Fossil fuels

Climate negotiators from around the world will gather in Bonn from June 8 to 18 for the 64th sessions of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change's subsidiary bodies (SB64), the first major round of negotiations since COP30 in Belém.…
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Diplomats from nearly 60 countries gathered in Santa Marta this week to confront one of the most pressing challenges facing the planet: how to transition away from fossil fuels that continue to drive climate change. The urgency is clear.…
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More than 50 countries will gather in Colombia next week for a first-of-its-kind conference focused on phasing out fossil fuels, as the ongoing tensions around Iran highlight how heavily the world still depends on coal, oil and gas.…
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As negotiators convene in Bonn for the mid-year United Nations climate talks—a crucial lead-up to COP30 in Belém, Brazil—governments face a pivotal opportunity to center the global climate agenda on a clear and time-bound fossil fuel…
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The world's fossil fuel industries should be banned from advertising to help save the world from climate change, the head of the United Nations said on Wednesday. UN Secretary General António Guterres called coal, oil and gas corporations…
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The European Union is set to call for the fossil fuel industry to help pay for fighting climate change in poorer countries under a United Nations target, a draft document shows, as nations prepare for talks this year on a global finance…
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Another climate change COP has come and gone. As has become quite common by now, a complex set of intergovernmental negotiations are ultimately reduced to a fight over one particular issue. At the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai, UAE…
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Nations at the UN climate summit have for the first time taken explicit aim at the use of fossil fuels. The talks in Dubai came close to collapse but in a dramatic turn-around, nations agreed to "transition away" from coal, oil and gas.…
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EU countries' climate ministers on Monday approved the bloc's negotiating position for this year's U.N. COP28 climate summit, agreeing to push for a world-first deal to phase out CO2-emitting fossil fuels. The agreement sets up the…
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Oil, gas and coal representatives will have to disclose their industry ties at future climate meetings, the UN says. For years, fossil fuel employees have been able to attend without having to be clear about their relationship with their…
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