A group of researchers has warned that there is "little confidence" that around 90 % of global net-zero emissions pledges will be met in full or on time, prompting fresh calls for countries to update climate targets ahead of COP28. (Matt Mace)
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According to COP28 Director General Majid al-Suwaidi, the upcoming United Nations climate summit in Dubai will focus on bridging the gap between the Paris Agreement's climate goals and global emissions commitments. Why it matters: COP28 is seen as a last-ditch effort to limit warming to the most ambitious Paris target of 1.5°C (2.7°F) above pre-industrial levels by 2100, by sharply bending the emissions trajectory downward. (Andrew Freedman)
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The future of fossil fuels - a major source of planet-warming emissions - will be under scrutiny at UN climate talks on Monday (5 June), with the head of an Emirati oil company poised to take the driver's seat. As the world struggles to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, pressure is on for the UAE to arrive in Germany with ambitious plans for its presidency of December's COP28 climate summit in Dubai.
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This year's Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB58) begins next Monday, June 5, to prepare decisions for adoption at COP28 in the United Arab Emirates in December. Based on the many mandates that emerged from COP27 in Egypt last year, the conference will convene the 58th. session UNFCCC subsidiary bodies, including a large number of events, and will continue discussions on issues of critical importance. These issues include, but are not limited to, the Global Inventory, the Global Adaptation Goal, the Just Transition to Sustainable Societies, the Work Program for Mitigation and Loss and Damage. (Kofi Adu Domfeh)
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Within the next five years, the world is likely to experience at least one year in which the global average surface temperature exceeds 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. It was sharp forecast from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) this week in his climate forecast. Straying above 1.5 °C could lead to potentially irreversible effects on the global climate system , scientists warned, including the collapse of the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets, the sudden melting of permafrost, rising sea levels and the bleaching of coral reefs. For these reasons is the 1.5°C limit at the heart of the 2015 Paris climate agreement , which commits countries to keeping global temperature increase "well below 2°C" and "making efforts" to 1.5°C.
The Brazilian city of Belém will host the Cop30 climate talks in November 2025, according to the Brazilian government. Brazilian Presidency in statement said the United Nations (UN) has confirmed that the northern city, commonly referred to as the gateway to the Amazon River and the rainforest, will host the talks. A spokesperson for the United Nations Climate Change Authority (UNFCCC) told Climate Home that the Latin American and Caribbean region had informed them that the group supported Belém's bid. The choice must now be confirmed at the Cop28 meetings. Brazilian President Lula da Silva, who will be in the final months of his term at Cop30, said the Amazon rainforest was a major topic of climate talks in Copenhagen, Paris and Sharm el-Sheikh. (Joe Lo)
Her Excellency Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and Environment of the United Arab Emirates, today presided over the launch of the 10th National Dialogue on Climate Ambition. Organized by the ministry in collaboration with Emirates Steel Arkan, the event is gathering on the theme of "Accelerating the pace of transition to a low-carbon green industry". The dialogue, the tenth in its series, focuses mainly on the industrial sector and aims to reduce industrial carbon emissions in the UAE. This is particularly timely as the UAE prepares to welcome the international climate community to the upcoming Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change later this year.
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The president of Cop28, Sultan Al Jaber, was accused of trying to "green" his image after it was revealed that members of his team edited Wikipedia pages, which highlighted his role as CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc). Al Jaber's team's work on his and Wikipedia's climate summit records includes adding a quote from an editorial saying Al Jaber - the UAE's minister of industry and advanced technology - is "exactly the kind of ally the climate movement needs." . They also suggested editors remove mention of the multibillion-dollar pipeline deal he signed in 2019, the Center for Climate Reporting can reveal and the Guardian. "Oil companies and their CEOs are taking greenwash to a whole new level - seizing control of global climate conferences and then getting their own employees to spew criticism of their blatant hypocrisy on Wikipedia," said Greens MP Caroline Lucas. (The Guardian)
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The world's first assessment of progress on climate change this year will show that while commitments to halt the crisis are stronger than ever, action remains far short of the global targets set in Paris in 2015. The news will be worrying. But it also has the potential to spur action – as countries, investors, businesses, cities and civil society come together at the UN climate conference COP28 in the United Arab Emirates from 30 November to 12 December to step up action in line with what science requires. COP28 is significant because it will focus on the Global Inventory, a process created in the Paris Agreement to assess progress towards achieving net-zero emissions by mid-century and holding the increase in global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, while striving to limit global warming to 1. 5 degrees above pre-industrial levels. The UN will publish the results of its assessment just before the UAE summit. (Razan Al Mubarak, Special to Gulf News)
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The British government has defended the appointment of oil executive Sultan al-Jaber by the United Arab Emirates as the head of this year's COP28 UN climate summit. This comes after more than 130 US and EU lawmakers wrote to the UN calling for his recall. The UN has long been criticized for involving the fossil fuel industry in COP climate summits. On Thursday, Net Zero Minister Graham Stuart said Jaber was an "exceptional person".
