DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

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.” We’re going into a COP where this is going to be a big topic, and we don’t really have a definition for it.”

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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 target hangs by a thread after this year's summit.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The main obstacle presently is cost, at around $100-$800 per metric ton of CO2 abated, while afforestation and reforestation can be as low as $5-50/tCO2. One of the high-profile award ceremonies at COP, for start-up success stories, went to a company with a technology to convert industrial CO2 emissions into building materials.

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This implies a reduction in fossil fuel-related infrastructure, notably a halt in new exploration and early retirement of the most polluting fields. Even before fossil fuels are consumed, their production and distribution are major sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 20, 2023

This is the first COP where participants found themselves face-to-face with the reality of breaching the 1.5 The final wording of the COP28 agreement – which required consensus among all nations and the chair – codified a commitment to transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems. But all was not lost.

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Business Green

JANUARY 12, 2023

Al Jaber has served as the UAE's Special Envoy for Climate Change since 2010, and has participated at 10 previous UN COP Summits. If he does not step down as CEO, it will be tantamount to a full scale capture of the UN climate talks by a petrostate national oil company and its associated fossil fuel lobbyists.

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2020

This Budget's key job is to show how we take forward CCUS technology to capture emissions from fossil fuel power stations, which can provide flexible clean back up plant when the wind is not blowing. The last part of the puzzle is heat, which presents one of the most significant challenges in the road to net zero.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

This list includes some of the world’s most destructive companies, and they should only be included at COP with extreme caution,” she told DeSmog. Dubbed “Africa’s COP”, this year’s conference has put farming in the spotlight and its dedicated ‘adaptation and agriculture’ day was a historic first. academic Jennifer Jacquet. “In

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Business Green

JUNE 19, 2022

During his visit, Sharma is also set to meet with coal mining communities to hear about their perceptions of a just energy transition and emphasise the opportunities that green growth presents for job creation. "A

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Attendees are present from some of the world’s largest agribusiness firms – such as meatpacker JBS , fertiliser giant Nutrien, food giant Nestlé and pesticide firm Bayer – and powerful industry trade groups. Overall numbers of attendees have doubled since COP27 – and also include over 2,400 delegates linked to fossil fuel industries.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The extractive sector will present an opportunity for solar in the 2020s. Pairing PV with ever-cheaper batteries can offer firm zero-carbon power; pairing with existing fossil fuel generators can reduce the carbon intensity of power supply. Lastly, off-grid solar presents a major opportunity.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

But while the COP27 Presidency may insist the talks are advancing as planned, the mood among many of the delegates in the COP complex remains dour, with a growing expectation the fraught negotiations will continue deep into the weekend. "I don't think we have anything to worry about," he said. "I I hope I'm not wrong".

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Business Green

JULY 26, 2021

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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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

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.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance side event sees France join calls for stronger language on phasing down the use of fossil fuels in COP cover agreement. The group also announced $10m of funding to help developing nations transition away from fossil fuels. It may be a tactical game, but it's a good game," she said. "We

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

as the key target for the Paris Agreement and reiterates last year's promise to deliver a "phasing down" of unabated coal power and a "phasing out" of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies. The COP decision must put the world on a path to phasing out all fossil fuels and an urgent, just transition to renewables.".

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Yet 636 lobbyists for the fossil fuel industry are conspicuously present at this year’s crucial COP27 climate talks, according to an analysis of the delegates to COP27, compiled jointly by the NGOs Global Witness, Corporate Accountability, and Corporate Europe Observatory. So much for the “African COP.”

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Oil and gas has dominated discussions at past COPs, which have focused on the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the energy and transport sectors to tackle dangerous levels of global warming. Big companies which have previously accessed COP in this way include JBS, which came in with the Brazilian delegation for COP27 in Egypt.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2022

The difficulty of arguing against new domestic energy projects at a time when energy security has suddenly become a real and present threat and there is a moral imperative to end imports of Russian fossil fuels. Of course, arguing all that is needed is 'political will' is something of a cop out.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The strategy attempts to present the first pathway to net zero emissions heating, and incentivization certainly features prominently, headlined by a £3.9 This is hardly the COP figure the Prime Minister wants to read.”. At present, we have just 2% of the number needed.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Farming will be front and centre at this year’s COP. The North American Meat Institute will host a side event at the US COP pavilion on December 11, the summit’s Agriculture Day, for example. We need the animal agriculture equivalent of ‘keep it in the ground’ for fossil fuels,” she adds. “It’s

