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![Participant seen using an umbrella as a protest sign at the March to End Fossil Fuels in New York City, on September 17, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1215-fossil-fuels-400x300.jpg)
Fossil Fuel Divestments Over Last Decade Have Now Reached $41 Trillion
More than 1,600 institutions like universities, pension funds and governments have now divested from fossil fuels.
![People stand and applaud themselves during COP28](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1213-cop28-400x300.jpg)
Final COP28 Deal Bears the Fingerprints of the Fossil Fuel Industry
“This is not the historical deal that the world needed: It has many loopholes and shortcomings,” said one critic.
![Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States, speaks onstage at The New York Times Climate Forward Summit 2023 at The Times Center on September 21, 2023, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1212-al-gore-400x300.jpg)
Gore: COP28 on “Verge of Complete Failure” as Pact Omits Fossil Fuel Phaseout
“[T]his obsequious draft reads as if OPEC dictated it word for word,” the former vice president wrote.
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Released COP28 Draft Agreement Omits Call for Fossil Fuel Phaseout
Climate advocates decry the draft text, which proposes fossil fuel “reductions” instead.
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18 Youths in California Sue the EPA Over Climate Pollution
“We feel a constant worry about the future, and all around us no one is moving fast enough," said one plaintiff.
![A woman dressed in a cloak printed with the image of a forest burning in a wildfire walks among other participants in COP28](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1211-cop28-firecloak-400x300.jpg)
Latest COP28 Climate Adaptation Draft Is Weak, Critics Say as Summit Winds Down
The Global South needs between $215 and $387 billion annually to adapt its infrastructure to the climate crisis.
![Indigenous people stand and raise their fists during COP28](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1211-cop28-400x300.jpg)
Some of the Most Important Connections at COP28 Aren’t Between Heads of States
In the ashes of disappointing negotiations rises a global climate movement demanding action and building solidarity.
![Toeolesulusulu Cedric Schuster, Minister for Natural Resources and Environment of Samoa, speaks on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States on day nine of the UNFCCC COP28 Climate Conference on December 9, 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-1841840491-400x300.jpg)
Will COP28 End Up as the Greatest Flop in Global Climate Diplomacy Thus Far?
Environmental economist James K. Boyce analyzes the roadblocks to climate action at the COP28 climate summit.
![Brown sediment is seen on the ice sheet, created by rapid melting, in February, 2023, near Kangerlussuaq, in Greenland.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1208-greenland-ice-400x300.jpg)
Atmospheric CO2 Has Reached Levels Not Seen in 14 Million Years, New Study Finds
We've already pushed the atmosphere beyond anything we've seen as a species, said a corresponding author of the study.
![Activists protest against what they call the sham of carbon offsetting on day eight of the COP28 climate conference at Expo City Dubai on December 8, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1208-cop28-400x300.jpg)
Carbon-Trading Plans Are Thinly Veiled Land Grabs That Displace People Globally
The COP28 climate summit is in danger of codifying carbon-trading schemes that often displace Indigenous people.