there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels were ‘misinterpreted’ – Cop28 as it happened

Cop28 president and oil chief says phase-down and phase-out of fossil fuels is essential and says his comments were misrepresented

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Greenwashing or Genuine Action? Navigating Corporate Dilemmas at COP28

More than 200 major corporations including the likes of Ikea, Coca-Cola, Sony, DHL, Heineken and Nestle have recently called on national leaders to set a timeline for phasing out unabated fossil fuels

Radio France Internationale

At COP28, Al Gore takes aim at host UAE's emissions

Armed with satellite images of pipelines, former US vice president and climate champion Al Gore singled out the emissions of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the COP28 talks in the oil-rich monarchy on Sunday.

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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’

International Business Times

50 Oil And Gas Companies Pledge To Cut Operational Emissions

Fifty oil and gas companies representing 40 percent of global production pledged to decarbonise their operations by 2050 at the UN's COP28 climate talks in Dubai on Saturday.

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International Business Times

To Greenwash Or Do The Right Thing? Corporate Dilemmas At COP28

They call the giant climate business expo running outside the COP28 United Nations talks in Dubai the "green zone".

Radio France Internationale

King Charles urges rapid and genuine climate action at Cop summit

World leaders have arrived in Dubai for UN Cop28 climate talks where the future of fossil fuels will be at the heart of negotiations. In his opening speech, King Charles III said the talks represented a "critical turning point" in the fight against climate change.

International Business Times

Climate And Gaza Crises Share Spotlight As World Leaders Attend COP28

World leaders take centre stage at UN climate talks in Dubai on Friday, under pressure to step up efforts to limit global warming as the Israel-Hamas conflict casts a shadow over the summit.

Radio France Internationale

Cop28 opens with historic launch of loss and damage fund

Nearly 200 nations agreed Thursday to launch a fund to support countries hit by global warming, in a "historic" moment at the start of UN climate talks in the oil-rich UAE.

Radio France Internationale

Nations urged to take 'great leaps' at Cop28 UN climate conference in Dubai

The United Nations climate conference opens in Dubai on Thursday with nations under pressure to increase the urgency of action on global warming and wean off fossil fuels, amid intense scrutiny of oil-rich hosts United Arab Emirates.

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: Can the UN climate summit reset the dial for global heating?

In today’s newsletter: From climate finance to greenhouse gases, a walk through the topics on the agenda at this year’s Cop28 in Dubai

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We have to balance outrage with optimism, says UN’s former climate chief

Speaking in the lead up to Cop28 in Dubai, Christiana Figueres said she has lost faith in oil companies

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