On the sidelines of the UN general assembly, rich and poor countries were divided on how to deliver funds to victims of the climate crisis
While “ambitious” countries made few new announcements, the US, China, India and the UK had not offered enough to even sit in the room
The UN Global Stocktake report calls on governments to scale up renewable energy and phase out all “unabated” fossil fuels.
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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.
The world’s largest economies failed to agree on targets to phase down fossil fuels and scale up renewables
In an open letter to the G20, climate ministers from 14 countries outline key actions ahead of COP28, including a fossil fuel phase out.
“We must be brutally honest about the gaps that need to be filled, the root causes and how we got to this place here today” said Sultan Al-Jaber
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 Cop28 chief has also urged the oil and gas industry to “step up its game” and scale up renewables investment
The UAE say “fossil fuel emissions” should be phased out but Guterres said “fossil fuels” themselves must go, in a split on the role of carbon capture
Over a hundred Twitter profiles are suspected of a coordinated effort to influence opinion online. The Cop28 team says these activities are “unacceptable”.
The UAE’s authoritarian rulers needs oil and gas revenues to placate their people and keep themselves in power
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The group will “provide guidance and counsel” to the Cop28 presidency this year and beyond
The Syrian regime has been accused of committing war crimes during a decade-long civil war. Western nations have criticised efforts to restore diplomatic relations.
Critics say a focus on just the emissions from producing oil and gas not consuming it is a distraction and that similar initatives have not worked
An agenda-setting gathering of climate ministers saw continuing disagreement over the need for fossil fuels phase-out and the role of technology
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Developed nations should have met the climate finance commitment in 2020. But they are still not there.