New York (AFP) Dec 14, 2023 - US efforts to transition to cleaner energy carry risks of mass layoffs in mature industries, say experts, who warn that policies to cushion the blow may not live up to hype.
Dubai (AFP) Dec 14, 2023 - Hours after the applause and relief that the world had finally reached a landmark climate agreement in Dubai, US special envoy John Kerry admitted that he thought it might never happen.
Dubai (AFP) Dec 13, 2023 - The Arab bloc praised the outcome of the UN climate summit on Wednesday, calling it a great success after nations adopted a call to transition away from fossil fuels but stopped short of a phase-out.
Paris (AFP) Dec 13, 2023 - After nearly three decades of dancing around the chief driver of global warming, UN climate negotiations in oil-rich United Arab Emirates on Wednesday called for the first time for the world to transition away from polluting fossil fuels.
Dubai (AFP) Dec 13, 2023 - Sultan Al Jaber, the UAE oil chief who headed COP28 in Dubai, promised that this year's UN climate talks would be different. He did not disappoint.
Dubai (AFP) Dec 13, 2023 - Nearly 200 nations meeting in Dubai on Wednesday approved a first-ever call for the world to transition away from fossil fuels, tackling the top culprit of climate change after years of avoidance although at-risk countries said far more action was needed.
Paris (AFP) Dec 13, 2023 - The OPEC oil cartel said Wednesday that it expects healthy growth in global demand for crude as the COP28 climate conference agreed on a transition away from fossil fuels.
Moscow (AFP) Dec 13, 2023 - Russia on Wednesday warned against a chaotic exit from fossil fuels, while welcoming the compromise deal reached at the COP28 summit in Dubai on transitioning away from them.
Dubai (AFP) Dec 12, 2023 - The United Arab Emirates promised Tuesday to try again to strike a deal as the Dubai climate summit passed their deadline, with at-risk nations and Western powers rejecting a proposal that stopped short of phasing out fossil fuels.
Washington DC (UPI) Dec 12, 2023 - A missile launched from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen struck a commercial oil tanker in the Red Sea where there has been an increase in attacks by the Iran-backed rebels over Israel's war against Hamas.
Sanaa (AFP) Dec 12, 2023 - Yemen's Huthi rebels claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a missile strike on a Norwegian-flagged tanker, an attack the Iran-backed group said was part of its military campaign against Israel.
Dubai (AFP) Dec 12, 2023 - The world's climate negotiators on Tuesday haggled beyond a host-imposed deadline for a deal as at-risk nations voiced fury over a proposed compromise that stops short of phasing out fossil fuels.
Dubai (AFP) Dec 11, 2023 - The Emirati head of COP28 climate talks on Monday stopped short of pushing for a phase-out of fossil fuels, in a first bid for consensus that drew immediate fire from Western powers and environmentalists who had hoped for a historic turning point.
Dubai (AFP) Dec 11, 2023 - Saudi Arabia, the staunchest opponent of phasing out fossil fuels at COP28, may dominate the Arab bloc at the UN climate talks in Dubai. But it is far from the only voice.
Dubai (AFP) Dec 11, 2023 - UN climate talks enter their endgame on Monday as negotiators seek to convince an increasingly isolated Saudi Arabia and other holdouts to give up their opposition to a historic phase-out of fossil fuels.
Dubai (AFP) Dec 10, 2023 - Saudi Arabia on Sunday said its perspectives and concerns must be taken into account at the COP28 climate talks, where the world's top oil exporter is resisting moves to agree to a phase-out of fossil fuels.
