COP27: A Year On From Glasgow Climate Pact, The World Is Burning More Fossil Fuels Than Ever
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27: A Year On From Glasgow Climate Pact, The World Is Burning More Fossil Fuels Than Ever

ABP News  

The burning of fossil fuels caused 86 per cent of all CO₂ emissions during the past ten years. The ongoing energy crisis – and the short-term responses to it by governments around the world – have made it more difficult to meet the pact’s goals of ending the dominance of fossil fuels. Fossil fuels at COP27 US and European allies pressured developing countries at COP26 to commit to bolder action to eliminate coal power, often touting natural gas as a useful transition fuel. A short-term dash for gas and coal might make sense given the shock of Russia’s invasion, but ideally, sky-high fossil fuel prices would speed up the transition to renewables. The IEA expects that demand for fossil fuels will peak within five years thanks to programs like the EU’s RePowerEU plan, the US Inflation Reduction Act, and Japan’s green transformation plan, which incentivize renewables.

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CoP-29: Prospects of a climate breakthrough look extremely bleak
1 month, 1 week ago

CoP-29: Prospects of a climate breakthrough look extremely bleak

Live Mint  

Has there ever been a grimmer backdrop to the world’s most concerted attempt to avert global warming? We’ve only got 7 years left of current-rate pollution to retain an even chance of keeping global warming below 1.5° Celsius. The main reason Kyoto failed to rein in global emissions was that it didn’t cover emerging nations, something remedied in the 2015 …

Labour has been sucked in by the carbon capture ‘con’
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Labour has been sucked in by the carbon capture ‘con’

The Independent  

Labour’s decision to spend £22bn on carbon capture and storage is the first major misstep from a government many of us in the global South had hoped would bring climate action and credibility to the world stage. Carbon capture and storage – in which carbon emissions from coal, oil and gas plants are captured and buried underground for eternity – …

Was the COP28 climate summit a milestone or a mirage? | Explained
1 year ago

Was the COP28 climate summit a milestone or a mirage? | Explained

The Hindu  

The 28th session of the Conference of the Parties – an annual convening of countries signatory to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – happened in Dubai this year, with high expectations that countries would take concrete steps to address the climate crisis. Countries’ decision at COP28 to transition away from fossil fuels was coupled with an ambition …

There is a way out of the climate crisis – but it is not through COP
1 year ago

There is a way out of the climate crisis – but it is not through COP

Al Jazeera  

There have been a total of 28 United Nations Conference of Parties on the climate crisis to date, but only the last one, convened earlier this month in the United Arab Emirates, has ever mentioned ending fossil fuels in its final agreement. COP28 secured a commitment from nations to “transition away” from fossil fuels, however, it offered little more than …

Indranil Banerjie | COP28 and wages of greed: Planet is at breaking point
1 year ago

Indranil Banerjie | COP28 and wages of greed: Planet is at breaking point

Deccan Chronicle  

Another global summit on climate change has concluded last week in Dubai. If the “deal” concluded in Dubai was hailed as “historic” and a “breakthrough”, it was merely because all the participating nations, for the first time, admitted that fossil fuels were a problem and a major contributor to global greenhouse gases which were pushing the planet’s temperature limits off …

COP28 Seals Deal on Fossil Fuels
1 year ago

COP28 Seals Deal on Fossil Fuels

Deccan Chronicle  

Dubai: Nearly 200 countries on Wednesday clinched a deal that called for a "transition away from fossil fuels," the primary reason for the planet's climate crisis, at the UN climate summit here, a development described as "landmark" by negotiators but criticised by several activists for its lack of clarity. It includes a "transition away from fossil fuels" in energy systems …

Global deal at COP28 as Dubai keeps Paris alive
1 year ago

Global deal at COP28 as Dubai keeps Paris alive

Hindustan Times  

History was made in Dubai on Wednesday when 196 countries agreed to transition away from fossil fuels, in a just, orderly and equitable manner, accelerating action in this critical decade, so as to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, although experts said it doesn’t do enough on almost all fronts -- climate targets, funding, phasing out fossil fuels, and holding …

Cop28 by numbers as history deal to leave fossil fuels behind
1 year ago

Cop28 by numbers as history deal to leave fossil fuels behind

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Cop28 summit has approved a deal that will push national governments to “transition away” …

What are unabated fossil fuels?
1 year ago

What are unabated fossil fuels?

