ecns.cn (2023-12-14). Historic deal struck on fossil fuels at COP28. ecns.cn ![]()
Despite going a day over its official end time of midday on Tuesday, the United Nations climate summit ended with a "Global Stocktake "agreement unanimously approved by 198 nations, marking a historic moment.
ecns.cn (2023-12-14). COP28 UN conference provides clear vision for a green future. ecns.cn ![]()
Nearly 200 nations at COP28 United Nations climate change conference approved a roadmap for "the transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems".
ecns.cn (2023-12-14). China, U.S. work together for successful COP28: Xie Zhenhua. ecns.cn ![]()
The Chinese and American teams have worked together to support the success of COP28, which was also one of the goals of the previous joint climate statement between the two countries.
Jordan Atwood (2023-12-14). COP28: Navigating petrostate politics and the quest for climate action. nationofchange.org ![]()
The path forward demands a concerted global effort, alternative strategies, and a commitment to transformative action.
Bill McKibben (2023-12-13). As The Climate Summit Closes, A Single Sentence Offers Hope. levernews.com 
greenleft.org.au (2023-12-13). Climate is the real threat, protesters tell defence conference. greenleft.org.au 
greenleft.org.au (2023-12-13). Ecosocialist Bookshelf, December 2023. greenleft.org.au 
Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents eight important new books for rebels and revolutionaries on your gift list…
greenleft.org.au (2023-12-13). Multiple faith groups target PM on climate. greenleft.org.au 
Jake Johnson (2023-12-13). Final COP28 Deal Bears the Fingerprints of the Fossil Fuel Industry. truthout.org ![]()
The COP28 climate summit in Dubai ended Wednesday with an agreement that, for the first time, explicitly endorsed a move away from fossil fuels — a weak but historic signal that the oil and gas era may be coming to an end. But the deal, dubbed the UAE Consensus, is also chock full of escape hatches that will allow the fossil fuel industry to persist and thrive in ways that are incompatible with… |
presstv.ir (2023-12-13). Climate activists protest outside COP28 talks in Dubai. presstv.ir ![]()
Negotiators at the COP28 talks hosted by the United Arab Emirates are under pressure to hammer out a historic agreement on fossil fuels.
Staff (2023-12-13). Phase Down, Not Phase Out: COP28 Deal on Fossil Fuels Disappoints Activists & Vulnerable States. democracynow.org 
As the United Nations climate summit ends with nations pledging to transition away from fossil fuels instead of explicitly calling for a fossil fuel phaseout, we go to the COP28 site in Dubai for a debrief with Asad Rehman, spokesperson for the Climate Justice Coalition. He says the deal overseen by COP28 president and head of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Sultan Al Jaber is a "very weak text" with "lots of loopholes" that allows rich countries to avoid responsibility. "If you're an oil and gas baron and CEO, you must be rubbing your hands with glee," says Rehman. &#…
Alex Bainbridge (2023-12-14). COP28 failure means Australia shouldn't wait to phase out fossil fuels. greenleft.org.au 
Expectations were never high for COP28, but as the climate deniers have managed to subvert the summit's goals, Alex Bainbridge argues Australia must set its own climate transition plan.
Jake Johnson (2023-12-14). Final COP28 deal riddled with 'cavernous loopholes' for fossil fuel industry. greenleft.org.au 
The COP28 climate summit in Dubai ended with an agreement that, for the first time, explicitly endorsed a move away from fossil fuels, but is so full of loopholes that the fossil fuel industry will be allowed to persist and thrive, reports Jake Johnson.
Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, EcoWatch. (2023-12-13). Latest COP28 Draft Does Not Mention Fossil Fuel Phaseout. popularresistance.org ![]()
As the United Nations COP28 climate talks entered the final stretch, the most recent draft of a climate deal left out the crucial "phase out" language regarding fossil fuels, the main demand expressed by many developing countries, particularly those vulnerable to climate change, as well as the European Union. | The draft deal is the precursor to a final round of negotiations over whether or how long fossil fuels will continue to be a part of the transition to a renewable energy future. | COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber encouraged those present at the summit to finalize a deal before the conference ends on Tuesday…
James Dyke, David Armstrong McKay, Resilience. (2023-12-13). Climate Tipping Points Are Nearer Than You Think. popularresistance.org ![]()
It's now almost inevitable that 2023 will be the warmest year ever recorded by humans, probably the warmest for at least 125,000 years. | Multiple temperature records were smashed with global average temperatures for some periods well above 1.5 ∞C. Antarctic sea ice loss is accelerating at frightening rates along with many other indicators of rapid climate change. Does this mean 2023 is the year parts of the climate tip into a much more dangerous state? | Most people expect that if a system, like someone's body, an ecosystem, or part of the climate system, becomes stressed, it'll respond fairly predictably…
Mark Shapiro, DeSmog. (2023-12-13). Give Climate Change The Name It Deserves: Fossil-Fueled Destruction. popularresistance.org ![]()
There's always a lag between a rupture of the status quo and settling on a word for it. The planet is heating at a life-threatening pace. And yet the two words we use to describe this rupture — "climate" and "change" — are beginning to seem too stiff and one-dimensional for conveying the violence to life-sustaining ecosystems that threaten the world as we have known it. | As delegates from 196 countries attempt, for the 28th time, to reach a global agreement to reduce greenhouse gases, it is time for a new language. The violence of the atmospheric shifts, their deeply uneven impacts and the implicatio…
Shailly Gupta Barnes (2023-12-13). As We Look to 2024, Here's What Hope Looks Like. otherwords.org ![]()
After a year of economic hardship, climate disasters, and war, few could be blamed for feeling like our leaders have let us down. As we look ahead to a new year, I find it helpful to remember examples of those who not only saw the problem clearly, but brought people together to find solutions. | In 1967, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called for a "radical redistribution of political and economic power" to address poverty, war, and racism. To do so, he turned to those who were on the frontlines of these crises, not those who perpetrated them. | He worked tirelessly to organize the original Poor People's Cam…
Steve Topple, The Canary. (2023-12-13). COP28 Has Failed; New App Helps Public Take Matters Into Their Own Hands. popularresistance.org ![]()
As COP28 draws to a close — mired in inaction and controversy — a new app is launching to let the public take matters into their own hands. "Earthize" will allow people to avoid any companies that greenwash, invest in fossil fuels, or damage the environment. That is, you can now stop using corporations that fuel the climate and biodiversity crises. At the end of COP28 on Tuesday 12 December, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) promised to try again to strike a deal as the Dubai climate summit passed its deadline. At-risk nations and Western powers rejected a proposal that stopped short of phasing out fossi…
Caleb Crowder (2023-12-14). Joe Manchin and the Legal Corruption That Threatens Our Planet. ips-dc.org ![]()
Sen. For climate advocates especially, Manchin…
ecns.cn (2023-12-13). COP28 concludes with deal to transition away from fossil fuels. ecns.cn ![]()
Countries finally agreed, for the first time, to transition away from fossil fuels in Dubai on Wednesday to avert the worst effects of climate change after clashing over whether to include the wording "phase out of fossil fuels" in previous drafts.
