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COP28: The scientific basis for a rapid fossil fuel phase out

It was perhaps unavoidable that fossil fuels would take centre stage at this year’s COP28 climate negotiations, held in Dubai and presided over by oil magnate Sultan al-Jaber.

The Conversation

Pope Francis makes his first public appearances since being stricken by bronchitis

Pope Francis has made his first public appearance outdoors since being stricken by bronchitis two weeks ago, which forced him to cancel a planned trip to the COP-28 climate conference in Dubai

The Independent UK

New climate draft seeks tripling of renewable energy capacity

The latest draft of the Global Stocktake, one of the key documents being negotiated at the UN’s climate summit in Dubai, has linked the tripling of renewable energy capacity with a ‘phase-out’, or a time-bound ending, of the use of fossil fuels.

The Hindu

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Campaigners denounce the tough rules stifling voices of protest at Cop28

Record numbers of people are at the Cop28 climate summit in Dubai, now in its second week. Seeking to be heard in the throng of 84,000 participants are activists who say their space to protest is diminishing every year.

Radio France Internationale

Chris Bowen backs ‘a big step forward’ on phasing out fossil fuels at Cop28

Australia’s climate minister flags difficulties around any final wording but hails ‘important symbol’ as talks intensify in Dubai

The Guardian - AU

SpiceJet says it obtained “favourable order” from Dubai court for grounded aircraft

SpiceJet's aircraft seized in Dubai in Oct released by DIFC Court; inquiry into losses & legal costs ordered.

The Hindu

Four gifts, ‘serious risks’, ‘no expertise to investigate’: 5 takeaways from ethics panel report on Mahua Moitra

The Lok Sabha on Friday expelled Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra over cash-for-query allegations after a motion based on an ethics committee report. Moitra has been accused of misusing her credentials, accepting gifts, and of favours for businessman Darshan Hiranandani, a competitor of industrialist Gautam Adani.

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Cop28 diary: video games, solar-powered yachts and colossal fossils

Second week of UN climate summit includes some unusual entertainment and ‘honours’ for environmental inaction

The Guardian - UK

Greening education key to Africa's climate challenge

There is increased focus on education at the COP28 climate talks amidst growing acknowledgement of the importance of the sector in responding to the uncertainty and displacement caused by climate change. FRANCE 24's Georja Calvin-Smith speaks to Yasmine Sherif, the head of the Education Cannot Wait fund, as she sets…

France 24

The method to COP28’s madness: A first-hand account

What it was really like to be at COP28 in Dubai, from queuing with thousands of other people to meeting King Charles III.

Fortune

Cop28: highlights and lowlights so far

An update on the first half of the UN climate conference in Dubai, including shock over the host president’s comments

The Guardian - UK

Unprecedented drought in the Amazon threatens to release huge stores of carbon – podcast

As world leaders and their climate negotiators gathered at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai in early December, on the other side of the world, Brazil was experiencing an unprecedented drought in the Amazon. Scientists fear it could release of billions of additional tons of carbon into the atmosphere.

The Conversation

Carbon capture a 'dangerous excuse' for burning more fossil fuels

Week one of the Cop28 climate talks in Dubai heard much about the grand potential of carbon capture and storage technologies (CCS) as dozens of countries push for a broad pact to phase out fossil fuels. While top producers use carbon sequestering as an excuse to keep on burning coal,…

Radio France Internationale

A record number of fossil fuel representatives are at this year's COP28 climate talks

With a record number of oil, gas and coal representatives at this year's COP28 climate talks, climate scientists worry industry influence could water down language on fossil fuels.

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The Guardian - UK

Beach? Shopping? Sleep? How Cop28 is spending its rest day

The 80,000 delegates are thinking of how best to unwind from the climate summit ‘whirlwind’ in Dubai on their only day off

The Conversation

Carbon removal is needed to achieve net zero but has its own climate risks

As delegates gather in Dubai at the COP28 climate conference — with the aim to ratchet up ambition towards meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement — a key component of these efforts are countries’ pledges to achieve net-zero emissions around mid-century.

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Sevens 'Queens of the Desert' out for Cape Town glory

Australia's Sevens women will be returning to the scene of their 2022 World Cup triumph in Cape Town as they seek back-to-back world series triumphs.

The Conversation

Don't applaud the climate summit's loss and damage fund deal just yet – it might not warrant that standing ovation

Shortly after the opening ceremony of the 2023 United Nations climate negotiations in Dubai, delegates of nations around the world rose in a standing ovation to celebrate a long-awaited agreement to launch a loss and damage fund to help vulnerable countries recover from climate-related disasters.

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The Hindu

SpiceJet plane forced to divert, seized by lessors in Dubai

A SpiceJet flight carrying passengers from Ahmedabad to Dubai was diverted minutes before landing, and seized by the airline’s lessors on November 30

France 24

Sultan al-Jaber under fire: COP28 president accused of conflict of interest

He's claiming that his remarks were "misinterpreted". The Emirati oil executive leading the COP28 climate conference in Dubai has come out fighting after widespread criticism of his suggestion that there was "no science" indicating that a phase-out of fossil fuels was needed to contain global warming. A controversial choice as…

The Independent UK

A British financier sought for huge tax fraud is extradited to Denmark from UAE

A Dubai-based British hedge fund trader sought by Danish authorities for allegedly orchestrating a $1.7 billion tax fraud, considered one of the largest in the Scandinavian country, has been extradited from the United Arab Emirates

The Guardian - UK

Cop28’s pipe dream: inside the 8 December Guardian Weekly

Big oil meets the climate cause in Dubai. Plus: Living with less stuff

International Business Times

COP28 Fossil Fuel Debate Sizzles As World Marks Record Hot Year

With 2023 confirmed to be the hottest year on record by Europe's climate monitor, the temperature was also rising on Wednesday for negotiators thrashing out the thorny issue of fossil fuels at COP28 in Dubai.

Dynamite News

Dubai-bound SpiceJet flight diverted to Karachi after medical emergency

According to the airlines, a SpiceJet Boeing 737 aircraft operating flight SG-15 (Ahmedabad-Dubai) was diverted to Karachi. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Independent UK

Why airline passengers owe a debt of gratitude to Branson and Clark

Plane Talk: The founders of Virgin Atlantic and Emirates give exclusive insights into their visions

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