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Big oil and gas producer Canada to cap sector's emissions

Dec 07, 2023 (AFP)

The world's fourth largest oil and gas producer proposes to cap 2030 CO2 emissions by as much as 35 to 38 percent below 2019 levels, and allow companies to trad...

Pressure mounts on COP28 president as fossil fuel debate sizzles

Dec 06, 2023 (AFP)

A report confirming that 2023 will be the hottest year in recorded history was a reminder of the stakes as the UN negotiations hosted by the oil-rich UAE reache...

Venezuela, Guyana tensions rise over disputed oil-rich region

Dec 06, 2023 (AFP)

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro proposed at a government meeting that a bill be sent to the National Assembly for the creation of a "Guyana Esequiba" provi...

Record more than 2,000 fossil fuel lobbyists at COP28 talks: NGOs

Dec 05, 2023 (AFP)

The COP28 meeting is being hosted by oil-rich United Arab Emirates, which has made no secret of its plan to include fossil fuel interests and has boosted overal...

Record number of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP28, watchdog says

Dec 05, 2023 (UPI)

The analysis from the Kick Big Polluters Out coalition said that at least 2,456 lobbyists from companies such as Shell, BP, ExxonMobil and France's TotalEnergie...

Saudi Arabia says 'absolutely not' to oil phase down at COP28

Dec 05, 2023 (AFP)

A tentative "phasedown/out" was included in a first draft of an agreement on climate action that delegates are haggling over during talks that are scheduled to ...

Record fossil fuel lobbyists as climate talks face off hardens

Dec 05, 2023 (AFP)

The divide is so stark that a new draft agreement included options to phase out fossil fuels or not addressing the issue at all, setting the stage for tough neg...

Business as usual: Record number of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP28

Dec 05, 2023 (AFP)

Activists were already up in arms over the appointment of Sultan Al Jaber, the head of Emirati national oil company ADNOC, as president of COP28. The oil-rich h...

CORRECTED: Saudi Arabia says 'absolutely not' to oil phase down at COP28

Dec 05, 2023 (AFP)

A tentative "phasedown/out" was included in a first draft of an agreement on climate action that delegates are haggling over during talks that are scheduled to ...

COP28's under-fire UAE chair says 'we respect' climate science

Dec 04, 2023 (AFP)

Amid tough talks over the future of fossil fuels, Sultan Al Jaber, who is also head of UAE national oil company ADNOC, hit out at "repeated attempts to undermin...

At COP28, Al Gore takes aim at host UAE's emissions

Dec 03, 2023 (AFP)

Gore and Climate TRACE, an independent emissions tracker, had a message in Dubai to countries and industries around the world: no one can hide their emissions a...

Net-zero targets must include fossil fuel 'phase-out': monitor

Dec 03, 2023 (AFP)

A new report from the group Net Zero Tracker was released amid contentious negotiations at the COP28 climate talks in Dubai about whether nations will agree to ...

No science that oil phase-out will fix climate: COP28 chief

Dec 03, 2023 (AFP)

Sultan Al Jaber -- who also heads state oil giant ADNOC -- made the comments during a testy exchange with former Irish leader Mary Robinson during an online for...

Lula says Brazil will join OPEC+ but push cutting fossil fuels

Dec 02, 2023 (AFP)

Brazil, one of the world's top 10 producers, which hit a record 3.7 million barrels per day in September, was this week invited to join the 23-member grouping f...

50 oil and gas companies pledge to cut operational emissions

Dec 02, 2023 (AFP)

Saudi giant Aramco and ADNOC of the United Arab Emirates were among 29 national companies to sign a non-binding agreement that also envisaged zero methane emiss...

COP28 puts spotlight on state oil giants

Dec 01, 2023 (AFP)

They will all share the limelight at the UN climate talks that opened Thursday in Dubai, as COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber is also the head of ADNOC, the natio...

COP28 talks no place to boost fossil fuels says ex-UN climate boss

Nov 30, 2023 (AFP)

With the UN climate negotiations expected to feature a showdown on the future of fossil fuels, Christiana Figueres expressed concern over reports the UAE planne...

COP28 should seek total fossil fuel 'phaseout': UN chief

Nov 30, 2023 (AFP)

"Obviously I am strongly in favor of language that includes (a) phaseout, even with a reasonable time framework," Guterres said in an interview before flying of...

Nations urged to phase out fossil fuels at UN climate talks

Nov 30, 2023 (AFP)

The two-week-long climate negotiations being held this year in the glitzy Gulf city come at a pivotal moment, with emissions still rising and this year likely t...

Hundreds of new oil and gas projects approved despite climate crisis

Nov 30, 2023 (AFP)

With greenhouse gas emissions threatening to heat the planet to catastrophic levels, countries at the talks in Dubai are under pressure to agree to phase out oi...