EU to push for COP28 deal on phasing out fossil fuels
1 year, 2 months ago

EU to push for COP28 deal on phasing out fossil fuels

India Today  

EU countries' climate ministers on Monday approved the bloc's negotiating position for this year's U.N. COP28 climate summit, agreeing to push for a world-first deal to phase out CO2-emitting fossil fuels. "We will be at the forefront of the negotiations to show the EU's strongest commitment to the green transition and encourage our partners to follow our lead," Spain's Climate Minister Teresa Ribera said. The EU's 27 member countries agreed unanimously to call at COP28 for a phase-out of "unabated" fossil fuels. EU countries also called for "inefficient" fossil fuel subsidies to be phased out by 2030, and said there could be no new coal-fuelled power plants if the world is to avert severe climate change.

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COP hosts call on countries to align NDCs with 1.5 degree C goal
9 months ago

COP hosts call on countries to align NDCs with 1.5 degree C goal

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The hosts of the United Nations climate conferences – the United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan and Brazil – on Wednesday announced to cut emissions in line with limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius-aligned nationally-determined contributions under the Paris Agreement by early 2025. The Troika in this regard issued a letter to all 198 United Nations Framework Convention on …

COP28 resolution a pivotal moment for decisive action
11 months, 1 week ago

COP28 resolution a pivotal moment for decisive action

China Daily  

A person walks past a "#COP28" sign. The resolution of the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP28, calls for a shift away from fossil fuels. When viewed from a historical perspective, the UN's efforts in combating climate change through summits have included pivotal moments such as the 1992 Rio Summit, …

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 …

What are the loopholes in the COP28 climate deal?
1 year ago

What are the loopholes in the COP28 climate deal?

The Hindu  

Nations struck a historic deal on Wednesday at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai to transition the global economy away from fossil fuels. Transitional fuels The deal also includes the line that the summit “recognizes that transitional fuels can play a role in facilitating the energy transition while ensuring energy security.” What are transitional fuels? Energy systems Another area of …

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” …

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 …

COP28 proposed draft calls for 'transitioning away' from fossil fuels
1 year ago

COP28 proposed draft calls for 'transitioning away' from fossil fuels

Hindustan Times  

A new draft agreement unveiled early Wednesday in talks in Dubai toughens language by calling for "transitioning away" from fossil fuels, although it does not use the term "phase-out". The text, released for consideration after another full night of haggling, would also call for "accelerating action" during "this critical decade" -- providing more urgency than an earlier proposal widely dismissed …

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 …

'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 …

Cop28 draft agreement drops the call for fossil fuel phase out
1 year ago

Cop28 draft agreement drops the call for fossil fuel phase out

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 In the final 24 hours before Cop28 is due to officially end, the reference to …

UN climate chief slams opponents of fossil fuel phase-out at COP28
1 year ago

UN climate chief slams opponents of fossil fuel phase-out at COP28

Al Jazeera  

Talks intensify over calls to phase out fossil fuels, as oil producers led by Saudi Arabia put up tough resistance. The UN’s climate chief has urged countries to lift “tactical blockades” to a deal to phase out fossil fuels. Al-Jaber, the head of the national oil company of the United Arab Emirates, has repeatedly promised to deliver a historic deal …

The EU wants to put a tax on emissions from imports. It’s irked some other nations at COP28
1 year ago

The EU wants to put a tax on emissions from imports. It’s irked some other nations at COP28

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A European Union plan to tax the carbon pollution emitted to make goods imported from countries like India and China has sparked a debate at the United Nations climate conference in Dubai, as poorer countries fear such tariffs will harm livelihoods and economic growth. “CBAM’s sole aim is to prevent carbon leakage” elsewhere in the …

At COP28, sticking points remain on fossil fuels and adapting to climate as talks near crunch time
1 year ago

At COP28, sticking points remain on fossil fuels and adapting to climate as talks near crunch time

