Dubai (AFP) Dec 5, 2023 - Battle lines on coal, oil and gas hardened at the UN climate talks on Tuesday where activists said a record number of fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber nearly every delegation in Dubai.
Washington DC (UPI) Dec 5, 2023 - Nearly 2,500 fossil fuel lobbyists have been given access to the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, an environmental watchdog group said Tuesday, reflecting an unprecedented presence at an event that has come under scrutiny for being hosted by one of the world's largest oil producers.
Paris (AFP) Dec 5, 2023 - A record almost 2,500 fossil fuel lobbyists have been accredited for UN climate talks in Dubai, as negotiators wrestle with calls to end all new oil, gas and coal projects to curb global warming, campaign groups said Tuesday.
Dubai (AFP) Dec 5, 2023 - Saudi Arabia's energy minister has slammed the door shut to agreeing to phase down fossil fuels at the UN's COP28 climate talks, setting the stage for difficult negotiations in Dubai.
Paris (AFP) Dec 4, 2023 - They were billed as an ingenious new way of helping developing countries ditch planet-polluting coal, promising an injection of billions from wealthy governments looking for new ways to tackle carbon emissions.
Dubai (AFP) Dec 4, 2023 - The Emirati head of the UN climate conference insisted on Monday that he respects climate science after he came under fire over a leaked video in which he questioned the science on fossil fuels.
Dubai (AFP) Dec 4, 2023 - Inside the negotiating rooms and on the sidelines of the COP28 climate talks, simmering tensions over wealthy countries' green trade policies have been bubbling to the surface, with developing nations fearful they will be penalised.
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 04, 2023 - In an era increasingly defined by the urgent need to shift away from carbon-based energy sources, a team of researchers has made significant strides in the field of low or no-carbon alternatives. In
Lima (AFP) Dec 4, 2023 - Sofia Llocclla Pellaca always descends on foot from the unlit hill where she lives with hardly any electricity on the outskirts of Lima. She rarely eats meat and cooks on a gas or wood stove.
Dubai (AFP) Dec 3, 2023 - The UAE's COP28 president says there is no science to show that phasing out fossil fuels would achieve the world's climate goals, but acknowledge that it is inevitable, a report said on Sunday.
Dubai (AFP) Dec 3, 2023 - Armed with satellite images of pipelines, former US vice president and climate champion Al Gore singled out the emissions of the United Arab Emirates at the COP28 talks in the oil-rich monarchy on Sunday.
Dubai (AFP) Dec 3, 2023 - Most countries which have committed to a target of net-zero carbon emissions have not announced any plans to phase out fossil fuels, putting those pledges at risk of being little more than a bumper sticker, a climate monitor warned Monday.
Hanoi (AFP) Dec 3, 2023 - Vietnam has laid out a $15.5 billion dollar blueprint to transition away from coal power, but environmentalists warned Sunday the plan fell far short of what was needed.
Dubai (AFP) Dec 2, 2023 - Fifty oil and gas companies representing 40 percent of global production pledged to decarbonise their operations by 2050 at the UN's COP28 climate talks in Dubai on Saturday.
Dubai (AFP) Dec 2, 2023 - Vice President Kamala Harris told the UN's COP28 conference on Saturday that the United States will contribute $3 billion to a global climate fund - its first pledge to it since 2014.
Dubai (AFP) Dec 2, 2023 - Brazil will tell oil producers to get ready to reduce fossil fuels when it joins OPEC+ next year, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said at the COP28 climate talks on Saturday.
