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From the Paris agreement to COP28, how oil and gas giants try to influence the global climate agenda

There is “no science” behind demands to phase out fossil fuels, according to the current COP president. This level of cynicism at the top of the annual climate summit makes it less surprising that the conference has also been used as an oil trading venue.

The Conversation

Campaigners denounce the tough rules stifling voices of protest at Cop28

Record numbers of people are at the Cop28 climate summit in Dubai, now in its second week. Seeking to be heard in the throng of 84,000 participants are activists who say their space to protest is diminishing every year.

Radio France Internationale

On sidelines of COP28, Emirati 'green city' falls short of ambitions, but still delivers lessons

A bold, innovative project begun nearly a generation ago to erect a “green-city” in the United Arab Emirates has run into realities and largely missed its mark

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Chris Bowen backs ‘a big step forward’ on phasing out fossil fuels at Cop28

Australia’s climate minister flags difficulties around any final wording but hails ‘important symbol’ as talks intensify in Dubai

The Guardian - AU

At least 475 carbon-capture lobbyists attending Cop28

Exclusive: Figures reveal growing push by fossil fuel sector for technologies that scientists say will not stop global heating

The Guardian - UK

How to adapt to climate change may be secondary at COP28, but it's key to saving lives, experts say

As United Nations climate talks enter their second week, negotiators who are largely focused on how to curb climate change have another thing on their plates: how to adapt to the warming that’s already here

The Independent UK

Watch again: Cop28 President Al Jaber holds press conference as he urges nations to ‘get out of comfort zones’

Watch again as Cop28 President Sultan Al Jaber holds a news conference on Friday (8 December).

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COP28: will there be an agreement to phase out fossil fuels?

It’s the issue at the core of COP28: will this year’s U.N. climate talks, held in major oil producer the United Arab Emirates, produce the first global agreement to phase out fossil fuel use?

The Hindu

Cop28: president says summit ‘has already made history’ as negotiations enter final days – as it happened

Sultan Al Jaber holds press conference at start of second week as summit focuses on children, education and food

The Guardian - UK

After day of rest at climate summit, COP28 negotiators turn back to fossil fuels

The United Nations climate conference is opening its final week with negotiators expected to zoom in on the future of fossil fuels on a dangerously warming planet

The Independent UK

Talks at Cop28 set to intensify in bid to break impasse over fossil fuels

UN climate chief calls for ‘highest ambition’ as nations wrangle over draft agreement

The Guardian - UK

Greening education key to Africa's climate challenge

There is increased focus on education at the COP28 climate talks amidst growing acknowledgement of the importance of the sector in responding to the uncertainty and displacement caused by climate change. FRANCE 24's Georja Calvin-Smith speaks to Yasmine Sherif, the head of the Education Cannot Wait fund, as she sets…

France 24

From rented Christmas jumpers to ‘shwopping’, the secrets of successful business-charity collaborations

While the world’s governments meet at COP28 to take stock of progress against the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, business leaders are also considering the impact their organisations have on the environment.

The Conversation

The method to COP28’s madness: A first-hand account

What it was really like to be at COP28 in Dubai, from queuing with thousands of other people to meeting King Charles III.

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The Guardian - UK

Cop28: highlights and lowlights so far

An update on the first half of the UN climate conference in Dubai, including shock over the host president’s comments

The Guardian - AU

Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest in scathing attack on oil and gas industry

Australian magnate-turned-green-evangelist says companies that don’t stop burning fossil fuels will have ‘blood on their hands’

The Guardian - AU

Australia commits $150m to climate finance for vulnerable Pacific countries

However, the Albanese government has not contributed to a newly created global loss and damage fund at Cop28

The Conversation

Unprecedented drought in the Amazon threatens to release huge stores of carbon – podcast

As world leaders and their climate negotiators gathered at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai in early December, on the other side of the world, Brazil was experiencing an unprecedented drought in the Amazon. Scientists fear it could release of billions of additional tons of carbon into the atmosphere.

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Carbon capture a 'dangerous excuse' for burning more fossil fuels

Week one of the Cop28 climate talks in Dubai heard much about the grand potential of carbon capture and storage technologies (CCS) as dozens of countries push for a broad pact to phase out fossil fuels. While top producers use carbon sequestering as an excuse to keep on burning coal,…

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A record number of fossil fuel representatives are at this year's COP28 climate talks

With a record number of oil, gas and coal representatives at this year's COP28 climate talks, climate scientists worry industry influence could water down language on fossil fuels.

The Guardian - UK

Visualised: how all of G20 is missing climate goals — but some nations are closer than others

As world leaders gather at Cop28, these charts show how far away the major economies are from their targets

The Guardian - UK

Beach? Shopping? Sleep? How Cop28 is spending its rest day

The 80,000 delegates are thinking of how best to unwind from the climate summit ‘whirlwind’ in Dubai on their only day off

The Conversation

COP28: Turning the tap off slowly – why Australia's decision to end overseas fossil fuel finance matters

Until recently, financing fossil fuel projects has been relatively easy.

The Conversation

Carbon removal is needed to achieve net zero but has its own climate risks

As delegates gather in Dubai at the COP28 climate conference — with the aim to ratchet up ambition towards meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement — a key component of these efforts are countries’ pledges to achieve net-zero emissions around mid-century.

France 24

UN slams COP28 'posturing' as negotiators spar over ending fossil fuels

Countries at the COP28 climate talks need to stop posturing, aim high and agree on a way to end the "fossil fuel era as we know it", UN climate chief Simon Stiell said on Wednesday, as tension over the future of coal, oil and gas came to the fore.

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