DeSmogBlog
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
The government told DeSmog that dmg events was providing “logistical support” for all countries represented at COP28, suggesting that officials were not allowed to open the contract to competition. Why choose a company which works so closely with the oil industry to work at COP? Al Jaber has denies these claims.
Smart Energy International
JANUARY 18, 2024
Europe’s DSO labour and skills shortages identified Emma Pinchbeck: ‘We need an energy workforce that looks like the population we serve’ “As the world emerges from COP with a clear focus on phasing out fossil fuels, as well as tripling renewables in six years, every company in every sector is fully aware that change is coming fast.”
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DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
We must be laser-focused on phasing out fossil fuel emissions, while phasing up viable, affordable zero carbon alternatives,” Al-Jaber said at a pre-COP 28 event in Bonn in June. The statement was widely interpreted as a pitch for carbon capture. In times when EOR was not profitable, CO2 was simply vented into the atmosphere.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 20, 2022
But group of petrostates resist calls to phase down fossil fuels and accelerate decarbonisation efforts. The so-called High Ambition Coalition of nations argued the draft text should include a commitment to phase down all fossil fuels and clearer commitments to accelerate the roll out of renewables.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 21, 2021
Business and policy leaders reflect on the major wins from the Glasgow Summit, what needs to happen next, and why COPs could look and feel difficult from now on. Crucially, it signalled the fossil fuel economy is coming to a close - albeit a slower one than is needed, with its explicit targetting of fossil fuel subsidies and coal power.
Business Green
OCTOBER 13, 2021
Each of these meetings were known as Conferences of the Parties, or COPs, and they have become synonymous with both the world's admirable intention to tackle the climate crisis and the diplomatic quagmire and geopolitical tensions that have repeatedly stymied efforts to curb global emissions. Business pressure.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
Echoing Sharma's defence of the logistical difficulties seen over the past few days, she adds that a lot of the challenges have been a result of Covid and stresses that "this is the biggest global event the UK has had - so it was always going to be hard". It is a one-year thing, it only lasts as long as a COP.
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