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Public Health Finally Gets a Platform at COP28, But Will Real Action Follow?
As prior COPs have shown, making commitments is often the easy part — actually seeing them through is much harder.
With COP28 Underway, Let’s Recommit to an Ongoing Struggle for Systemic Change
Neither COP28 nor individualistic approaches will solve the climate crisis. We need to buckle down for a long fight.
COP28 Activists Defy UAE Protest Restrictions to Demand Ceasefire in Gaza
Some held banners with watermelons, a symbol of the Palestinian movement, to circumvent a ban on Palestinian flags.
Fossil Fuel Companies Back Toothless “Decarbonization Charter” at COP28 in Dubai
320 organizations denounced the plan as corporate greenwashing and called on the COP28 Presidency to abandon it.
UN Secretary General Calls for Total Fossil Fuel Phaseout at COP28
António Guterres delivered a dire warning to the 260 world leaders gathered for the climate summit in Dubai.
Meat Lobbyists Attend COP28 to Contradict Climate Research
“If we are going to abate climate catastrophe, we must significantly curtail meat production,” one advocate said.
New Revelations “Call Into Question the Integrity of COP28,” Says Journalist
The UAE is using COP28 to deflect from its human rights abuses and boost the standing of oil CEO Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber.
Report: Saudi Arabia Plans to Get African Countries “Hooked” on Fossil Fuels
“The Saudi government is like a drug dealer trying to get Africa hooked on its harmful product,” an expert said.
Leak Shows UAE Planned to Use COP28 Climate Talks to Strike Fossil Fuel Deals
“[I]t looks ever more like a fox is guarding the hen house,” one climate advocate said.
Biden Reportedly Plans to Skip COP28 Climate Summit Kicking Off This Week
The decision is sure to anger climate advocates and scientists who have pushed him to back a fossil fuel phaseout.