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UN chief: Fossil fuel firms without credible net zero plans 'should not be in business'

Business Green

The world's top diplomat used a speech today at the UN headquarters in New York City to deliver a characteristically stark warning of the impending climate and biodiversity crises facing the world, noting global warming risks "hurtling past" the 1.5C We need a renewables revolution, not a self-destructive fossil fuel resurgence."

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Only Two in 200 ‘Green Zone’ Events at COP26 Mention Fossil Fuels

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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.

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Not my COP of Tea

Business Green

Presenting this climate conference as a major achievement - in contradiction to all appearances - simply sets mediocrity as the bar. 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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'Climate security is energy security': Alok Sharma urges world to 'break dependency on fossil fuels'

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In speech to mark sixth month anniversary of Glasgow Summit, COP26 President argues 'net zero means security, prosperity, and preventing the problems of the present from growing inexorably'. We see clearly the dangers of energy systems powered by foreign fossil fuels," Sharma said. "We It can deliver.

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COP27: Frustration builds at lack of progress on fossil fuels, 1.5C goal, and nature

Business Green

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.

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'Nothing short of critical': Fraught G20 climate talks intensify pressure for progress ahead of COP26

Business Green

G20 agrees to submit enhanced Paris Agreement plans ahead of COP26, but fails to agree coal power and fossil fuel subsidy phase outs. Under the Paris Agreement, signatories are expected to ramp up their national climate pledges every five years in order to help limit temperature rise to 1.5C goal without the leadership of the G20.

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COP27: EU and Turkey enhance 2030 goals, as climate negotiations edge forward

Business Green

The first full negotiating texts are still not expected until later this evening, or potentially even tomorrow, according to Egypt's COP Presidency. But one can't really present oneself as a top student when the stakes are too low. We need much higher ambition.". The future of humanity, without exaggeration, is at stake.