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COP28 should seek total fossil fuel 'phaseout': UN chief to AFP
AFP, Published on 30/11/2023
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - The COP28 climate conference should aim for a complete "phaseout" of fossil fuels, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told AFP on Wednesday, warning of "total disaster" on humanity's current trajectory.
Record more than 2,000 fossil fuel lobbyists at COP28 talks: NGOs
AFP, Published on 05/12/2023
» PARIS - A record almost 2,500 fossil fuel lobbyists have been accredited for UN climate talks in Dubai, as negotiators wrestle with calls to end all new oil, gas and coal projects to curb global warming, campaign groups said Tuesday.
How COP's fossil fuel taboo was finally broken by the Emiratis
AFP, Published on 15/12/2023
» DUBAI - Hours after the applause and relief that the world had finally reached a landmark climate agreement in Dubai, US special envoy John Kerry admitted that he thought it might never happen.
'It's finished!': IEA boss says COP28 bid farewell to fossil fuels
AFP, Published on 15/12/2023
» PARIS - While the UN's COP28 climate summit marked a pivot moment, when the world pledged to say "goodbye" to fossil fuels, International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol told AFP on Friday, it needs to now urgently boost finance for the energy transition in developing countries.
G20 funds fossil fuels $30 bn a year under the radar: analysis
AFP, Published on 30/01/2020
» PARIS - Rich nations are funnelling cash through government-backed financial institutions to provide $30 billion to fossil fuel projects each year that "run counter to the Paris Agreement", a new analysis showed Thursday.
China aims to cut fossil energy use to below 20% by 2060
Published on 24/10/2021
» China is targeting an ambitious clean energy goal of reducing fossil fuel use to under 20% by 2060, according to an official plan published by state media on Sunday.
CO2 pollution from fossil fuels to hit all-time high in 2022
AFP, Published on 11/11/2022
» SHARM EL SHEIKH: Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels, the main driver of climate change, are on track to rise one percent in 2022 to reach an all-time high, scientists said Friday at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt.
US joins COP28 push to end fossil fuels but keeps on pumping
AFP, Published on 11/12/2023
» DUBAI - The United States is helping lead the charge at UN climate talks to phase out fossil fuels, but the superpower's status as the world's top oil producer is already casting doubt on its credibility.
Earth 'can no longer sustain' intensive fossil fuel use, Lula tells COP30
AFP, Published on 08/11/2025
» BELéM (BRAZIL) - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday said Earth cannot sustain humanity's dependence on fossil fuels and without confronting this reality the climate fight will be lost.
COP28 talks no place to boost fossil fuels says ex-UN climate boss
AFP, Published on 30/11/2023
» PARIS - The UN's former climate chief said she was "giving up hope" that fossil fuel firms will be part of the solution to warming as pivotal COP28 talks start Thursday in oil-rich United Arab Emirates.