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 Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/14/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

ecns.cn (2023-12-10). Concerns aired over illegal wildlife trade. ecns.cn The astonishing scale, nature and consequences of illegal wildlife trade across the globe mean that it should be put on the agenda of the climate club, as well as biodiversity, heard a panel at COP28 on Saturday.

ecns.cn (2023-12-10). Envoy calls for more joint efforts on climate action. ecns.cn China will push for more financial support from developed countries for Global South nations amid the climate crisis, and rather than sharing in the support thus gained.

ecns.cn (2023-12-10). China backs G20 goal to triple global renewable energy by 2030. ecns.cn China supports the initiative by G20 countries to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030, said Xie Zhenhua, China's special envoy for climate change.

ecns.cn (2023-12-10). COP28 sets eyes on AI to fight climate change. ecns.cn The grand challenge was part of a high-level event organized by the UN Climate Change Technology Mechanism on Saturday in Dubai, in collaboration with the COP28 Presidency.

ecns.cn (2023-12-11). Officials emphasize digitalization's role in low-carbon future, economic recovery. ecns.cn Officials have called for further efforts to tap the potential of digital transformation in promoting low-carbon transition and economic recovery amid the global climate crisis.

greenleft.org.au (2023-12-11). Climate is the real threat, protesters tell defence conference. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-12-11). Multiple faith groups target PM on climate. greenleft.org.au

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-12-11). Dominican Rep asks island countries to have access to funds at COP 28. plenglish.com Santo Domingo, Dec 11 ( Prensa Latina) The Dominican Republic demanded to the international community, at the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (COP28), that developing countries have access to funds to face natural disasters, the Presidency's website published today.

The Independent (2023-12-11). Airtel Africa at COP28. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Group CEO of Airtel Africa plc, Segun Ogunsanya, has reaffirmed the importance of an enabling policy environment for sustainable development and climate action in partnership with Africa's private sector at COP28. Ogunsanya, a member of the United Nations Global Compact's African Business Leaders Coalition (ABLC), addressed a distinguished audience at …

Anil Oza, Nature. (2023-12-10). Scientists Skip COP28 To Demand Climate Action At Home. popularresistance.org Some scientists-turned-activists have changed tactics during this year's United Nations climate summit. Rather than staging demonstrations in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at the meeting itself, they are coordinating protests against governments' lack of progress reining in greenhouse-gas emissions closer to home — by blocking parts of fossil-fuel operations in their own countries and appealing to local governments. | Although the United Arab Emirates has pledged to allow peaceful protests and "the expression of values" at the 28th annual UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), the country normally bans unauth…

Douglas Rogers, Waging Nonviolence. (2023-12-10). Can Extinction Rebellion's Success In The Netherlands Be Replicated? popularresistance.org Success in climate activism can take a lot of forms, and relatively few of them are glamorous. The change we work for might be too abstract to measure, or our role in it might be unclear. Perhaps, in difficult conditions, success might mean no more than keeping your head above the water. | Still, there are times when success can actually be joyful, epic and infectious, as in the case of the recent blockades on the Dutch capital's A12 highway. | The shortest version of this story is that a multi-year campaign of disruption induced the Dutch Parliament to move, on Oct. 10, towards a phasing-out of fossil fuel subsi…

greenleft.org.au (2023-12-10). Climate is the real threat, protesters tell defence conference. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-12-10). Multiple faith groups target PM on climate. greenleft.org.au

In Defense of Liberation! (2023-12-10). This Dread and Depression is on Purpose! Don't Fall Victim! Don't Blame Yourselves! podcasters.spotify.com In this episode, I talk about some of the difficulties with remaining positive through a very dehumanizing, morbid, draining, and existential moment that we are all living through today. Whether we are Palestinian, Congolese, Nicaraguan, Cuban, Jamaican, Chinese, indigenous, or so-called American, we are all dealing with the extremes of capitalist, exploitation, extermination campaigns, mass, incarceration, the preponderance of social media, hyper individualism, mental health and climate crisis, and just in general, having to go to school or go to work every day while the world is blowing up around us. What do we…

