Jun Climate News Today

PARIS: The world needs to urgently start investing trillions of dollars in the green transition, the United Nations...

UN climate talks in Dubai exceeded their set deadline as nations disputed a proposed compromise lacking a fossil fuel phase-out. The Emirati president sought an ambitious deal but faced backlash over the draft. At-risk nations like the Marshall Islands opposed the weak text, emphasizing their survival stakes. Amid record fossil fuel lobby presence, the draft lacks demands for action, igniting criticism. The drafts ambiguity contrasts with the urgency to combat climate crises, with calls for zero...

The head of the UN climate summit pressed nations Friday to strike a deal as talks resumed after a break, with only four days left for negotiators to iron out differences over the fate of fossil fuels. A draft deal was released on Tuesday but negotiators failed to produce another text on Wednesday before heading into the break.

World News: UN Secretary General Guterres urged world leaders at the Cop28 summit to plan for a future without fossil fuels. He emphasized the need to stop burnin

The assessment could become politically divisive as it sets the stage for global action in cutting planet-warming emissions in the next few years. Here is what you need to know about the stocktake.

Further, the impact of the two ongoing wars - in Ukraine and Gaza - on energy security and prices, coupled with the pandemic-related economic setbacks, have made the transition to a low-carbon economy ever more challenging. In this backdrop, the decisions taken in Dubai will have far-reaching consequences.

The Permanent Mission of India to the UN and the UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) organised a special event at the world bodys headquarters here Wednesday to commemorate six years of collaborative partnership of the India-UN Development Partnership Fund.

Adnan Amin, CEO of the COP28 summit, told Reuters this month the aim was to secure several hundred million U.S. dollars for the climate disaster fund during the event. He said he was "hopeful" that the UAE would make a contribution. "We cannot rest until this fund is adequately financed and starts to actually alleviate the burden of vulnerable communities," said Samoas Ambassador to Europe, Paolelei Luteru, who is also the chairman of the Association of Small Island States (A...

India News: Dr Sultan Al Jaber, the CO president-designate, praised India for its energy transition vision and called for a "new paradigm" in climate finance to e

COP28 President-designate Dr. Sultan Al Jaber on Sunday praised India, the current hosts of the Presidency of the G20, for its energy transition vision even as he acknowledged the critical need for a "new paradigm" in climate finance to ensure every country across global south adopts low carbon development.