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Cop28 president, Sultan Al Jaber and UN climate change boss, Simon Stiell, had called on G20 countries to show leadership and deliver ambitious emissions cuts.
In an open letter to the G20, climate ministers from 14 countries outline key actions ahead of COP28, including a fossil fuel phase out.
At Cop28 the EU wants governments to agree on more renewables and a faster phase out of fossil fuels with a “residual” role for carbon capture technologies
The EU’s interpretation of a global renewables target is less ambitious than the Cop28 presidency’s and incompatible with the Paris agreement
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The UK won friends and influence as Cop president, its not in its interest to throw that all away by abandoning its climate ambition
The UN didn’t get all the money it wanted for its climate programmes, leaving it reliant on the whims of wealthy donor nations
Coal lobbyists have defended industry interests, met with politicians and delayed climate legislation in South Africa.
In fraught nations, developing countries wanted to focus on specific targets, while developed nations only wanted to talk about structure
A group of developing countries wouldn’t talk about emissions cuts without talking about finance – but developed countries refused to accept that
With governments unable to agree on agenda, all the negotiations so far in Bonn could go to waste
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Divisions over wars between Russia and Ukraine and Azerbaijan and Armenia are delaying the choice of the host of next year’s climate talks
Turkiye and Australia will vie for the support of Western Europe, North America and New Zealand in their bids to host the 2026 climate talks
Over a hundred Twitter profiles are suspected of a coordinated effort to influence opinion online. The Cop28 team says these activities are “unacceptable”.
With climate devastation growing, we can’t keep sidelining climate adaptation at governments’ climate talks
The UAE’s authoritarian rulers needs oil and gas revenues to placate their people and keep themselves in power
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The call sparked accusations of “climate apartheid” as it does not differentiate between rich and poor nations