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“Cop28 is the fossil fuel industry’s dream outcome, because it looks like progress, but it isn’t.” While the agreement’s call for the need to transition away from fossil fuels is welcome, it has numerous caveats and loopholes that risks rendering it meaningless. Climate experts say lack of unambiguous statement is ‘tragedy for the planet and…
The 'UAE Consensus' does not commit the world to phasing out oil and gas, nor to near-term timelines for transitioning away from fossil fuels.
Year after year, the 1.5°C target slips further away – with the world's planet-warming emissions still rising, and temperatures hitting new heights
Elizabeth Kolbert on COP28, in Dubai, and whether the statement that the nations made—namely, to transition away from fossil fuels—will actually become a reality.
A deal for the world to transition away from fossil fuels was hailed as a historic achievement on Wednesday at the U.N. climate summit in Dubai, but there's a good chance it won't achieve its ultimate goal - holding global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. For months, COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber had described that 1.5C limit - first stated in the 2015 Paris Agreement - as his "North Star" or guiding principle for the summit. Scientists say that a global temperature rise beyond 1.5C above the preindustrial average will trigger catastrophic and irreversible impacts, from ...