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Fossil fuel companies' daily profits have averaged $2.8bn over the last 50 years, with Oxfam estimating that less than 18 days of those profits would fund the entire UN humanitarian appeal for 2022 of $49bn. "The Businesses and financial markets also need to be prepared for the risks climate impacts present.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

These announcements may generate headlines but assessing their true worth is hugely difficult, especially at speed during a COP meeting. My expectation is that very few issues remain open by the evening of Wednesday 10 November, when near-final texts will be presented," his update reads. "My in reach". "I

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Political will to stop subsidies on fossil fuels”, or to shift taxation from income to carbon, “taxing pollution instead of people.” A path where more fossil fuels remain where they should be – in the ground – and where we are on the way to carbon neutrality by 2050. And the fossil fuel industry is not alone.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 24, 2022

With just weeks to go until world leaders meet in Sharm El Sheikh for the critical upcoming UN climate summit, it means Sunak will face an immediate test of his commitment to combatting climate change, with the UK set to officially hand over the reins of its COP Presidency to Egypt at COP27.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Tackling climate change is often presented as a complex challenge, and in many respects that's true. Inevitably transforming our energy systems and economy away from fossil fuels is a complicated endeavour. But in other ways, the net zero transition is straightforward.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Meanwhile, global emissions are spiralling upwards again as the economy recovers and surging fossil fuel prices are driving fears that a new wave of high carbon infrastructure investment could yet be unleashed. But actually the NDC process doesn't require that we wait for COP - countries can act unilaterally on their own pathways.".

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

Just as the science has become starker, the risks have become clearer, and the calls to action have grown louder, the opportunities presented by tackling climate change are increasingly evident. It calls on countries to phase-down unabated coal power and phase-out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2022

The British Energy Security Strategy has been in the works since shortly after the Kremlin's decision to mount an invasion of Ukraine, which has prompted a fresh perspective on the need to reduce the country's dependence on volatile, risky and now very expensive fossil fuels, particularly gas from Russia.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

As such, he ruled the government had failed to meet its obligations under Climate Change Act 2008 (CCA) and ordered Ministers to update the plan and present it to Parliament by April 2023. What would happen if we moved it to 2060 or 2070? We're not going to be here. Let's be realistic.".

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Graham Stuart - who at present remains Climate Minister in BEIS, despite a cabinet reshuffle yesterday - has insisted the UK's plans to expand oil and gas production in the North Sea is still compatible with climate goals, arguing domestic fossil fuels production is less emissions-intensive than imports.

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Business Green

AUGUST 17, 2021

As the countdown to COP 26 continues, hydrogen is an area where the UK can lead by example on the global stage, showcasing the value of strong partnerships between government and the private sector on the road to reducing emissions.". We are working at pace.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Meanwhile, Michigan approves a bundle of clean energy bills, the UN irons out details for the "loss and damages" fund ahead of COP, and Flexport launches a book and claim model for SAFs.  The Notorious Hannah Ritchie finds that clean energy will require less mining than fossil fuels.  Aka land platypus.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

What are the big priorities for COP? Clearly it will be a major achievement for the UK government if the UK can hold a successful COP, so one can only assume the will is there to try to bring it off. This “would level the playing field,” she said, “and it would be a massive result if we got that done at COP.”. Job creation?

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Boris Johnson has stressed that "COP simply must succeed", as he reiterated calls for major economies to ramp up their climate commitments ahead of COP26 and step up to the plate with promised funding to help vulnerable nations deal with the growing impacts of global warming. Getting it all done by COP, six out of 10.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Adapting to climate change presents opportunities - more Jobs, lower bills and cleaner air. It's hard to think of a greater dereliction of our responsibility as COP hosts.". But only if we act now and at scale. According to the OBR, failure to act will mean public sector debt explodes later, to nearly 300 per cent of GDP.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

He called for a "Climate Solidarity Pact" between richer and poorer nations geared towards helping climate vulnerable countries ramp up renewable energy capacity and end dependence on fossil fuels, with a particular onus on stopping new coal plants being built. We believe that we have a plan," she said. "We

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