The Hindu  

This article forms a part of the Science for All newsletter that takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! Unabated fossil fuels, in terms of climate change, mean non-renewable fuels that are allowed to burn without using any CCS methods to capture their emissions. In its sixth assessment report first published in 2021, the Intergovernmental Panel …

COP28 leaders call for ‘transitioning away’ from fossil fuels in final push at climate talks
1 year ago

COP28 leaders call for ‘transitioning away’ from fossil fuels in final push at climate talks

Live Mint  

DUBAI—Officials from the United Arab Emirates leading talks at the United Nations climate conference proposed a compromise agreement on Wednesday that calls for the world to transition away from fossil fuels, seeking to bridge differences between big energy-producing nations and countries that want to completely phase out coal, oil and natural gas. The proposed deal, circulated after all-night talks, calls …

Editorial: After COP28, let’s make this the ‘beginning of the end’ of fossil fuels
1 year ago

Editorial: After COP28, let’s make this the ‘beginning of the end’ of fossil fuels

LA Times  

COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber, second from left, claps at the COP28 U.N. It took nearly three decades, but world leaders this week finally acknowledged the obvious: There is no way to slow climate change without winding down fossil fuels. Whether this deal truly signals the “beginning of the end” of the fossil fuel era, as U.N. officials have said, depends …

Historic COP28 deal agrees to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels
1 year ago

Historic COP28 deal agrees to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels

Al Jazeera  

Delegates at the UN conference agree to ‘historic package’ of climate measures, although ‘phase out’ phrase omitted. “We have language on fossil fuel in our final agreement for the first time ever,” said al-Jaber, CEO of the United Arab Emirates oil company Adnoc. However, the deal doesn’t go so far as to seek a “phase-out” of fossil fuels, for which …

COP28 goes into overtime as talks fail to bridge rift on fossil fuel phase-out
1 year ago

COP28 goes into overtime as talks fail to bridge rift on fossil fuel phase-out

Hindustan Times  

The clock ran out on this year’s climate conference in Dubai on Tuesday with no consensus, forcing the COP28 presidency to go into overtime and hammer out a fifth draft text in a last attempt to resolve differences that could otherwise cripple collective efforts to fight the climate crisis. Other actions listed included tripling renewable energy capacity by 2030; “rapidly …

As COP28 negotiators wrestle with fossil fuels, activists urge them to remember what’s at stake
1 year ago

As COP28 negotiators wrestle with fossil fuels, activists urge them to remember what’s at stake

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — In the bustling halls where global climate talks are being held, onetime farmer Joseph Kenson Sakala of Malawi is sharing the story of how fossil fuel development upended his life — and hoping that negotiators listen to many such stories and then move decisively to cut use of the coal, oil and gas warming the …

'Even my mom tried to stop...': Manipur climate activist who storms COP28 stage and shouts 'end fossil fuels'
1 year ago

'Even my mom tried to stop...': Manipur climate activist who storms COP28 stage and shouts 'end fossil fuels'

India TV News  

COP28 Summit: While the top leaders and officials were attending the annual climate summit in Dubai, a 12-year-old Indian activist stormed the stage by rushing to the dias and holding a sign above her head that read, "End fossil fuels. No mention of phasing out fossil fuels in the joint statement As the climate talks in Dubai spun into their …

COP28 climate talks go into overtime amid standoff over fossil fuels
1 year ago

COP28 climate talks go into overtime amid standoff over fossil fuels

Al Jazeera  

A flurry of shuttle diplomacy is under way at the UN-led negotiations in the UAE as countries fight over the wording of a potential deal. The COP28 climate talks have gone into overtime as countries grapple over the wording of a potential agreement on the issue of fossil fuels. The draft text mentioned eight nonbinding options countries could take in …

As COP28 winds down, climate advocate finds draft agreement "disappointing"
1 year ago

As COP28 winds down, climate advocate finds draft agreement "disappointing"

NPR  

As COP28 winds down, climate advocate finds draft agreement "disappointing" ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The science is clear - the world must urgently phase out fossil fuels to avoid the worst effects of global warming. And for the first time, those two words - fossil fuels - actually appear in the draft agreement that global negotiators are haggling over at the …

Corporate Cop28: How a defining moment for the climate has been taken over by fossil fuel executives
1 year ago

Corporate Cop28: How a defining moment for the climate has been taken over by fossil fuel executives

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Watch: The Independent goes inside the Cop28 venue This year’s 28th “Conference of Parties” has become a battleground over …

