The EU and allies rejected proposed carbon trading rules that followed a “light-touch” approach favoured by the US Hopes of clinching a deal on carbon trading mechanisms evaporated under the…
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Presidency draft text draws angry response
Sign up to get our weekly newsletter straight to your inbox, plus breaking news, investigations and extra bulletins from key events Buckle up, the real negotiations have only just begun. Sultan…
Why didn’t China and India sign Cop28 tripling renewables pledge?
China and India are on track to triple renewable capacity this decade, but were put off by anti-coal language and cost concerns Three months ago in Delhi, leaders of G20…
Majlis brings fossil fuel views into the open
Sign up to get our weekly newsletter straight to your inbox, plus breaking news, investigations and extra bulletins from key events For those who want Cop28 to agree to quit fossil…
What is Alterra, the UAE’s $30 billion green investment fund?
A big part of the $83 billion “mobilised” at Cop28, Alterra is primarily a profit-seeking fund with some development goals Perhaps the most eye-catching announcement of the first day of…
Adaptation playbook is the true test of Cop28 for world’s vulnerable
While most attention is on fossil fuels, the US is blocking progress on an adaptation playbook, a matter of life or death for many Africans Although the phase out of…
Dutch initiative must turn the tables
We’ve had enough “transparency” and “dialogue” around fossil fuel subsidy reform. It’s time to change the defaults In 1964, US Supreme Court’s Justice failed to define pornography, but concluded that…
Text grows with everything still to play for
Sign up to get our weekly newsletter straight to your inbox, plus breaking news, investigations and extra bulletins from key events A new version of the centerpiece text being discussed at…
To land fossil phase-out deal, rich nations must add fairness
As we enter the second and decisive week of Cop28 in Dubai, an agreement to phase out all fossil fuels and scale up renewables is edging close to a pivotal…
As fossil fuel phase-out gathers steam, resistance builds
Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Turkey are among the most vocal opponents of a decision at Cop28 to phase out coal, oil and gas Saudi Arabia is one of the strongest…
