2015 Africa COP Fossil fuels 
Business Green
MAY 23, 2022
In 2015, the world committed to cutting those to arrest global temperature rises at 1.5C. For good measure we chucked in two more - Egypt and the United Arab Emirates; hosts of the next two COP climate summits. All this, despite a short-term spike in reliance on fossil fuels in response to the energy crisis.
The Verge: Energy
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Sean Gallup/Getty Images Tens of thousands of negotiators, activists, and corporate execs have descended upon Dubai to wrangle over the future of fossil fuels. The future of fossil fuels Let’s start with some backstory on COP28. Greenhouse gas emissions come from extracting and burning fossil fuels, of course.
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Business Green
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
The first full negotiating texts are still not expected until later this evening, or potentially even tomorrow, according to Egypt's COP Presidency. But we are hoping that everyone will rise to the occasion by the end of COP, and realise that while the national interest is very important, something greater than that is at stake.
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
Meanwhile, key decisions over controversial Cumbrian coal mines and North Sea oil and gas projects are also likely to be made before the end of 2021, providing a clear test of how serious the government is about the transition away from fossil fuels. Nobody has got the full picture in a COP. Everybody is constantly confused.
Business Green
JANUARY 24, 2022
In 2015, countries came together and formed the Paris Agreement. Internationally, the coal power pipeline has reduced over 75 percent since 2015. It calls on countries to phase-down unabated coal power and phase-out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies. And around the world, markets are on the move.
Business Green
DECEMBER 7, 2021
In November, I had the privilege to represent Schneider Electric at the UN's Conference of Parties (COP) on climate change in Glasgow. This COP was unlike the previous 25 iterations, in that it took place during a global pandemic. This COP was unlike the previous 25 iterations, in that it took place during a global pandemic.
Business Green
AUGUST 9, 2021
The alarm bells are deafening, and the evidence is irrefutable: greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel burning and deforestation are choking our planet and putting billions of people at immediate risk. This report must sound a death knell for coal and fossil fuels, before they destroy our planet.
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