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National Oil Companies’ Oversized and Overlooked Methane Emissions, How Finance and Industry Must Help Now

EDF + Business

The UN climate talks hosted in Dubai this month will shine a bright light on the pivotal role national oil companies, like UAE’s Abu Dhabi National Company (ADNOC), can and ultimately must play in the fight against climate change – particularly the urgent need to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas supply chain.

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COP28: Hot air or real climate progress? Yes and yes

Clean Energy Canada

This is the first COP where we are face-to-face with the reality of breaching the 1.5C It was also the first to be chaired by an oil and gas executive, putting a crude spotlight on the conflicting interests that have become entrenched in the COP process. And this year’s COP finally looked it in the eye. It’s not surprising.

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At COP28, the Road to Climate Action Is Paved with Big Oil Loophole Language

DeSmogBlog

The European Union has clearly laid out its position: Climate neutrality, the Council of the EU stated last month, will require “a global phase-out of unabated fossil fuels and a peak in their consumption in this decade.” But more stands between COP28 and concrete steps forward for our climate.

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A Guide to Six Greenwashing Terms Big Ag Is Bringing to COP28

DeSmogBlog

Meat emits around a third of global emissions of methane, and action to cut this greenhouse gas has been identified by the UN and world leaders as the quickest route to slowing global heating. Farming also relies on synthetic fertilisers that are both fossil-fuel-based and emit greenhouse gases, and drives deforestation.

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Observers reflect on a disappointing COP26

Envirotec Magazine

Progress did seem to be forthcoming on cutting methane emissions, with more than 100 countries (although not China) – committing to a 30% reduction by 2030 compared to the 2030 baseline. COP president Alok Sharma described it as “a fragile win”. What can be done with the captured CO2? degrees alive.

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Big Meat and Dairy Delegates Triple at COP28

DeSmogBlog

Meat and dairy firms in particular are coming under increasing scrutiny due to pollution from livestock, which emits around a third of the global output of methane, a short-lived greenhouse gas identified as the quickest route to slowing global heating. Meat isn’t the only industry under the spotlight.

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'COP of action': COP28 President calls for tripling of renewables capacity by 2030

Business Green

COP28 Climate Summit President Sultan Ahmed al Jaber has called for a tripling of clean energy generation by 2030 and a doubling of low-carbon hydrogen capacity by 2030, as he used his first address since being appointed to lead this year's global climate talks to promise a "COP of action". target within reach. "We

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