US EditionCOP28 pledges meet only 30% of needed energy emission cuts: IEA
- Over 120 countries, including the United States, have pledged to triple renewable energy capacity and double energy efficiency measures by 2030 at COP28, but these commitments are not enough to meet international climate targets.
- Fifty major oil and gas companies, such as Exxon and Saudi Aramco, have also pledged to reduce methane emissions by 80-90% and end routine flaring by the end of the decade.
- The International Energy Agency's analysis shows that these pledges would only result in about 30% of the emissions reduction needed to cap global warming at 1 degree Celsius.
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Het ‘einde van de wereld’ door klimaatverandering lijkt afgewend: zeven positieve signalen
For a long time, climate change has been presented as a major threat to humanity and even the end of the world. It is still wise to minimize greenhouse gas emissions, but an apocalypse seems to be averted. There are plenty of positive signs, including at the UN Climate Conference in Dubai. Here are seven things to say about the climate.
[OPINION] Will the biggest climate conference ever deliver for the people?
Dubai, the land of superlatives, is hosting the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP 28) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. COP 28 started on November 30, and we remain to see whether the parties in Dubai will finally commit to a genuine course correction of global and national climate efforts. The key outcomes expected from this COP include the Global Stocktake (GST), or the review process established by the Paris Agre…
Beim Klimagipfel zeigt sich der COP-Präsident als ehrgeiziger Klimaschützer. Kurz vor der Einigung zum Ausstieg aus Gas und Öl lässt ein Textentwurf daran zweifeln.
Promoting free market solutions to climate change at COP28
Dubai, United Arab Emirates—"There is no greater admission of policy failure" than Europe's carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), said Rod Richardson,* head of the pro-market Grace Richardson Foundation. "Our carbon pricing is failing, so our solution to shooting ourselves in our own foot is to shoot everyone else in theirs." Richardson made this observation at COP28, the United Nations' latest climate summit, during a roundtable contrastin…
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