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World Leaders at COP28 Must Strengthen Climate Mitigation Action to Narrow Emissions Gap As World Fa
The highly-anticipated UNEP Emissions Gap Report comes amid a record-breaking year for climate change-related events and new record-high...
Constant Tedder
Nov 22, 20232 min read
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Climate Justice and COP28: Analysing the Progress on the Loss and Damage Fund
With the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties (COP28) a few weeks away, it is time to see where the world...
Constant Tedder
Nov 10, 20235 min read
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Op-Ed: Deep Is the Irony of Petrostate UAE Hosting COP28
“At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed,” said Frederick Douglass. — On November 30, 2023, Dr. Sultan...
Constant Tedder
Nov 9, 20236 min read
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Op-Ed: Plastic Pollution Is a Climate Issue. Why Isn’t it on the COP28 Agenda?
If the plastics industry was a nation, it would be the world’s fifth-largest in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. So why isn’t the...
Constant Tedder
Nov 7, 20232 min read
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Negotiators Outline Loss and Damage Framework Ahead of COP28, With World Bank Poised to Host Climate
The Loss and Damage implementation framework agreed upon on Saturday at the fifth and last meeting of the Transitional Committee (TC5)...
Constant Tedder
Nov 6, 20233 min read
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What Can We Expect From COP28, And What Must Happen?
Amidst mounting global concerns over climate change, the upcoming COP28 summit in Dubai emerges as a pivotal battleground for the world’s...
Constant Tedder
Nov 6, 20237 min read
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COP28 Host UAE’s Updated Climate Plan ‘Insufficient’ to Meet 1.5C Goal, Report Suggests
Despite “new and stronger” climate plan, the UAE will miss the 1.5C target “by a large margin”, according to a new report. — The United...
Constant Tedder
Jul 21, 20232 min read
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Negotiators Disappointed at Bonn Climate Talks’ Weak Outcome Ahead of COP28
Finance for mitigation and adaptation efforts and a lack of ambition from this year’s COP summit hosting country were major stumbling...
Constant Tedder
Jun 16, 20233 min read
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US and EU Lawmakers Appeal to UN to Remove Oil Chief Al-Jaber As COP28 Head
The letter – signed by 99 EU and 34 US lawmakers and addressed to the leaders of their countries and the UN chief – calls for the removal...
Constant Tedder
May 24, 20233 min read
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COP28 Chief Al-Jaber Calls for Phase-Out of Fossil Fuel Emissions, Promises to ‘Supercharge’ Climate
Abu Dhabi’s oil chief, who was recently appointed as COP28 chief, told the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin that “mobilising”...
Constant Tedder
May 3, 20233 min read
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UAE Appoints Oil Chief Al-Jaber as COP28 Summit President, Prompting Concern Among Climate Advocates
Sultan Al-Jaber, Abu Dhabi’s oil chief, will lead COP28 summit talks in Dubai. The decision prompted calls for him to step down from the...
Constant Tedder
Jan 13, 20232 min read
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