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Returning to the Arab fold, Syria's president invited to UAE-hosted COP28 climate

Syria’s embattled President Bashar Assad has received an invitation to attend the upcoming COP28 climate talks in Dubai later this year, even as the yearslong war in his country over his rule grinds on

The Independent UK

COP28 chair urges tripling use of renewables by 2030

The president-designate of the upcoming UN climate talks, Sultan Al Jaber, has called on participants to drastically ramp up their use of renewable energy ahead of the key summit in the United Arab Emirates later this year.

Radio France Internationale

Sultan al-Jaber, COP28 president, calls for climate action

The man who will lead international climate talks later this year in Dubai, United Arab Emirates spoke Monday at the premier oil and gas industry conference in Houston, Texas, known as Ceraweek

The Independent UK

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Look to cities, but past their mayors, for new climate solutions

A little over three months after the COP27 climate summit in Sharm-el-Sheikh drew to a close, the global community is no closer to finding a solution to the problem of climate change. The most-attended climate change conference to date has left observers frustrated and disillusioned. What started with the promise…

The Conversation

COP28 President-designate Says Paris Agreement Goal of 1.5°C Is ‘Non-negotiable'

Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, COP28 UAE President-Designate, emphasized the need to mobilize resources and partnerships toward a bold and transformative approach to climate action. His remarks came during the World Sustainable Development Summit hosted by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in New Delhi. Al Jaber reaffirmed the UAE’s unwavering…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Shake and divide: the cocktail formula for global consensus

For yet another year, the world’s conference on climate change – COP27 – concluded with few agreements and a clear division between North and South.

The Conversation

UAE-France Program to Accelerate Clean Energy Development

The UAE and France agreed to launch a bilateral program that combines French and Emirati expertise to develop commercial and investable opportunities that accelerate clean energy development, notably in the decarbonization of hard-to-abate (HTA) industries, including clean hydrogen solutions for mobility. The program's operations will be officially launched during COP28,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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COP28 has a fox in the henhouse as oil baron prepares to lead summit

Record View questions whether oil barons should be leading climate change talks at upcoming summit.

Daily Record

UAE Names Al-Jaber to Head COP28 Climate Talks

The head of the United Arab Emirates' national oil company was named Thursday as president of this year's COP28 climate talks. Sultan Al-Jaber, chief executive of the UAE's Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), will be the first CEO to take the role at the UN summit, the official WAM…

Asharq Al-Awsat

COP28 fury as one of world’s biggest oil barons appointed president of climate talks

EXCLUSIVE: Campaigners hit out at 'cruel joke' after Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, picked to lead crucial UN climate summit.

Daily Record

UAE names its oil company chief to lead U.N. climate talks

The United Arab Emirates nominated Sultan al-Jaber, who both leads Abu Dhabi's state-run oil company and oversees its renewable energy efforts, to be the president of climate negotiations in Dubai.

WEKU

UAE names oil company chief to lead UN’s COP 28 climate talks

Sultan al-Jaber, CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co, will preside over the next round of climate talks in Dubai.

Al Jazeera

Climate justice can be a liability

Many have dismissed last month's COP27 climate conference as a failure, owing to the lack of progress on pledges made at the COP26 summit last year, and the absence of clear commitments to phase out fossil fuels.

Bangkok Post

Why the Congo plays a critical role in saving the world's biodiversity

A landmark biodiversity deal cliched at the Cop15 summit offers a mixed bag for nature-rich developing countries – namely the Democratic Republic of Congo – which now supports the text despite earlier protests over funding for conservation efforts.

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The Guardian - UK

Cop15 summit: DRC drops objections to seal deal on historic action on biodiversity

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the world’s most biodiverse countries, and its objections raised the prospect of legal challenges

The Guardian - UK

‘We didn’t accept it’: DRC minister laments forcing through of Cop15 deal

Democratic Republic of the Congo’s environment minister says country has not agreed to ‘30 by 30’ deal

The Conversation

Digital technologies for biodiversity protection and climate action: Solution or COP out?

With biodiversity declining at unprecedented rates and less than a decade remaining to avert the worst effects of climate change, world leaders and policymakers are on the hunt for new and innovative solutions. In the halls and meeting rooms of global COP conferences, digital technologies have been heavily promoted to…

Fortune

COP15’s message to the world: Invest $250 billion in nature or risk the consequences

One of the key themes of the summit in Montreal is the urgent need for businesses to spend more on bolstering Nature-based Solutions.

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Bangkok Post

COP27: The good, bad and the ugly

COP27 could be called largely uninspiring; a plateau in progress marked by periodic bright points. It also represented an effective transition to a new dynamic as the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) moved beyond negotiations to a broader coalition of those willing to implement…

The Guardian - UK

Cop15: Trudeau pledges £510m for Indigenous-led conservation projects

Canada’s prime minister calls on China, Russia and Brazil to expand protected areas for nature

Reuters

U.S. climate envoy Kerry hails holding COP28 conference in OPEC member UAE

U.S. Special Climate Envoy John Kerry on Wednesday hailed the decision to hold next year’s COP28 climate summit in OPEC member the United Arab Emirates, saying fossil fuel economies should be encouraged to lead the transition to clean energy.

The Guardian - UK

Making sense of Cop15: what to look out for in Montreal

Everything you need to know about the once-in-a-decade chance to stop the loss of biodiversity – and how you can help

The Conversation

COP27 failed. So why continue with these UN climate summits?

Climate change is an existential threat to human civilization and planetary ecosystems. Yet despite 27 UN Conference of the Parties (COP) meetings that have taken place so far, the international community has been unable to ward off imminent disaster.

The Conversation

COP27 'loss and damage' fund: A historic decision amid discouraging results

The recent COP27 climate conference was billed as the moment to implement the climate change commitments states made at COP21, held in Paris in December 2015.

Salon

Trillions needed to fight climate change

At COP 27, negotiators have been haggling over how to pay for the mounting costs of climate change

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