Tag:Fossil fuel phase-out

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COP28 calls for commitment to fossil fuel phaseout, climate finance intensify

As COP28 nears its end in Dubai, United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Gueterres, has emphasised the need for the Global Stock Take to offer...

Michael Simire - December 11, 2023

Climate Change

Why COP28 must answer the call for a fossil fuel phase out – Greenpeace

As COP28 resumes for a second week, negotiators will be faced with answering the call for a commitment to a Fossil Fuel Phase Out...

Michael Simire - December 11, 2023

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Concern over COP28 fossil fuel phase-out imbroglio

Observers on the ground at COP28 in Dubai are alleging that the richest oil and gas exporting nations, being led by the U.S., are...

Michael Simire - December 10, 2023

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Campaigners kick as OPEC rallies against fossil fuels phase out at COP28

The head of OPEC has urged members to reject any COP28 agreement that “targets” fossil fuels, highlighting deep divisions as the UN climate conference in Dubai...

Michael Simire - December 8, 2023

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High Ambition Coalition’s increasing calls for fossil fuel phase out at COP28 welcomed

At the Pre-COP meeting that ended on Wednesday, November 1, 2023, the High Ambition Coalition (HAC), an intergovernmental group of 117 countries, gathered Ministers,...

Michael Simire - November 2, 2023

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Businesses urge govts to ramp up phase-out of fossil fuels

Ahead of COP28, over 125 businesses from across industries and regions have called on national governments to address the primary cause of climate change:...

Michael Simire - October 24, 2023

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Antigua and Barbuda, Timor-Leste join Pacific govts’ push for fossil fuels phase out

The governments of Antigua and Barbuda, an island nation in the Caribbean highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, and Timor-Leste, a Southeast...

Michael Simire - September 24, 2023

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