In June, the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact in Paris underlined the need to close the gap on climate finance by driving investment in clean energy transition in emerging and developing…
The COP28 climate change conference is bringing together world leaders in Dubai at a critical moment for the clean energy transition and international efforts to tackle climate change.
Under the…
The updated Net Zero Roadmap from the International Energy Agency (IEA) shows that while the path to limiting global warming to 1.5 °C has narrowed, it is still achievable – if governments build on…
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THE president of climate summit Cop28 has sparked a row by claiming there is “no science” behind scrapping fossil fuels – saying the move “could take the world back to caves”.
Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber…
Total of 16,245 hospitals at high risk by end of century unless fossil fuels phased out, analysts say
One in 12 hospitals worldwide are at risk of total or partial shutdown from extreme weather…
Wealthy nations should divert 5% of their military budgets to climate finance, advocates argue.
The call comes as global leaders at Cop28 in Dubai gather for a special-themed day on “relief,…
Here are the key takeaways from the third day of Cop28:
At least 117 governments have agreed to triple the world’s capacity of renewable energy by 2030 and double the rate of energy efficiency…
The president of Cop28, Sultan Al Jaber, has claimed there is “no science” indicating that a phase-out of fossil fuels is needed to restrict global heating to 1.5C, the Guardian and the Centre for…
Dear Sultan Al Jaber,
As climate scientists, we welcome your commitment to develop at COP28 a real plan to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. We know you have met many different Parties to…
The country hosting COP28 climate talks aimed at cutting fossil fuel emissions is massively ramping up its own oil production, the BBC has learned.
The United Arab Emirates' state oil firm Adnoc may…
Countries and oil companies at the UN climate talks have promised to make major progress in tackling global warming in a large new energy pledge.
Around 100 countries promised to treble world…
In the early hours of Friday in Dubai, a city surrounded by oil and gas plants, a draft text emerged at Cop28 that opened the possibility of phasing out all fossil fuels.
Other options are to “…
The oil and gas industry wants you to believe it can capture its emissions and keep drilling as usual. That’s no way to avert climate chaos
At the Cop28 climate conference taking place in Dubai, oil…
When Vietnam and a group of rich countries struck up a $15.5 billion energy transition deal nearly a year ago, they set out an enticing prospect: cheap financing would help the nation leave coal…
The fund designed to finance climate "loss and damage" in vulnerable countries was adopted on Thursday 30 November 2023, on the first day of the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28)…
As vice-president Tiémoko Meyliet Koné represents Ivory Coast at COP28, which opened in Dubai on Thursday 30 November 2023, a World Bank report makes it clear that the West African country is not…