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.
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.
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 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.
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 - 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 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 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.
Dubai (AFP) Dec 10, 2023 - Oil producers Saudi Arabia and Iraq stood their ground at UN climate talks on Sunday as they faced pressure to drop their opposition to a phase-out of fossil fuels at COP28 in Dubai.
Dubai (AFP) Dec 10, 2023 - Pledges made so far at the COP28 climate summit will only reduce energy-related greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent of what is needed by 2030, the International Energy Agency said Sunday.
Dubai (AFP) Dec 9, 2023 - Azerbaijan said Saturday it secured a consensus to host COP29 next year, which would be the second straight UN climate summit in a major producer of fossil fuels.
Dubai (AFP) Dec 9, 2023 - China's climate envoy said Saturday he was working with other countries to find a compromise over fossil fuels that is acceptable to all sides at the UN's COP28 conference in Dubai.
Jakarta (AFP) Dec 9, 2023 - A tanker carrying oil from sanctioned Venezuela has run aground near the Singapore strait, according to a ship tracking firm and Indonesian officials.
Dubai (AFP) Dec 9, 2023 - A UN climate summit in Dubai made progress Saturday but deep divides persisted, negotiators said, following a last-minute push by the OPEC oil cartel to block a phase-out of fossil fuels.
