COP28

2023 - 12 - 4

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COP28: Head of UN talks hits back at climate denial claims (BBC News)

The president of the ongoing UN climate talks Sultan al-Jaber has hit back at claims that he denies a core part of climate science.

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Cop28 president says 'no science for fossil fuel phase-out' claim was ... (The Guardian)

Sultan Al Jaber, who is state oil CEO, had also said phase-out of fossil fuels would take world 'back into caves'

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Mary Robinson in tense exchange with Cop28 president over fossil ... (BreakingNews.ie)

Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber claimed there was no proof showing a phase-out of fossil fuels is needed to restrict global heating to 1.5 degree.

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Eamon Ryan won't make COP28 return flight for Dáil vote (RTE.ie)

Minister for Environment, Climate, and Communications Eamon Ryan said he has been offered a Dáil pairing arrangement by Social Democrats TD Jennifer ...

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Ryan to stay at Cop28 summit after vote pairing agreed for McEntee ... (BreakingNews.ie)

Green Party leader Eamon Ryan will not return from Dubai to vote confidence in the Minister for Justice, after being offered a pairing agreement by the ...

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COP28: The key weekend announcements - ESG Clarity (ESG Clarity)

Debate around the fossil fuel phaseout, science insights and a just transition declaration, ESG Clarity rounds up what readers may have missed at the weekend.

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Climate finance takes spotlight at COP28 (FRANCE 24)

The United Arab Emirates is choking under "alarmingly high" air pollution levels fed by its fossil fuel industry, Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned on Monday as ...

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COP28 chief 'living in cloud cuckoo land' on climate change – but ... (Newstalk)

Eamon Ryan will not be flying home from Dubai to vote in tomorrow's Dáil motion of no confidence in the Justice Minister.

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John Kerry shrugs off COP28 chief's controversial fossil fuel remarks (POLITICO.eu)

'Maybe it came out the wrong way,' Kerry told POLITICO after a report showed Sultan al-Jaber saying there was 'no science' backing a push to phase out ...

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COP28's UAE president defends climate science comments (Aljazeera.com)

Sultan al-Jaber hits out at 'repeated attempts to undermine' the work of the COP28 presidency in Dubai.

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How Big Oil's COP28 strategy backfired (Financial Times)

Also in this newsletter, the Seattle start-up taking on plastic pollution.

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Top nature and climate news: COP28 disaster fund launches (World Economic Forum)

Also this week: Debt relief needed to help developing world adapt to climate change; Brazil to launch fund to protect forests.

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Climate finance takes centre stage at COP28 climate talks (Reuters)

Summary; Companies. UAE banking sector pledges $270 bln in green finances by 2030; Saudi leaders skip flagship event, after crown prince a no show Poorer ...

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'Beyond justification': Record number of fossil fuel lobbyists attend ... (CNBC)

A report published Tuesday by the Kick Big Polluters Out coalition found that at least 2456 fossil fuel lobbyists registered to attend the COP28 summit.

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'Unprecedented' 2400 fuel lobbyists at COP28 in Dubai, claim ... (Sky News)

The alliance says the number of people at COP with links to fossil fuels has grown massively from the last summit in Egypt.

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Record number of fossil fuel lobbyists get access to Cop28 climate ... (The Guardian)

UAE-hosted summit admitted at least 2456 people affiliated with oil and gas industries, analysis finds.

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Record more than 2000 fossil fuel lobbyists at COP28 talks: NGOs (EURACTIV)

A record almost 2500 fossil fuel lobbyists have been accredited for UN climate talks in Dubai, as negotiators wrestle with calls to end all new oil, ...

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'The science compels: phase out fossil fuels': Mary Robinson ... (The Guardian)

Former president of Republic of Ireland makes first comments since Sultan Al Jaber told her a fossil fuel phase out could mean 'going back into caves'

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Fossil fuel industry nearly quadrupled registrations at climate summit ... (CNN)

More than 2400 people connected to the fossil fuel industry registered to attend the COP28 climate summit in Dubai — a massive representation that's nearly ...

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Record number of fossil fuel lobbyists granted access to COP28 ... (Global Witness)

At least 2456 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the COP28 summit in Dubai, signalling an unprecedented presence at crucial climate talks ...

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