The world needs “trillions” of dollars to spur on the green transition and tackle global warming, the head of last year’s COP28 climate talks has said, warning that political momentum can evaporate without clear action. COP28 president Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber hailed progress made at U.N. negotiations last year in Dubai, where countries agreed to triple … Read more
UNITED NATIONS: The COP28 climate conference should aim for a complete “phaseout” of fossil fuels, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told AFP on Wednesday, warning of “total disaster” on humanity’s current trajectory.“Obviously I am strongly in favor of language that includes (a) phaseout, even with a reasonable time framework,” Guterres said in an interview before flying … Read more
NEW YORK: The world is heading for considerably less warming than projected a decade ago, but that good news is overwhelmed by much more pain from current climate change than scientists anticipated, experts said. That’s just one of a set of seemingly contradictory conditions facing climate negotiators who this week gather in Dubai for marathon … Read more