COP Fossil fuels Global warming Politics 
DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 6, 2021
The UK organisers of the upcoming COP26 climate summit have come under fire for approving just two events that refer to fossil fuels, the primary driver of climate change, in a programme of public events happening alongside the main conference. In 2018, 89 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions came from fossil fuels and industry.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
In tears, the British COP26 President Alok Sharma accepted, to avoid depriving the United Kingdom of the political success he had envisioned. The oil and gas industry actually emerged from the conference reinforced, whereas the objective was new commitments to reduce these fuels.
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Business Green
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Anger is building over the failure to secure much-needed commitments towards phasing out unabated fossil fuels and tackling near-term emissions as part of the final agreement brokered at COP27 over the weekend, with critics warning the chances of limiting global warming to 1.5C are hanging by the thinnest of threads.
Business Green
MAY 16, 2022
In a speech in Glasgow to mark six months since the landmark UN Climate Summit, the COP26 President conceded the Kremlin's "illegal and brutal" war, rising inflation, and cost of living concerns had dominated the political and media agenda in 2022, but stressed that climate action must remain a top priority for governments around the world.
Grist
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
Even in the most optimistic scenario considered in this report, the chance of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is only 14 percent, and the various scenarios leave open a large possibility that global warming exceeds 2 degrees Celsius or even 3 degrees Celsius,” the report noted. degrees C, or 4.5
Business Green
NOVEMBER 13, 2021
Dubbed the Glasgow Climate Pact, the agreement crucially puts pressure on countries to come foward next year with updated climate plans, promises more funding for climate adaptation, and for the first time ever includes explicit references to the need to drive down coal and phase out fossil fuel subsidies. degree goal alive.
Grist
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
For context, it has taken the world more than a century to warm a little more than 1 degree C, according to NASA. degrees C target was initially established as a target in Paris in 2015 after a push by developing nations at a previous COP, to bring attention to the fact that global warming does not impact all nations equally.
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