COP28 clashes over fossil fuel phase-out after OPEC pushback
1 year ago

COP28 clashes over fossil fuel phase-out after OPEC pushback

The Hindu  

Some countries are resisting a pledge to phase-out fossil fuels in a COP28 climate deal, jeopardising attempts for U.N. climate talks to deliver a hard commitment for the first time in 30 years on ending the use of oil and gas. Observers in the negotiations said Saudi Arabia and Russia were insisting that COP28 focus only on reducing climate pollution …

Cop28: Talks intensify to break impasse over slashing greenhouse gas emissions
1 year ago

Cop28: Talks intensify to break impasse over slashing greenhouse gas emissions

Firstpost  

Burning fossil fuels for energy is by far the biggest cause of climate change. It is also the engine of modern life - even with the growth of renewables, fossil fuels produce around 80% of the world’s energy. Aside from Norway, Europe’s biggest oil and gas producer, excluding Russia, this position is also backed by Western producers the United States …

Fraught battle over fossil fuels at centre of Cop28 as we enter second week
1 year ago

Fraught battle over fossil fuels at centre of Cop28 as we enter second week

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Options on the table included: An “orderly and just phase-out” of fossil fuels Rapid phase-out of unabated coal power …

The COP28 chief is dead wrong. Science says we need to quickly do away with fossil fuels
1 year ago

The COP28 chief is dead wrong. Science says we need to quickly do away with fossil fuels

Firstpost  

There is a wealth of scientific evidence demonstrating that a fossil fuel phase-out will be essential for reining in the greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change According to the president of COP28, the latest round of UN climate negotiations in the United Arab Emirates, there is “ no science ” indicating that phasing out fossil fuels is necessary to restrict …

Cop28 chief says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels
1 year ago

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

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. During an online event alongside former Irish president Mary Robinson last month, Mr Jaber insisted a phase-out of oil …

COP28 Ten Top Development Banks World Bank Pledge To Step Up Climate Efforts But Do Not Mention Fossil Fuel Phaseout
1 year ago

COP28 Ten Top Development Banks World Bank Pledge To Step Up Climate Efforts But Do Not Mention Fossil Fuel Phaseout

ABP News  

COP28: On the fourth day of the 28th edition of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, ten leading development banks, including the World Bank, have signed a joint statement to step up climate efforts, but have not mentioned anything about stopping financing for fossil fuel projects, news agency Reuters reported, citing a document. MUST READ | How HIV Impacts Fertility, …

'Tax the bad' to boost climate finance, COP28 panel advises
1 year ago

'Tax the bad' to boost climate finance, COP28 panel advises

The Hindu  

Increasing taxes on polluting activities and cutting fossil fuel subsidies could generate trillions of dollars to tackle climate change, an advisory panel to the COP28 talks in Dubai said. Summit host the United Arab Emirates, a major oil producer, has said the two-week meeting starting on Thursday must deliver "tangible action" on climate funding, which has been squeezed by rising …

To save the climate, the oil and gas sector must slash planet-warming operations, report says
1 year, 1 month ago

To save the climate, the oil and gas sector must slash planet-warming operations, report says

Associated Press  

The oil and gas sector, one of the major emitters of planet-warming gases, will need a rapid and substantial overhaul for the world to avoid even worse extreme weather events fueled by human-caused climate change, according to a report released Thursday. The current investment of $800 billion a year in the oil and gas sector will need to be cut …

G7 puts focus on push for global fossil fuel phase-out deal
1 year, 8 months ago

G7 puts focus on push for global fossil fuel phase-out deal

Al Jazeera  

Climate ministers commit to accelerate the hydrocarbon phase-out to achieve net zero in energy systems by 2050, but many questions remain. Meyer said a G7 leaders’ meeting next month could offer an opportunity to back up their call for a fossil fuel phase-out with strong commitments to financially help developing nations to transition. Stepping stones Meetings that could be used …

Should fossil fuel firms be forced to clean up carbon pollution?
1 year, 11 months ago

Should fossil fuel firms be forced to clean up carbon pollution?

The Hindu  

Could fossil fuel companies be forced to remove planet-heating carbon pollution from the atmosphere? The study said impelling fossil fuel firms to use technologies to suck carbon from the air and bury it back in the ground would be a cost-effective decarbonisation strategy. "It would also mean that the principal beneficiary of high fossil fuel prices, the fossil fuel industry …

The dust has settled on Cop27. Here’s what we can make of its failures
2 years ago

The dust has settled on Cop27. Here’s what we can make of its failures

The Independent  

It’s been a few weeks since the final gavel came down on Cop27, the United Nations’ annual climate conference, held this time around in Sharm el-Sheikh. There was progress in the shape of a historic “loss and damage” fund – long called for by countries already bearing the brunt of severe climate impacts. There was also a very real fear …

COP27 flinched on phasing out ‘all fossil fuels’ — what’s next?
2 years ago

COP27 flinched on phasing out ‘all fossil fuels’ — what’s next?