Each year, the host country for the global climate summit, known as the COP, nominates a president. In addition to organizing the event, they provide political leadership and lead critical negotiations on climate action before and during the conference. This year, the hosts, the United Arab Emirates, have nominated Sultan Ahmed al Jaber, head of the state oil company, as president of the summit, which will begin in November in Dubai. Activists have become increasingly vocal against the decision, and this week 133 lawmakers from the EU and the US joined the call for it to be revoked. In a joint letter to the United Nations, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and US President Joe Biden, the lawmakers expressed their "deep concern" that the fossil fuel industry had been allowed to influence the negotiations. But Mr Stuart defended the UAE's decision during a press conference on Thursday.
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Bloomberg Philanthropies and International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) said on Monday that they are working together to strengthen the use of clean energy and the mobilization of capital in emerging markets and developing economies ahead of the November UN climate conference Cop28 in 2023. This step was announced in the presence of Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technologies, and Cop28 President-Designate, Francesco La Camera, Director General of Irene, and Michael R. Bloomberg, UN Special Envoy for Climate Ambition and Solutions. founder of Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies. As part of the partnership, Bloomberg Philanthropies will enable Irene to advance efforts to promote widespread adoption of renewable energy and reduce political, technical and financial barriers to the energy transition, the organizations said in a statement.
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As the climate warms, so does activity towards cleaner energy future . The UAE faces intense scrutiny and a huge diplomatic task to lead Cop28 conference in November. Event Climate Tech in Abu Dhabi earlier this month was a step forward in assembling another set of environmentally friendly technologies. She was at the meeting launched the Decarbonization Technology Challenge , which offers a prize of up to $1 million to winners selected from 10 finalists in December. Many interesting and innovative companies have appeared - from well-known companies to start-ups. Without prejudice to those not mentioned, or others that may enter the competition later, some hitherto lesser-known companies are offering solutions to four critical climate problems.
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The UAE has appointed 31 people, including fossil fuel executives and climate activists, to its advisory committee for November's Cop28 climate talks. The group includes the chairman of an Indian gas company, the former head of China's National Petroleum Corporation, the former head of British oil firm BP and the CEO of an Emirati oil and gas producer. It also includes the head of the African Climate Foundation, a Bangladeshi veteran fighting against fossil fuels and the former president of the climate-threatened Marshall Islands. The UAE government said the council brought together "climate expertise from thought leaders from countries across six continents". They said it spans "politics, industry, energy, finance, civil society, youth and humanitarian action" and will "provide advice and guidance to the Cop Presidency in the run-up to Cop28 and beyond". But Oil Change International campaigner Romain Ioualalen told Climate Home: "While there has been an evident effort to make the advisory committee inclusive and diverse, it is very worrying to see oil and gas interests being consulted on how to conduct negotiations on gradually phasing out their products. .” (Joe Lo)
This year's COP28 climate change conference in Dubai is a unique opportunity for the oil and gas industry to show that it is serious about tackling climate change. At a time when the effects of climate change are increasingly being felt around the world, oil and gas producers must secure a new social license for their activities. The world needs to see meaningful changes in the operations of both international and national oil companies with clear and responsible strategies to rapidly reduce their emissions. Oil and gas companies that have so far announced plans to reduce emissions from their operations account for less than half of global production. And many of the promises that have been made are vague or not backed by clear strategies to achieve them, especially in the crucial period between now and 2030. More ambitious targets, concrete plans and strong accountability are needed to achieve significant reductions across the EU. oil and gas activities and others. It's easy to talk about reducing emissions, but the good news is that there are actions that oil and gas producers can take. Emissions from oil and gas extraction alone account for a significant portion of the global total. Extracting oil and gas from the ground, processing it and delivering it to consumers accounts for nearly 15 % of global energy-related emissions – more than all the emissions produced by the United States or twice the emissions of the entire European Union. Our latest news Emissions from oil and natural gas operations during net zero transitions shows how the oil and gas industry can reduce these emissions by 60 % between now and 2030. That would require upfront spending of about $600 billion — far less than the trillions of dollars the industry racked up last year due to record high energy prices.
