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Can Poland dismantle the EU Green Deal with legal challenges?
For years, Poland’s right-wing government has been threatening to legally challenge the EU’s climate policy, and this summer it delivered …
Anti-oil and gas alliance strengthens as COP28 negotiations falter
DUBAI – A trailblazing group of territories that has pledged to end oil and gas extraction and exploration has added …
Germany’s COP28 message is undermined by its domestic climate action crisis
On Saturday 2 December, on the third day of the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told …
Emirati oil casts an inescapable shadow over climate talks at COP28
DUBAI – For people in the climate world, the annual two-week extravaganza that is COP28 is a moment to see …
COP28: Six new banks sign up to UNEP FI’s Principles for Responsible Banking
Over the weekend at COP28, at an inaugural signing ceremony attended by Energy Monitor, the United Nations Environment Programme Finance …
COP28 Day 3: US, UAE and China lead methane announcement blitz
On Saturday, during the third day of COP28, global leaders unveiled a raft of new announcements targeting methane at a …
Can Poland dismantle the EU Green Deal with legal challenges?
For years, Poland’s right-wing government has been threatening to legally challenge the EU’s climate policy, and this summer it delivered …
COP28 Day 3: US, UAE and China lead methane announcement blitz
On Saturday, during the third day of COP28, global leaders unveiled a raft of new announcements targeting methane at a …
Petrostates to lose $8trn of fossil-fuel income by 2040
COP28 host the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is among 28 petrostates that risk losing over half their revenues from fossil …
Cautious optimism as ‘fossil fuels’ included in COP28 Global Stocktake draft
DUBAI - COP28 have negotiators released the first draft of their response to the Global Stocktake synthesis report, showing the …
A Sunnylands victory? Assessing the US-China climate deal
As COP28 kicks off in Dubai, there is a pressing need for global leaders to set aside geopolitical differences in …
Signal: batteries market grows as gas-fired generators wind down
A growing global battery market offers a new means of bolstering energy security, as gas-fired power plants close down. The …
COP28 presidency hails “historic” victory as nations agree Loss and Damage Fund on day one
COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber has hailed a “historic” victory as world leaders agreed to a Loss and Damage Fund …
COP28 opens in Dubai as global temperature set for new record
DUBAI - The latest annual UN climate conference, COP28, opened in Dubai on Thursday 30 November with at least 70,000 …
Signal: FAO road map advises developed countries to eat less meat
The COP28 climate summit, starting this week, will see the publication of a road map to 1.5°C for global food …
Grid upgrades could shave $3trn off the world’s net-zero power transition
Countries could save $3trn in electricity decarbonisation costs for net zero by investing an additional $1.7trn in upgrading global transmission …
Weekly data: global ambition to triple renewables by 2030 within reach
In the run up to COP28, revelations that its host the United Arab Emirates (UAE) plans to use the UN …