With the EU ambivalent and small island states absent, Russia’s call for “transitional fuels” – read gas – made it into the Cop28 agreement The Russian government’s campaign for endorsement…
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Adaptation playbook lacks finance target
Developing nations got agreement to set targets for food and water security, but rich nations were unwilling to plug a huge funding gap Governments at the Cop28 climate talks in…
Carbon credits talks collapse at Cop28 over integrity concerns
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…
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…
