Opec urges members to reject any COP28 deal targeting fossil fuels

Observers see OPEC ‘panicking’ as COP28 climate talks focus on possible fossil fuel phase-out

Sources reported that the leader of the powerful oil cartel wrote to member countries urging them to block any language that would phase out or phase down fossil fuels.

Observers see OPEC ‘panicking’ as COP28 climate talks focus on possible fossil fuel phase-out

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Veteran negotiators at the United Nations climate talks Saturday said that the push to wean the world from dirty fossil fuels had gained so much momentum that they had poked a powerful enemy: the oil industry. Late Friday, multiple news sources reported that the leader of OPEC, the powerful oil cartel, wrote to member countries earlier this week urging them to block any language that would phase out or phase do…

Observers see OPEC ‘panicking’ as COP28 climate talks focus on possible fossil fuel phase-out - The Boston Globe

Veteran climate negotiation observers say the oil industry is starting to sweat as United Nations climate talks heat up and threaten to plug fossil fuel-belching wells for good.

France slams OPEC call to reject fossil fuel deal at Cop28 climate talks

France's Energy Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher has expressed that she was "stunned" after the oil cartel OPEC urged its members to thwart any deal targeting fossil fuels at the Cop28 conference.

Observers see OPEC 'panicking' as COP28 climate talks focus on possible fossil fuel phase-out

Veteran negotiators at the United Nations climate talks Saturday said that the push to wean the world from dirty fossil fuels had gained so much momentum that they had poked a powerful enemy: the oil industry.

EU urges COP28’s oil chief to ‘lead’ on fossil fuel phaseout

Sultan al-Jaber, the climate summit president and oil CEO, must help ‘identify how we can open this pathway,’ EU representative Teresa Ribera tells POLITICO.