Guerrilla leader turned president says, faced with having to reduce their carbon consumption, upper classes fear ‘the barbarians are coming’ Middle-class fears of losing a high standard of living because of green policies is driving the rise of the far right across the world, the president of Colombia has warned. In a wide-ranging interview with […]
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$700m pledged to loss and damage fund at Cop28 covers less than 0.2% needed
Money offered so far falls far short of estimated $400bn in losses developing countries face each year Cop28 live – latest updates Wealthy countries most responsible for the climate emergency have so far pledged a combined total of just over $700m (£556m) to the loss and damage fund – the equivalent of less than 0.2% […]
Visualised: how all of G20 is missing climate goals — but some nations are closer than others
As world leaders gather at Cop28, these charts show how far away the major economies are from their targets Not a single G20 country has policies in place that are consistent with the Paris agreement’s goal of limiting global heating to 1.5C and meeting their “fair share” of emissions reduction. The assessment, based on data […]
Cop28: highlights and lowlights so far
An update on the first half of the UN climate conference in Dubai, including shock over the host president’s comments A summary of some of the news from the first half of the Cop28 UN climate conference in Dubai, including a spectacular row about the host president’s remarks on the science of fossil fuels, negotiations […]
Cop28 diary: video games, solar-powered yachts and colossal fossils
Second week of UN climate summit includes some unusual entertainment and ‘honours’ for environmental inaction Cop28 live – latest updates One of the strangest tie-ins to the climate conference must be the Cop28 Adventures mobile game that was released by Dubai police before the event. My Rights and Duties (“learn about your rights in a […]
The Cop28 president told a shocking lie about fossil fuels – and he’s wrong about climate economics too | Geoffrey Lean
Sultan Al Jaber’s claim that green policies damage economic growth is wrong and highly damaging For months Sultan Al Jaber, the president of the Cop28 climate negotiations in Dubai, has been insisting that there is no conflict with his day job, chief executive of the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) state oil company. Instead, he argued, […]
Martin Rowson on the Cop28 summit – cartoon
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After Cop28, know this: Sunak and his rightwing allies around the world have no interest in saving our planet | Diyora Shadijanova
When Tories row back on previous climate pledges, they are merely marching in lockstep with extreme parties across Europe Not only did Rishi Sunak spend more time travelling to Cop28 on his private jet than attending the conference itself, he also delivered a speech at the Dubai summit doubling down on the decision to abandon […]
The Guardian view on Cop28: a phase-out of fossil fuels is the only decision that makes sense | Editorial
Oil and gas interests are fighting hard to prevent decarbonisation, as they always have done It was never really in doubt. But the first week of Cop28, which ended with a rest day on Thursday, made one crucial fact impossible to ignore: the fossil fuel industry is not planning to go quietly. Far more of […]
Cop28 is a farce rigged to fail, but there are other ways we can try to save the planet | George Monbiot
Inaction and self-interest are built into climate summits. Instead, we need a voting system that can’t be subverted by fossil fuel producers Let’s face it: climate summits are broken. The delegates talk and talk, while Earth systems slide towards deadly tipping points. Since the climate negotiations began in 1992 more carbon dioxide from burning fossil […]