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Negotiators have been urged to narrow down their options so they can agree on how to save Earth from disastrous levels of warming and help vulnerable societies adapt to weather extremes as the clock runs down on United Nations climate talks. Hoekstra said he noticed “a super majority” of countries, representing the vast majority of …

COP28 pledges so far not enough to limit warming to 1.5C, warns IEA
1 year ago

COP28 pledges so far not enough to limit warming to 1.5C, warns IEA

Al Jazeera  

The International Energy Agency warns against lack of progress in limiting the global warming as climate talks headed into the final phase. A raft of new pledges announced at the COP28 climate summit will not be enough on their own to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, according to the International Energy Agency, as the talks headed into the …

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: will there be an agreement to phase out fossil fuels?
1 year ago

COP28: will there be an agreement to phase out fossil fuels?

The Hindu  

It’s the issue at the core of COP28: will this year’s U.N. climate talks, held in major oil producer the United Arab Emirates, produce the first global agreement to phase out fossil fuel use? “The phase down and the phase out of fossil fuels is inevitable,” said Jaber, who is also CEO of the UAE’s state-owned oil firm ADNOC. Diplomats …

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 …

After day of rest at climate summit, COP28 negotiators turn back to fossil fuels
1 year ago

After day of rest at climate summit, COP28 negotiators turn back to fossil fuels

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The United Nations climate conference …

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 …

European Union calls for “the beginning of the end” of fossil fuels at COP28 climate talks
1 year ago

European Union calls for “the beginning of the end” of fossil fuels at COP28 climate talks

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — This year’s climate talks should “mark the beginning of the end” of fossil fuels the European Commissioner for Climate Action said on Wednesday as the United Nations summit wrapped up its first week. Wopke Hoekstra told a news conference on the last day of the technical phase of the talks taking place in Dubai, United …

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, …

COP28 in 10 charts: All that you need to know before Dubai summit
1 year ago

COP28 in 10 charts: All that you need to know before Dubai summit

Live Mint  

Come Thursday, Dubai will welcome global leaders at COP28, the annual climate change conference. COP15 Developed countries make a pledge to mobilize $100 bn/year to help developing countries combat climate change. COP25 The US, under Trump administration, withdraws from the Paris Agreement COP27 Breakthrough agreement on new “loss and damage" fund for vulnerable countries. Poorer and vulnerable nations need this …

COP28: Biggest climate talks ever confront global chaos and record heat
1 year ago

COP28: Biggest climate talks ever confront global chaos and record heat

Hindustan Times  

More than 70,000 politicians, diplomats, campaigners, financiers and business leaders will fly to Dubai to talk about arresting the world’s slide toward environmental catastrophe. Beyond a deal on methane and expanding renewables, other key areas for the talks are a potential commitment to phase out fossil fuels, progress on securing more climate cash for the developing world and the first …

COP28 turns attention to potent methane emissions
1 year, 1 month ago

COP28 turns attention to potent methane emissions

The Hindu  

Climate talks often revolve around reducing the most dangerous greenhouse gas CO2. Gas leaks and cow burp The majority of methane emissions -- around 60% -- are linked to human activity, the IEA says, while some 40% is from natural sources, mainly wetlands. The energy sector -- coal, oil and gas -- is the second largest source of human caused …

EU reaches deal to reduce highly polluting methane gas emissions from the energy sector
1 year, 1 month ago

EU reaches deal to reduce highly polluting methane gas emissions from the energy sector

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — European Union negotiators reached a deal on Wednesday to reduce highly polluting methane gas emissions from the energy industry across the 27-nation bloc. Under the provisional agreement announced just weeks before the COP28 climate conference, the fossil gas, oil and coal industry will be forced to “properly measure, monitor, report and verify their methane emissions according to the …

UN climate summit chief calls on countries to unite on ‘inevitable’ fossil fuel phase down
1 year, 1 month ago

UN climate summit chief calls on countries to unite on ‘inevitable’ fossil fuel phase down

