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? Good COP, Bad COP

Climate Tech VC

  Maybe it was the offer of warm sun in December, but this year’s COP drew 100K attendees, almost double the size of COP15 in Paris. Climate tech played its biggest role ever at COP this year. The oil & gas COP. This was the COP of the climate and O&G juxtaposition. The greenwashing was unavoidable.

COP 69
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Cop out? Hard truths in Dubaiā€¦

Terra Infirma

While we in the West derided COP President’s Sultan Al Jaber’s outburst about going back to living in caves, in the Middle East that ain’t too far from the truth. The post Cop out? If/when the oil economy fades, so will the wealth and power of the region. Hard truths in Dubai… appeared first on Terra Infirma.

COP 96
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Cop28 president says his firm will keep investing in oil

The Guardian: Energy

Exclusive: Sultan Al Jaber says Adnoc has to meet demand for fossil fuels, and hails ā€˜unprecedentedā€™ Cop deal The president of the Cop28 climate summit will continue with his oil companyā€™s record investment in oil and gas production , despite coordinating a global deal to ā€œtransition awayā€ from fossil fuels. Continue reading.

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As Cop29 president, I will build bridges between the diverging north and south to keep 1.5C in reach | Mukhtar Babayev

The Guardian: Energy

Increased electricity demand and energy-disrupting conflicts in Europe and the Middle East played their part. We must break for good the stop-start of Cop agreements so there is follow-through from one to the next. But it is a stark reminder that meeting 1.5C But it is a stark reminder that meeting 1.5C

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Cop 28: Australia, US and UK say they wonā€™t sign agreement that would be ā€˜death certificateā€™ for small islands

The Guardian: Energy

A statement delivered by the Australian climate change minister, Chris Bowen, on behalf of whatā€™s known as the umbrella group of countries, came as tensions flared at the United Arab Emirates over the text of a draft deal proposed by the summit presidency.

COP 110
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Not my COP of Tea

Business Green

In Glasgow last year, India and China demanded at the last minute that the wording "phase out coal" be replaced in the final text by "phase down coal". This promise of financial support, amounting to $100bn per year, has been floated every year at recent COP conferences without that target ever having been reached.

COP 36
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'Eco-awakening': WWF study reveals huge rise in consumer demand for sustainable products

Business Green

Public concern over the decline in nature has seen a "dramatic rise" around the world over the past five years, triggering rapidly growing consumer demand for more sustainable products, particularly in high income countries, according to research commissioned by WWF.

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