COP28

COP28 deal has loopholes that could weaken its impact on emissions

An agreement reached at the COP28 climate summit mentions transitioning away from fossil fuels, but contains weak points that could limit our ability to keep the world from warming beyond 1.5°C Source link

COP28: Landmark deal begins a qualified end to the fossil fuel era

COP28 has concluded with an agreement on moving away from fossil fuels GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images Fossil fuels will not be “phased out”, but the world has now agreed that we must rapidly transition away from using oil, gas and coal in order to reach net zero by 2050, in a historic moment at…

COP28: Why are fossil fuel talks held up and why does it matter?

COP28 president Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber leading a plenary session Sean Gallup/Getty Images Hopes of a strong stance from COP28 president Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber on phasing out the production and use of fossil fuels have been dashed at the climate summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A draft agreement on the world’s approach to…

COP28: Even if the climate summit fails, it has changed the conversation on fossil fuels

Climate protester Licypriya Kangujam took to the stage during a discussion at COP28 on 11 December Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto via Getty Image The COP28 climate summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, has entered overtime with a real possibility the talks could end in failure, given how far apart countries are on the future of oil, gas…

COP28 is making headlines. Here’s why the focus on methane matters

This year’s United Nations’ annual climate summit, dubbed COP28, is making a lot of headlines — not something I would have found myself writing a few years ago. One reason for COP’s higher profile is a growing sense of urgency to take stronger action to reduce humans’ fossil fuel emissions and mitigate the looming climate…

COP28: Clash over the future of fossil fuels reaches fever pitch

COP28: Why a climate adaptation deal is a ‘matter of life or death’

Collins Nzovu, Zambia’s minister of green economy and environment, speaking at COP28 Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto/Shutterstock The countries most vulnerable to climate change say the world must do far more to help them adapt to rising temperatures and extreme weather, even as it races to slash greenhouse gas emissions, in what has emerged as a key issue…

COP28: Countries agree on how to fund climate ‘loss and damage’

A flooded street in Beledweyne, Somalia, in November Abuukar Mohamed Muhidin/Anadolu via Getty Images The world has agreed to key details of a loss and damage fund on the first day of the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, allaying fears that the issue would unravel negotiations on other urgent issues at the…

COP28: Energy transition may cut oil-producing states’ revenue by 60%

An oil pumpjack in Venezuela Gaby Oraa/Bloomberg via Getty Images More than 20 countries dependent on oil and gas revenues could see these sources of funds cut in half by the transition to clean energy. Such an outcome could have disastrous consequences for workers and governments in these “petrostates” without international support to help manage…

COP28: How big a problem are methane and other non-CO2 greenhouse gases?

Fossil fuel production emits a majority of human-caused methane Evgenii Panov/Shutterstock Carbon dioxide is not the only greenhouse gas under fire at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. On 2 December, the UAE, the US and China are convening other countries for a meeting focused on methane and other “non-CO2” greenhouse gases,…