The Latest Breaking News from COP28

Climate experts say lack of unambiguous statement is ‘tragedy for the planet and our future’

Unveiling the highs and lows of the Dubai climate negotiations, COP28. A monumental step in acknowledging fossil fuels as the climate change culprit.

In the final COP28 text, "oil and gas" and "phase out" are out, "fossil fuels" and "transition away" are in.

The climate negotiations that just finished in Dubai hit upon the essence of compromise, finding common language that everyone accepted, at times grudgingly

COP28 concluded late on Wednesday morning to a mixed reaction. The Dubai agreement extracted a promise from nearly 200 countries to transition away from fossil fuels, but it leaves many questions unanswered when it comes to keeping global average temperatures from warming by more than 1.5°C. The world is rapidly…

The latest UN climate summit, COP28, was always going to be controversial. It was held in a state whose economy is heavily dependent on oil and gas – the United Arab Emirates. The summit president, Sultan Al Jaber, remains head of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and recently declared…

No one likes being given a public telling-off. But that is exactly what happened when foreign secretary David Cameron decided to flex his “muscular unionism” by directly and openly rebuking the Scottish first minister Humza Yousaf for holding his own bilateral meetings with national leaders at the COP28 summit.

COP28's fossil fuel deal tips hat to progress, but the elusive 1.5C goal remains a mirage in the desert of climate change dreams. A daunting journey ahead.

Need to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels may have been recognised, but for many that does not go far enough

The 197 countries and the European Union in attendance almost did not reach a consensus on the final statement at the 28th Conference of Parties – or COP28 – which ended on December 12 in the United Arab Emirates. Organised by the United Nations to build international consensus on how…

An agreement to "transition away" from fossil fuels may be a landmark moment but don't expect quick changes among the major producers of the Gulf, where the deal was hammered out.