krish-rad_ind (2023-12-14). Climate Activists Totally Ruin This Event. youtu.be ![]()
teleSUR (2023-12-14). Germany to Tackle Budget Crisis With Savings. telesurenglish.net ![]()
On Wednesday, the German government announced that the 17 billion euro gap in the 2024 budget due to the failed reallocation of COVID-19 relief funds for climate protection measures is to be closed through savings. | RELATED: | Although it has to "make do with significantly less money," the government is sticking to its green transformation plans, said Chancellor Olaf Scholz in a press conference. Savings are to be gen…
The Independent (2023-12-14). COP28 agrees to end the fossil fuels era. independent.co.ug 
Dubai, UAE | THE INDEPENDENT | The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) closed on Wednesday with an agreement that signals the "beginning of the end" of the fossil fuel era. Delegates from over 190 countries who have been meeting for the last two weeks, finally agreed on a text that lays the ground for …
teleSUR (2023-12-13). Haiti Welcomes Historic Agreement at COP28. telesurenglish.net ![]()
Haiti's Ministry of Environment celebrated on Wednesday the historic agreement reached at the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) to abandon fossil fuels responsible for global warming. | RELATED: | According to official reports, the portfolio said the document aims to accelerate action over the next 10 years, with the goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. | On Wednesday, countries from around the world approved at COP28 in Dubai a co…
ecns.cn (2023-12-13). COP28 urged to deliver highest-ambition result. ecns.cn ![]()
The United Nations climate chief on Monday called on all parties to deliver the "highest-ambition" outcome, as the climate conference in Dubai entered its final stretch.
ecns.cn (2023-12-13). BRI role in global green efforts hailed. ecns.cn ![]()
As the climate conference in Dubai calls for accelerating green transformation, experts hailed the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative as a constructive force in steering the world toward a renewable energy-fueled future.
teleSUR (2023-12-13). COP28 Concludes With Agreement for Energy Transition. telesurenglish.net ![]()
On Wednesday, 198 countries approved the final declaration of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) through which it was agreed to advance an energy transition through the gradual abandonment of fossil fuels. | RELATED: | The COP28 text seeks to limit the increase in global temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. To this end, deep, rapid and sustained reductions in greenhouse gas…
Zoya Teirstein (2023-12-12). The hidden death toll of flooding in Bangladesh sends a dark signal about climate and health. peoplesworld.org 
In the summer of 2022, one of the worst monsoons on record turned swaths of Bangladesh, a low-lying country in South Asia, into huge, muddy lakes. When the brunt of the flooding finally eased, at least 141 people had died and millions of others throughout the region had been injured, impoverished, or displaced. The sheer scale of the destruction …
pbs.org (2023-12-14). Argentina's new president implements shock economic measures, devalues currency and cuts subsidiesArgentina on Tuesday announced a sharp devaluation of its currency and cuts to energy and transportation subsidies as part of shock measures new President Javier Milei says are needed to deal with an economic emergency.
Kate Horgan (2023-12-13). Exposing the Jewish National Fund and Radioactive Fracking. projectcensored.org ![]()
The Jewish National Fund sounds nice enough, especially with their quaint tree-planting campaigns, but as our guest, Palestinian organizer Abdullah Elagha points out, this greenwashed front hides a myriad of… | According to a July 2023 report in the Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA), state legislators have proposed to add $60 million to the state's annual budget to fund rural school…
Ashley Curtin (2023-12-13). eWeek highlights digitalization's growing environmental footprint. nationofchange.org ![]()
The digital transformation the world has seen is causing raw material depletion, an increase in water and energy use, and more pollution and waste, the speakers said.
EcoWaste Coalition (2023-12-13). Children's Protection from Chemical Hazards Pushed. pressenza.com ![]()
13 December 2023, Quezon City. Children, including babies in the womb, are highly vulnerable to the harmful effects of hazardous chemicals that can put their health and future at risk, thus the need for research, policies, and risk communication to prevent and reduce early life exposures. | The vulnerability of children to environmental toxicants was duly emphasized at a recent seminar jointly organized by the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition and the research unit of the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health (ASMPH) with over 65 people from various community and non-government organizations in atte…
Ryan Cristián (2023-12-14). East Palestine Forced To Treat Norfolk Waste Water & Israel Knowingly Rounded Up/Executed Civilians. thelastamericanvagabond.com ![]()
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