The climate loss and damage fund so triumphantly announced at last year’s COP28 climate summit in Dubai isn’t likely to begin distributing real dollars until 2025, while countries on the front lines of the climate emergency face mounting drought, crop losses, and a continuing “cycle of vulnerability”.
A new report finds that the EU's demand for gas is set to decline significantly in line with climate targets, eliminating the need to expand supply from new fields or infrastructure. In the report, On Thin Ice, the authors model how EU’s gas demand matches future supply in various forecasted scenarios.
Day three at Dubai Summit sees wave of commitments to accelerate clean tech deployment, ramp up climate finance, and phase out coal power, as the Pope calls for the 'elimination of fossil fuels'