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While major oil producers Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are touting carbon capture and storage as a cure for global warming, some experts warn that the emerging technology is unproven and expensive and should not replace efforts to phase out hydrocarbons. "Renewables are not and cannot be the only answer," argued Al Jaber, who is both the head of state oil giant ADNOC and the country's climate envoy. "If we are serious about limiting industrial emissions, we need to get serious about carbon capture technologies," he said at the United Arab Emirates' Climate Tech event in Abu Dhabi. “In any realistic scenario that gets us to net zero … carbon capture technology will play a role. Without it, mathematics simply does not work. "We need to phase out emissions," Al Jaber added, reiterating his position that oil remains irreplaceable for the global economy and key to energy financing. (Kareem Sahib)
The European Union's Carbon Border Tax Mechanism will introduce a tax on imported goods with a high carbon content from countries with less stringent climate rules. Story so far: The 27-nation European Union (EU) is stepping up its push for climate action with the European Parliament, the bloc's lawmaking body, as climate talks gather pace. Earlier this month, it voted to approve a wide-ranging deal to reform the EU's carbon market, with the aim of reducing emissions by 62 % by 2030 compared to 2005 levels. The carbon market mechanism has helped reduce emissions from power plants and factories by 43 % since 2005, however, it will phase out CO2 emissions permits for factories by 2034. Alongside this phasing out of free carbon allowances, the EU will gradually introduce another ambitious and first-of-its-kind policy – the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), aimed at leveling the playing field for EU producers and encouraging trading partners outside the EU to adopt carbon pricing regimes as a critical approach to the fight against climate change. While the EU believes the mechanism is a global solution to the global problem of climate change, trading partners such as the United States, China, Russia and developing countries including India have opposed the measure, calling it unilateral, "protectionist" and even trade-friendly. weapon. Lawmakers in the European Parliament reached a political agreement on a carbon border tax last December, but India, along with China, Brazil and South Africa, opposed the plan at the 27th climate summit of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) in Sharm El Sheikh. He argues that this could lead to market distortions and affect developing countries that did not initially contribute to industrial emissions. (Diksha Munjal, The Hindu)
Funding for a US-UAE-led initiative to develop climate-friendly agricultural practices worldwide has risen to more than $13 billion, a US official said on Monday, according to trending reports citing al arabiya. The Agricultural Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate) was launched in 2021 and aims to unite nations to reduce agricultural emissions, which account for about 10 to 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions from sources such as manure, machinery and fertilizer application to the intergovernmental panel on climate change. US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the latest funding figures at the AIM for Climate Summit in Washington DC on Monday, speaking alongside UAE Minister of Climate and Environment Mariam Almheiri and former US Vice President Al Gore. About $10 billion of the $13 billion comes from governments, and the rest comes from nongovernmental parties that fund initiatives to support small farmers, emerging technologies and reduce methane, a U.S. Department of Agriculture spokesman said. "Climate change continues to affect long-term agricultural practices in every country, and a strong global commitment is needed to meet the challenges of climate change head-on," Vilsack said in a statement. The UAE will host the COP28 climate change talks this autumn. Since COP27 last November, $8 billion has been pledged to AIM for Climate. The AIM for Climate Summit runs until Wednesday and will bring together representatives from Canada, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, as well as academics and business leaders. (MENAFN)
The appointment of Dr Sultan Al Jaber as President-designate of COP28, the UN climate change conference, signals the importance of cooperation. The choice of ADNOC's CEO puts the energy sector at the center of the global effort to achieve Net Zero. dr. Al Jaber called for a "major course correction" to speed up efforts to address the climate crisis. Governments alone cannot achieve this. This will require business measures, particularly within the energy industry. Cooperation at the industry level, with finance and governments can move the dial towards 1.5 degrees.
The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment has taken a major step towards reducing the UAE's carbon footprint with a cement and concrete decarbonisation workshop to be held earlier this week. An event organized by the Ministry for climate change and the environment, was aimed at addressing the contributors to the UAE's carbon footprint: the embodied emissions that are associated with the production, transport and construction of building materials and represent 10 % of the country's total. CO2 emissions. With more than 100 participants, the event was the first time that experts from across the supply chain came together to share their ambitions to achieve a net zero plan. HE Eng Essa Al Hashmi, Assistant Under-Secretary for Sustainable Communities and Acting Under-Secretary for Ecological Development and Climate Change at the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, in his opening remarks, highlighted the critical importance of reducing carbon emissions to enable the UAE to achieve zero net emissions until 2050.Kate-Lynne Wolmarans)
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