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Global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels are set to hit a record high this year, exacerbating climate change and fuelling more destructive extreme weather, scientists say.

The president of COP28, Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, has claimed that there is “no science” behind calls to phase-out fossil fuels.

With seven years of current operations left under the global carbon budget, use of fossil fuels must be addressed by global leaders.

The first half of COP28 has been marred by controversy and “conflicts of interest” after it emerged that the event president and oil magnate, Sultan Al Jaber, had made claims that there is “no science” to suggest a phase-out of fossil fuels is needed if global temperature rises are to be restricted to 1.5°C. 

The world must agree to a fossil fuel phaseout at this year's UN climate summit COP28--and there's no room for equivocation.

The strategy of the Presidency to keep the 1.5°C goal alive was guided by science, Sultan Al Jaber said in Dubai, a day after The Guardian reported that he questioned the scientific basis for calls to phase out fossil fuels | Latest News India

As countries try to hammer out a response to climate change at the COP28 talks in Dubai, here are some key figures about how fossil fuels have warmed our world. - Methane -  Methane is the second largest contributor to global warming after CO2, and is responsible for around 30 percent of the rise in global temperatures since the industrial revolution, according to UNEP. Around 40 percent of human-driven methane emissions are from agriculture -- which includes gas burped out by livestoc...

Sultan al-Jaber’s profile does not favor the strategic role that the president should perform at the climate summit

Earlier this year, countries at the UN agreed to step up climate action on one of the world’s greatest polluters: global shipping. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) set targets to reduce shipping’s 1 billion tons of annual emissions by 2030 and 2040, in order to reach zero by 2050. I had the opportunity to follow […]

The COP28 meeting in Dubai witnessed a milestone side event when leaders gathered to discuss the goal of limiting global temperature.