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UN to seek assurances UK will not renege on net zero pledge

  2023-11-03 in The Guardian

Concerns ahead of Cop28 climate summit that Rishi Sunak among leaders backsliding on green measures

  Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Net Zero | COP28 | COP27 | COP26


In 2023 we’ve seen climate destruction in real time, yet rich countries are poised to do little at Cop28 | Saleemul Huq and Farhana Sultana

  2023-11-01 in The Guardian

As another big climate conference looms and global ‘loss and damage’ takes hold, we must keep pressure on the biggest emitters, write Farhana Sultana and the late Saleemul Huq

  Tagged under: COP28 | COP27


Johan Rockström interview | Planetary boundaries, 'negative emissions', mitigation models & fairness

  2023-09-20 (or before) in YouTube

Johan Rockström is best known for his work on the Planetary Boundary Framework and as co-director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. In th...

  Tagged under: COP27 | COP26 | Renewable Energy | Climate Change | Net Zero | Climate Justice | Climate Change Mitigation


TotalEnergies employees infiltrated COP27 via pseudo-NGO

  2023-06-13 (or before) in Le Monde.fr

The oil and gas giant sent eight representatives to the latest international climate conference. But four attended under the banner of a mysterious German NGO.

  Tagged under: COP27 | TotalEnergies


Reliance on hi-tech solutions to climate crisis perpetuates racism, says UN official

  2022-12-27 in The Guardian

Rapporteur Tendayi Achiume says projects are at expense of marginalised groups and Indigenous peoples

  Tagged under: COP27 | Renewable Energy | Electric Cars | Cars


Decisions taken at the Sharm El-Sheikh Climate Change Conference - Advance unedited versions | UNFCCC

  2022-11-20 (or before) in United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

  Tagged under: COP27 | Climate Change


COP27: BP chief listed as delegate for Mauritania - BBC News

  2022-11-19 (or before) in BBC

Chief executive of leading oil company is registered for COP27 as a delegate from poor African nation.

  Tagged under: COP27 | BP | Africa


‘False solutions’: scepticism over Saudi carbon capture plan

  2022-11-19 in The Guardian

Kingdom’s Cop27 announcement of new storage hub part of pattern of delaying fossil fuel transition, experts say

  Tagged under: COP27 | Africa | Fossil Fuels | Middle East | Saudi Arabia | Carbon Capture and Storage


COP27: Negotiations are missing the ambition needed to protect those hardest hit by climate change, warns IFRC | IFRC

  2022-11-17 (or before) in IFRC

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is raising concern that progress is stalling at COP27 and that there is a risk that the ambition to deliver and build on commitments made in Glasgow is slipping away.

  Tagged under: COP27 | Climate Change


Sunak’s growth fetish is a problem: he’s heading for the same budget trap as Truss | Tim Jackson

  2022-11-16 in The Guardian

The siren call of climate-burning expansion bewitches British politics. More of the same will emerge in the autumn statement, says Tim Jackson, professor of sustainable development at the University of Surrey

  Tagged under: COP27 | Rishi Sunak | Economics | Economic Growth


Replace animal farms with micro-organism tanks, say campaigners

  2022-11-12 in The Guardian

Advocates of plant-based protein say 75% of world’s farmland should be rewilded to reduce emissions

  Tagged under: COP27 | Farming | Greenhouse Gases | Rewilding


Who should pay for a warming planet?

  2022-11-11 (or before) in YouTube

Campaigners who believe world leaders are not doing enough to combat climate change are taking matters into their own hands—and suing governments and fossil-...

  Tagged under: COP27 | Climate Change | Sea Level


How dash for African oil and gas could wipe out Congo basin tropical forests

  2022-11-10 in The Guardian

Third of Congo basin’s tropical forests are under threat from fossil fuel investments, undermining climate action, report warns

  Tagged under: COP27 | Congo | Rainforests | Africa | Fossil Fuels | Trees


Oil and gas greenhouse emissions ‘three times higher’ than producers claim

  2022-11-09 in The Guardian

Climate Trace reports half of 50 largest sources of greenhouse gas are oil and gas operations and many underreport their emissions

  Tagged under: COP27 | Greenhouse Gases


Oil and gas firms planning ‘frightening’ fossil fuels growth, report finds

  2022-11-09 in The Guardian

Analysis released at Cop27 climate summit shows plans would thwart chances of keeping global heating to 1.5C

  Tagged under: COP27 | Fossil Fuels


Holding the COP27 Summit in Egypt’s Police State Creates a Moral Crisis for the Climate Movement

  2022-11-09 (or before) in The Intercept

The ongoing hunger strike of Egyptian political prisoner Alaa Abd El Fattah forcefully reminds us that there can be no meaningful climate action without political freedom.

