DARK SECRETS: 6 - The Real Truth

COP28: Climate change theatre and performances reveal new narratives about how we need to live

How can arts (broadly defined) help us think about the state of the planet and walk the talk when it comes to addressing climate change — including climate finance where those who contributed more to the problem assume greater responsibilities for solving it — and energy transition?

The Conversation · Dec 11, 2023

Revealed: over 160 representatives with climate-denying track records got Cop28 access

UN organizers allow groups that have obstructed fossil fuel regulations and other climate action to attend, watchdog finds

The Guardian - US · Dec 11, 2023

Morning Mail: poll shows cost-of-living struggle, anger over Cop28 draft deal, Australian women win Globe nods

Guardian Essential poll shows Australians increasingly worried about their finances, while Chris Bowen says Saudis are blocking breakthrough on fossil fuel ‘phase-out’

The Guardian - AU · Dec 11, 2023

Is COP28 the 'Nuclear COP'?

Instead of opposing nuclear power, climate activists should be thronging the streets demanding a faster rollout.

Reason · Dec 11, 2023

Report says United Arab Emirates is trying nearly 90 detainees on terror charges during COP28 summit

An activist organization says the United Arab Emirates is conducting a mass trial of nearly 90 prisoners on terrorism charges as it hosts the United Nations’ COP28 climate summit

The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2023

UK’s David Cameron scolds Scottish leader Humza Yousaf over Erdogan meeting

Cameron says a meeting on sidelines of COP28 breached protocol because a UK official was not present.

Al Jazeera · Dec 11, 2023

At COP28 in Dubai, Bihar’s soil conservation and climate-resilient agriculture practices hog limelight

At the UN Climate Change Conference, Bihar's initiatives in soil conservation, climate-resilient agriculture, agriculture road map, and organic agriculture have been praised. Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, highlighted the State's initiatives, such as the Soil Health Card scheme, soil testing, soil fertility mapping, and Climate Resilient…

The Hindu · Dec 11, 2023

Climate change: if warming approaches 2°C, a trickle of extinctions will become a flood

As delegates discuss the climate crisis in Dubai for COP28, the dazzling variety of life found on Earth hangs in the balance.

The Conversation · Dec 11, 2023

Read David Cameron's full letter about Humza Yousaf's meeting at COP28

FOREIGN Secretary David Cameron has written to Scottish Constitution Secretary Angus Robertson threatening to withdraw co-operation with Scottish…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 11, 2023

'Not A Minute To Lose': Clock Ticks On Fossil Fuel Deal At Climate Summit

Simon Stiell urged countries to preserve the "highest ambition" to check warming at no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

Latin Times · Dec 11, 2023