Salon  

The latest UN climate change summit concluded, once again, with a tussle over the place of fossil fuels in the global economy. But at COP27, widespread anxieties about the cost and availability of energy made many governments cautious about expressing a clear intention to phase out all fossil fuels in the resulting agreement. Despite large planned increases in fossil fuel …

COP27 'lacked real progress'
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27 'lacked real progress'

China Daily  

Experts say fossil fuel, climate change should have been major focus at event A logo of the COP 27 summit. Climate scientists have warned that the Paris Agreement remains in serious jeopardy after negotiations at the COP27 climate conference went too easy on fossil fuels. The United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP27, wrapped up in Sharm El-Sheikh, …

COP27: UN Summit Adopts Final Statement Urging 'Rapid' Emissions Cuts After Consensus On 'Loss And Damage' Fund
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27: UN Summit Adopts Final Statement Urging 'Rapid' Emissions Cuts After Consensus On 'Loss And Damage' Fund

ABP News  

New Delhi: The United Nations' COP27 climate summit on Sunday adopted a final statement urging 'rapid' emissions cuts, news agency AFP reported. According to news agency PTI, experts said no reference to oil and natural gas -- on which developed countries depend -- in the text is not in the interest of climate action and makes it convenient for the …

Dozens of countries demand fossil fuel phase-out in final Cop27 decision
2 years, 1 month ago

Dozens of countries demand fossil fuel phase-out in final Cop27 decision

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Dozens of countries have demanded that the final Cop27 pact should put the world on …

What are people saying about the COP27 deal?
2 years, 1 month ago

What are people saying about the COP27 deal?

Al Jazeera  

Countries have adopted a fund to help poor countries affected by disasters, but no efforts made to tackle emissions. We should have done much more, our citizens expect us to lead.” “Too many parties are not ready to make more progress today in the fight against the climate crisis.” Ani Dasgupta, president and CEO, World Resources Institute “It is mind-boggling …

Cop27 draft agreement fails to include a fund for climate compensation
2 years, 1 month ago

Cop27 draft agreement fails to include a fund for climate compensation

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Other key takeaways from the Cop27 draft include: - Reaffirms resolution to pursue 1.5C global average temperature limit as …

COP27 Informal Draft Omits India's Proposal Of Phasing Down All Fossil Fuels
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27 Informal Draft Omits India's Proposal Of Phasing Down All Fossil Fuels

ABP News  

New Delhi: The UN published an informal draft on Thursday and it doesn't mention phase down of all fossil fuels, a proposal that was put forward by India and supported by the European Union and many other countries at the ongoing UN climate summit. The European Union's climate chief Frans Timmermans later told the media the 20-page document is a …

COP27 | India, China, Brazil, South Africa oppose ‘carbon border tax’
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27 | India, China, Brazil, South Africa oppose ‘carbon border tax’

The Hindu  

With the 27th edition of the Conference of Parties in Sharm El Sheikh nearing its final stages and efforts being ramped up to arrive at a conclusive agreement, a consortium of countries that includes India has jointly stated that carbon border taxes, that could result in market distortion and aggravate the trust deficit amongst parties, must be avoided. BASIC, a …

COP27: India thwarts attempt to club it with historical polluters
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27: India thwarts attempt to club it with historical polluters

The Hindu  

Supported by other developing countries, India blocked an attempt by rich nations to focus on all top 20 emitters of carbon dioxide during discussions on the 'Mitigation Work Programme' at the ongoing U.N. climate summit in Egypt, sources said on Monday. The "MWP should not lead to the reopening of the Paris Agreement" which clearly mentions that climate commitments of …

COP27: On coal, India must stand its ground
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27: On coal, India must stand its ground

Hindustan Times  

The 27th round of the United Nations-led Confe-rence of the Parties meeting currently underway in Egypt has completed a week, and the stage lights, as expected, are back on coal. On Saturday, as negotiations on the cover text began, India made it clear that participating countries must acknowledge that all fossil fuels — coal, oil and gas — contribute to …