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 United Arab Emirates president of Cop28 said on Monday he was aware countries had …

Countries brace for COP28 summit as global tensions over fossil fuel grows
1 year, 2 months ago

Countries brace for COP28 summit as global tensions over fossil fuel grows

India Today  

As the United Nations' COP28 summit draws near, nations remain divided over the future of fossil fuels. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres lamented the "naked greed" of fossil fuel interests, stating that humanity has "opened the gates to hell" by heating the planet. A COP28 pact to reduce fossil fuel use would not prompt an immediate exit from oil and …

COP28 summit host UAE's climate plans ranked 'insufficient'
1 year, 5 months ago

COP28 summit host UAE's climate plans ranked 'insufficient'

The Hindu  

The United Arab Emirates, host of this year's COP28 UN climate summit, has set out "insufficient" plans to tackle its own contribution to climate change, an independent research group said on Thursday. But the country's new pledge would still see its CO2 emissions increase through to 2030, at odds with the sharp decrease needed to curb climate change, according to …

Ahead of COP28, Berlin climate talks see pushes for global renewable energy target
1 year, 7 months ago

Ahead of COP28, Berlin climate talks see pushes for global renewable energy target

The Hindu  

Germany called on May 2 for governments around the world to work on setting an ambitious target for renewable energy that would “ring in the end of the fossil fuel age” and help prevent dangerous global warming. “That is why I want to open the debate on whether we should and can reach a target on renewables at the next …

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: 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 …

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 Climate Talks Reach Crunch Time with Big Rifts Remaining
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27 Climate Talks Reach Crunch Time with Big Rifts Remaining

News 18  

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged world governments to “stand and deliver” a strong climate deal at the COP27 summit in Egypt on Thursday as negotiators remained far apart on key issues a day before the agreement’s deadline. The world is watching and has a simple message: stand and deliver.” “We are at crunch time in the negotiations.” The first draft …

COP27 draft text omits India's proposal of phasing down all fossil fuels
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27 draft text omits India's proposal of phasing down all fossil fuels

The Hindu  

The United Nations published a first draft of the climate deal on Thursday and it doesn't mention a phase down of all fossil fuels, a proposal that was put forward by India and supported by the European Union and many other countries. The draft encourages "the continued efforts to accelerate measures towards the phase down of unabated coal power and …

Cop27 negotiations make slow progress with just 72 hours to go
2 years, 1 month ago

Cop27 negotiations make slow progress with just 72 hours to go

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. Meanwhile, small island states on the frontlines of the climate crisis and other vulnerable nations issued a statement early …

COP26 summit | Countries pledge to phase out climate culprit coal
3 years, 1 month ago

COP26 summit | Countries pledge to phase out climate culprit coal

The Hindu  

Several major coal-using nations have pledged for the first time to phase out their use of the heavily-polluting fossil fuel or to speed up existing plans to do so, while others announced commitments to end investment in new coal-fired power plants. U.K. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said on Wednesday that the commitments made on the sidelines of the U.N. climate …

Which countries, blocs are major players at the COP26 summit?
3 years, 1 month ago

Which countries, blocs are major players at the COP26 summit?

Live Mint  

The diverse interests among the 197 signatories to the U.N. It returns this year to U.N. climate talks, after former President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris Agreement and eschewed global efforts to curb emissions. LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES This group represents the world's 46 poorest nations, whose 1 billion citizens across Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Caribbean …

EU to unveil tough rules to combat climate change, including plan to tax foreign firms
3 years, 5 months ago

EU to unveil tough rules to combat climate change, including plan to tax foreign firms

Firstpost  

The proposals by the European Commission will cover everything from tougher caps on car pollution to new national limits on gases from buildings Brussels: The European Union on Wednesday is unveiling sweeping new legislation to help meet its pledge to cut emissions of the gases that cause global warming by 55 percent over this decade, including a controversial plan to …

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