UN weather agency says 2023 was hottest year on record
By Jamey Keaten and Bassam Hatoum | Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.N. weather agency said Thursday that 2023 is all but certain to be the hottest …
Fossil Fuels
UAE Cop28 chief says fossil fuels must be part of climate deal, urges delegates to ‘adopt a different mindset’
World leaders have been urged to move quicker to a clean energy future and make deeper cuts to emissions, with the world off-track to keeping global temperature rises below agreed …
Cop28: Emirati-designated leader Sultan Al Jaber denies using climate talks to push oil and gas deals
The Emirati host of the UN climate conference in Dubai denied on Wednesday reports that he used his presidency of the crucial talks on global warming to pursue fossil fuels …
Can Cop28 elbow out fossil fuels amid ‘aggressive’ plan to triple renewable energy by end of decade?
Climate activists say increasing renewable energy will not automatically push out fossil fuels, which have been the biggest contributor to global warming. Instead, fossil fuel producers are likely to step …
World needs to quicken energy transition or face warming of nearly 3 C by century’s end: UN
The world is on pace to warm by as much as 2.9 C by the end of the century, nearly double the international target agreed upon less than a decade …
As major Pacific summit wraps, Canada is sidelined on a new U.S.-led trade initiative
Goldy Hyder laughed a bit when a reporter asked him Thursday evening what he thought Canada had accomplished at this week’s Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco. …
Scientists warn of ‘dangerous future’ if global emissions aren’t cut
Climate change is increasingly impacting the health and survival of people worldwide, and projections show risks will quickly rise with further inaction, scientists warn in a new report. The report, …
EU strikes deal to curb methane emissions in oil, gas supply
European Union negotiators struck a deal to curb methane releases from fossil-fuel infrastructure and plotted a course to monitor and limit the emissions associated with imported energy sources. EU lawmakers …
Climate change: China must lead on fossil fuel phase-out, as world struggles to limit global-warming impact, report says
China’s control of its future fossil fuel production and consumption is crucial for keeping the world under 1.5 degrees Celsius of human-induced temperature rise, and the country must phase out …
Electric vehicle sales boom unlikely to ease Asia’s dependence on energy imports, analysts warn
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has forecast that electric vehicle sales are set to explode tenfold by 2030 – a 38 per cent market share – after the share of …