India wants ‘phase down’ on all fossil fuels at COP27
2 years, 1 month ago

India wants ‘phase down’ on all fossil fuels at COP27

Live Mint  

India is leading a push for the COP27 climate summit to conclude with a decision on phasing down all fossil fuels, a move that would expand the focus from just coal, but is likely to raise strong concerns from oil and gas-reliant countries. “It would be the first ever mention of this kind of term, but at the same time, …

Climate activists condemn spike in fossil fuel delegates at COP27
2 years, 1 month ago

Climate activists condemn spike in fossil fuel delegates at COP27

Al Jazeera  

The ‘African COP’ is a mouthpiece for fossil fuel lobbyists rather than the victims of climate change, activists say. “The path to averting climate catastrophe isn’t through negotiations flooded with industry lobbyists,” Hellen Neima, director of the African Climate Campaign at the United States non-profit Corporate Accountability, told Al Jazeera. The climate summit held in the Red Sea resort of …

COP27: Which countries are more likely to push for the end of fossil fuel production?
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27: Which countries are more likely to push for the end of fossil fuel production?

Firstpost  

While it will be easier for richer countries to move away, low to middle-income countries with a high level of dependence on foreign aid will find it challenging to leave their fossil fuel reserves Fossil fuels have provided a crucial source of energy over the past 200 years. COP26 opened the doors for a phaseout The Glasgow Climate Pact, that …

Op-Ed: Is there still time for COP27 to hold back climate catastrophe?
2 years, 1 month ago

Op-Ed: Is there still time for COP27 to hold back climate catastrophe?

LA Times  

Following a year of horrific and deadly heat waves, floods, droughts and storms, global leaders will converge this week on Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, for the 27th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. It’s worth a reminder that the goal of the original convention, first signed in 1992 and ratified by enough nations to hold the first COP in …

A year from the Glasgow climate pact, more fossil fuels is being burnt
2 years, 1 month ago

A year from the Glasgow climate pact, more fossil fuels is being burnt

The Hindu  

The burning of fossil fuels caused 86% of all CO₂ emissions during the past ten years. The ongoing energy crisis – and the short-term responses to it by governments around the world – have made it more difficult to meet the pact’s goals of ending the dominance of fossil fuels. Fossil fuels at COP27 US and European allies pressured developing …

UN chief slams ‘delusional’ fossil fuels dash amid Ukraine war
2 years, 6 months ago

UN chief slams ‘delusional’ fossil fuels dash amid Ukraine war

Al Jazeera  

Antonio Guterres warns that ‘perilous doubling down’ on coal, oil and gas by major economies will worsen climate change. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has accused some rich countries of having made a dangerous dash for fossil fuels in response to the war in Ukraine, warning the new investments being made in coal, oil and gas are “delusional” given their impact …

COP26 was a flop but there is still hope
3 years, 1 month ago

COP26 was a flop but there is still hope

Al Jazeera  

The outcome of international climate summits has barely changed during the last few decades. The task of forging a global consensus on transformative mitigation strategies to the climate emergency somehow always eludes the participating parties, and the result is to keep kicking the can down the road as if to say, “Let future generations take care of the problem.” Unfortunately, …

U.K. PM says COP26 climate deal 'tinged with disappointment'
3 years, 1 month ago

U.K. PM says COP26 climate deal 'tinged with disappointment'

The Hindu  

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday hailed a global accord to speed up action against climate change as "truly historic" and "the beginning of the end for coal power". But he said his "delight at this progress" at the UN COP26 summit in Glasgow was "tinged with disappointment" because of a failure to secure the agreement of all countries …

Why phasing out coal completely is easier said than done even though its future is bleak
3 years, 1 month ago

Why phasing out coal completely is easier said than done even though its future is bleak

Firstpost  

Electricity needs are soaring as the world’s population and prosperity increase, and renewables simply aren’t enough to satisfy that growth in demand Glasgow, Scotland: In the run-up to the UN climate talks in Glasgow, host Britain announced one of its goals of the conference was to consign coal to history. Government negotiators in Glasgow wrote and rewrote a paragraph that …

Glasgow Climate Pact: Five things you need to know about the UN COP26 deal
3 years, 1 month ago

Glasgow Climate Pact: Five things you need to know about the UN COP26 deal

Firstpost  

From phasing out coal to carbon market loopholes, here are the highlights of the finally signed Glasgow Climate Pact, which brought together 197 countries in a fight against climate change London: The COP26 UN climate talks in Glasgow have finished and the gavel has come down on the Glasgow Climate Pact agreed by all 197 countries. If the 2015 Paris …

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