TOKYO: China should speed up its transition away from coal, the new chief US climate negotiator John Podesta said Thursday, calling for Beijing to “take their responsibility seriously”.“China is the largest emitter (of greenhouse gases) in the world… They still have online in my view more coal than they need, and more coal than is … Read more
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
PARIS: 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 said Tuesday, warning that political momentum can evaporate without clear action.COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber hailed progress made at UN negotiations last year in Dubai, where countries agreed to triple … Read more
DUBAI: Dr Amna bint Abdullah Al Dahak Al Shamsi, Minister of Climate Change and the Environment, today affirmed that extending the ‘Year of Sustainability’ into 2024, as announced by President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, reflects the nation’s commitment to embedding sustainability across all sectors and instil these practices in the behaviour of society … Read more
The world’s two biggest greenhouse gas emitters are charting a new course for cooperation after the departures of John Kerry and Xie Zhenhua — two titans of climate diplomacy who paved the way for landmark agreements. Representing the U.S. and China, the two men spent years on opposite sides of the negotiating table hammering out … Read more
As delegates at the annual U.N. climate talks in Dubai celebrated last month’s historic deal to move away from fossil fuels, tens of thousands of laborers just across the Persian Gulf in Qatar were chasing a different goal: make the world’s largest natural gas export facility even bigger. At a time when some see oil … Read more
NEW DELHI: Representatives from almost 200 nations, along with business leaders, climate scientists, indigenous peoples, journalists, and various other experts, have gathered in Dubai for the COP28 climate summit. Two-week long meeting concluded at the end of a year that is poised to become the hottest on record.The key provision in the COP28 agreement involves … Read more
While the final agreement at the conference was passed with no changes from attending parties, including India, its call to “transition away” from fossil fuels does raise questions about India’s capability to do so. For starters, India does not plan to decommission (shut down) any coal power plants until 2030, and has coal-based power plants with … Read more
NEW DELHI: India did not accede to the pressure from developed countries on the issue of fossil fuels at recently concluded UN climate conference (COP28) in Dubai and the country would continue to use coal until it achieves its developmental needs, said environment minister Bhupender Yadav on Tuesday.“While we are increasing our renewable energy capacity, … Read more
BARCELONA – The hard-won agreement at the COP28 climate summit to transition away from fossil fuels for energy was heralded as the “beginning of the end” for the production and use of oil, coal and gas, and a key step in limiting global warming. But what does that mean for workers whose jobs and incomes … Read more