Karl Grossman, Nation of Change. (2023-12-10). Nuclear Power Pushing At The COP28 Climate Change Conference. popularresistance.org "U.S. leads coalition to triple nuclear power by 2050 in effort to address climate change," was the headline of a Dec. 4 CNBC article on activity at the UN conference called COP28 being held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on the climate crisis. | COP stands for Conference of the Parties, annual gatherings under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The 28 is for this being the twenty-eighth session. It began on Nov. 30 and is to end on Dec. 12. | When it started, there was a stir over the conference president being Sultan Al Jaber who just happens to head the UAE's state-owned oil company, Ab…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-12-10). Richer countries seek to grab large swathes of land in Africa as "carbon credits" to offset their own carbon emissions — it's a colossal scam. expose-news.com As has become commonplace at such gatherings, the theme this week at the United Nations Climate Summit ("COP28") has been reducing carbon emissions. The underlying, more sinister theme is to reduce emissions …

Robert Hunziker (2023-12-10). Climate Trace Detects Underreported Soaring Emissions. pressenza.com COP28, the UN Conference of the Parties in oil-rich Dubai, currently underway, will not resolve the issue of oil and gas companies agreeing to slow down oil production. On the contrary, all signals point to an increase according to formal plans already laid out by the industry, as stated by the International Energy Agency. Reuters November 2023 headline says it all: Global Fossil Fuel Production Plans Far Exceed Climate Targets. | Greenhouse gas emissions will continue to rip roar, snort, huff and puff higher ever higher post COP28. It's guaranteed. The oil companies insist upon it. And a new kid on the block nam…

ecns.cn (2023-12-10). Renewable investment urged at COP28. ecns.cn China is indispensable for the world's green transformation, considering the remarkable achievements the country has made in the renewables sector, international experts said on the sidelines of the COP28 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

ecns.cn (2023-12-10). In Numbers: What has China done to address global climate challenges. ecns.cn

_____ (2023-12-11). COP28 UAE — Joint Statement on Climate, Nature and People. transcend.org 9 Dec 2023 – {From TMS Editor: Key terms and themes not addressed, conspicuously left out: Fossil Fuel, Energy, Oil, Gasoline, Petrol, Petroleum, Methane, Air Pollution, Marine Pollution, CO2, Deforestation, Pentagon/Military Footprint, US Wars, Billionaires' airplanes/yachts (did I miss anything?)}…

_____ (2023-12-11). Record Number of Fossil Fuel Lobbyists at COP28. transcend.org 5 Dec 2023 – At least 2456 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the COP28 summit in Dubai, signalling an unprecedented presence at crucial climate talks from representatives of some of the world's biggest polluters.

ecns.cn (2023-12-11). NE China's Heilongjiang sees booming ice and snow tourism. ecns.cn Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province has a cold winter climate with abundant ice and snow resources, which has become a popular ice-snow tourism destination in recent years. "ÄÄ…

krish-rad_ind (2023-12-11). Scientists Skip COP28 To Demand Climate Action At Home. popularresistance.org

latintimes (2023-12-11). From Farmlands to Traditions: Climate Change Threatens Latino Culture in the U.S. latintimes.com Over half of the U.S. Latino population resides in states facing heightened climate threats, including air pollution, extreme heat, and flooding…

latintimes (2023-12-11). 'Not A Minute To Lose': Clock Ticks On Fossil Fuel Deal At Climate Summit. latintimes.com Simon Stiell urged countries to preserve the "highest ambition" to check warming at no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

Charlotte Dennett (2023-12-11). Israel, Gaza, and the Struggle for Oil. counterpunch.org In 1927 oil exploration yielded a major strike near Kirkuk, Iraq; the long-planned pipeline was completed in 1934 and oil flowed through it to the West until 1948, when it was closed by the Iraqis during the First Arab—Israeli War. Some five decades later, reopening it became a rallying cry of then-Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, following the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the US invasion of Iraq. Netanyahu envisioned Saddam Hussein being overthrown and replaced by a pro-Israel Iraqi dissident named Ahmad Chalabi. "Soon the oil will be flowing to Haifa!" Netanyahu proclaimed. "It's not a p…

Greg M. Schwartz (2023-12-10). The Radioactive Pacific Ocean. counterpunch.org