  Tagged under: COP27


Podcast: Why Is One of Big Oil's Top Greenwashing PR Firms Handling Media for COP27?

  2022-11-08 in Drilled

The conference of the parties or COP, the annual global UN climate negotiations, have kicked off in Egypt, and I'll be digging into a few aspects of it over the next couple of weeks.

  Tagged under: COP27


Climate Honesty – are we ‘beyond catastrophe’?

  2022-11-06 in Professor Jem Bendell - Deep Adaptation to societal breakdown

This is an essay that responds critically to the widely read essay in the New York Times that appears to be calming the nerves of climate professionals here at COP27 and beyond. It is a 20-minute r…

  Tagged under: COP27


The Earth is dying

  2022-11-04 (or before) in YouTube

The Earth is dying#earth #climatechange #sketchcomedy #globalwarming If you'd like to support us making these videos we have a Patreon page here: https://www...

  Tagged under: COP27 | Climate Change | Health


If we keep abusing nature it will collapse, taking us with it. We need a new mindset | Christina Figueres

  2022-11-02 in The Guardian

Humanity is faced with two doors. Door one leads to untold misery. We have no choice but to take door two, says UN diplomat Christiana Figueres

  Tagged under: COP27 | Collapse


Two-thirds of US money for fossil fuel pours into Africa despite climate goals

  2022-10-31 in The Guardian

Joe Biden will fly to Africa to attend the Cop27 talks in Egypt but the US funnels billions to dirty projects on the continent

  Tagged under: COP27 | Joe Biden | Africa


COP27: Prioritise climate or face catastrophe - UN chief - BBC News

  2022-10-26 (or before) in The BBC

The UN Secretary General speaks to the BBC ahead of a major climate conference in Egypt, known as COP27.

  Tagged under: COP27


UK risks ending Cop26 presidency in disarray over Truss climate policy

  2022-10-07 in The Guardian

Observers say cabinet rows and PM’s comments so far could undermine global consensus forged at Glasgow

  Tagged under: COP27 | COP26


‘Reckless’ coal firms plan climate-busting expansion, study finds

  2022-10-06 in The Guardian

Coal is the most polluting of all fossil fuels and investors must stop funding it, say campaigners

  Tagged under: COP27 | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Climate Change | Africa | Fossil Fuels | Russia | India


Cop27 host Egypt warns UK not to backtrack from climate agenda

  2022-10-03 in The Guardian

Unusual diplomatic intervention prompted by fears over Liz Truss’s commitment to net zero

  Tagged under: COP27 | Africa | Net Zero | Middle East


Sir David King: Climate Leadership, COP26, and 20 Degrees of Warming?

  2022-07-08 (or before) in YouTube

Sir David King is interviewed by Ed Gemmell, Managing Director of Scientists Warning Europe. The interview focusses on Sir David’s analysis of COP26 and whet...

  Tagged under: COP27 | COP26 | Climate Change | Methane | Activism


India takes tough stand at climate talks as Delhi endures brutal heatwave

  2022-06-14 in The Guardian

As capital swelters, India urges rich countries to provide funds to help deal with effects of climate crisis

  Tagged under: COP27 | Extreme Weather | Heatwaves | India


John Kerry warns a long Ukraine war would threaten climate efforts

  2022-05-10 in The Guardian

Exclusive: US presidential envoy says limiting global heating to 1.5C could be made harder by conflict

  Tagged under: COP27 | Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels


We are in a Don’t Look Up situation. Here’s what the government should do | The Independent

  2022-01-15 (or before) in The Independent

I’ve developed a practical plan of the steps we need to be taking to tackle the climate emergency – right now, writes Donnachadh McCarthy

  Tagged under: COP27 | Climate Change | Net Zero


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