Giorgia Meloni has unveiled a long-awaited plan for African development named after Enrico Mattei, founder of oil and gas giant Eni.
For a quarter-century, fossil fuels were absent from Cop climate agreements – so how had they become so ubiquitous at Cop28?
Setting finance goals without the revenues and systems to deliver on them is a recipe for disappointment – this year it must be different.
Fossil fuel fights, finance struggles, a resurgent relationship, and much more. We recap the most impactful international climate developments in 2023.
The final Cop28 text was regarded as historic by delegates, including the US, EU and small islands, but most agree there’s still work ahead
China and India are on track to triple renewable capacity this decade, but were put off by anti-coal language and cost concerns
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We’ve had enough “transparency” and “dialogue” around fossil fuel subsidy reform. It’s time to change the defaults
Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Turkey are among the most vocal opponents of a decision at Cop28 to phase out coal, oil and gas
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The taskforce, set to be launched at Cop28, will consider the feasibility of levies on shipping, aviation, financial transactions and fossil fuels.
After talks in Sunnyland, California, the US and China agreed to revive a bilateral working group on climate change
Export credit agencies are still backing oil and gas projects – this week’s OECD meeting is a chance to change that
Climate Home analysed how highly-publicised commitments are faring two years on from their announcement
After its pleas for grants not loans fell mostly on deaf ears, Indonesia has watered down its plans to shut coal power plants early
A renewable energy target will be debated at Cop28 but financial reforms are needed for the Global South outside China to meet that target
At Cop28, developed nations will face calls to quit fossil fuels faster than developing countries, who did less to cause the climate crisis
While technical tweaks should make the World Bank’s capital go further, their impact depends on shareholders injecting fresh funds
The World Bank says it will try to get governments to stop spending public money making fossil fuels artificially cheap
Sultan Al Jaber urged governments to update their national climate targets by September. Not one heeded the call