Timmermans has led the EU’s climate policy since 2019 but will now seek to become Dutch prime minister instead
US climate envoy John Kerry visited Beijing, re-starting talks on coal, methane and other climate issues
Brussels and Buenos Aires agreed to work for a “stable delivery” of gas to Europe while cracking down on methane leaks and building renewables
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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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
Saudi Arabia and a group of emerging economies like China, India and Russia pushed to keep vetoes in plastic treaty talks
Despite a multi-billion dollars clean energy transition deal, South Africa expects to keep coal plants running for longer while it battles electricity blackouts.
Landlords and the right-wing have opposed an effective ban on new gas boilers and look set to at least delay the measure
The Pope’s home state has not yet issued a climate plan, which is against the rules of the Paris Agreement it ratified last year
An agenda-setting gathering of climate ministers saw continuing disagreement over the need for fossil fuels phase-out and the role of technology
The UAE has backed the EU’s call to set a global target for the renewable roll-out at the Cop28 climate talks
The Council of Europe will discuss the right to a healthy environment at a “historic” upcoming leaders summit in Reykjavik
India and China are trying to stop the G20 setting an end-date for the use of fossil fuels, highlighting different national circumstances instead
The UAE’s climate envoy Sultan Al-Jaber called for a “phase out of fossil fuel emissions” rather than fossil fuels
The first Global Stocktake will tell us collective efforts need to be stepped up to reach the Paris Agreement goals. The question is how countries will respond to it.
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Joe Biden urged leaders of major emitting economies to step up efforts to roll out zero-emission vehicles, cut methane emissions and deploy carbon capture technologies