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COP28 talks to save the planet could fall at first fence as oil producers and some rich countries call only for “phase down” of fossil fuels.
The COP28 talks in Dubai to save the planet from a climate catastrophe look like they are going to fall at the first fence as the oil lobby and some big economies push for a “phasing down” of fossil fuels, rather than the “phasing out”.
AfrElec: CAR’s second solar photovoltaic power plant inaugurated
IMF: World needs more policy ambition, private funds, and innovation to meet climate goals
International cooperation is more important than ever because no country can address climate change by itself.
COP28: Turkmenistan joins Global Methane Pledge
Country’s president announces in Dubai that Turkmens will join world effort to seal “super-emitter” sites. Planet-heating gas pours out of remote Central Asian nation at alarming rate.
ING: Consumer not ready to change what they eat to help the environment
By wasting less food and eating less meat and dairy, consumers can help to slow down climate change. However, consumers in the EU have barely changed their diets.
South Africa’s bid to tackle energy crisis starts bearing fruit, senior emerging markets economist says
The intensification of load shedding has brought growth in South Africa’s economy to a halt in 2023, but there finally appears to be some light at the end of the tunnel, says Jason Tuvey of Capital Economics.
Global climate plans still fall short
Ahead of the Cop28 climate summit beginning on November 30 in Dubai, Sultan Al Jaber, the Cop28 president-designate has said that he believes an "unprecedented outcome" is still on the cards – keeping alive hopes something will happen.
COP28: Cities in the face of the rising tide
By 2050 an estimated 1bn people globally will be living in coastal areas, which are already threatened by rising tides.
COP28: Turkey assessed as “critically insufficient” on all climate crisis goals by scientific analysis
Researcher concludes that country “has set an emission target that it can almost achieve without any serious action”.
COMMENT: China will drive a hard bargain for Russian gas
China would like more Russian gas. But it does not need it urgently, and will make Moscow pay for the privilege.
Zimbabwe's oil infrastructure company NOIC finishes building 650-tonne LPG storage terminal
World Bank consents to legal separation of South Africa power utility Eskom’s transmission division
World Bank has granted its consent to the proposed legal separation of the Transmission Division from South Africa's state-owned power utility Eskom to the National Transmission Company South Africa.
COP28: Global climate plans still fall short
Ahead of the Cop28 climate summit beginning on November 30 in Dubai, Sultan Al Jaber, the Cop28 president-designate has said that he believes an "unprecedented outcome" is still on the cards - keeping alive hopes something will happen.
China Dongsheng’s Titan Lithium unit to start drilling at Titan 1 project in Tanzania
COP28: Global climate plans still fall short
Ahead of the Cop28 climate summit beginning on November 30 in Dubai, Sultan Al Jaber, the Cop28 president-designate has said that he believes an "unprecedented outcome" is still on the cards - keeping alive hopes something will happen.
COP28: All the climate crisis warning lights flashing red – in charts and maps
The great and good have assembled in UAE’s capital of Dubai for the COP28 conference to hash out a plan to avert the looming environmental disaster, but its probably too late.
REM: COP28 – what will be the main battles?
COP28 – what will be the main battles?
As around 70,000 people descend on Dubai for COP 28, the warnings signs of the climate crisis are clear. So far this year has been the hottest ever, and the future looks bleak.
COP28: The EU's climate goals and the Western Balkans challenge
Where does the EU’s hopes for a deal to phase out fossil fuels leave coal-dependent aspiring members from the Western Balkans?
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