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A fossil fuel fight takes center stage at the COP28 climate summit

Sultan al-Jaber, president of the UNFCCC COP28 climate conference, speaks during day two of the summit on Dec. 2, 2023…

John Kerry responds to COP28 president’s fossil fuel comments

John Kerry, U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, speaks at a COP28 session between the U.S., China, UAE and Nigeria…

Bill Gates shares his ‘big hope’ for the COP28 climate conference

Bill Gates delivers a speech on Oct. 11, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. Thierry Monasse | Getty Images News | Getty…

COP28 delivers breakthrough by way of climate disaster fund details

A man wearing a thawb walks past flags of nations participating in the UNFCCC COP28 Climate Conference the day before…

A showdown is brewing over money, oil and carbon

In this aerial view water vapour and exhaust rise from the steel mill of Salzgitter AG, one Europe’s largest steel…

UAE reportedly planned to use COP28 to lobby for oil deals

The president of the upcoming COP28 climate change Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber speaks during the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition at…

India’s elderly population will double and overtake children by 2050

An elderly man collects fresh cherries in a field on the outskirts of Srinagar on 28 May, 2018. Sopa Images…

UN report shows world is not on track to avert catastrophe

An aerial view taken on September 7, 2023 shows the flooded village of Farkadona near the city of Karditsa, central…

UN says the world endured its hottest summer on record

An Iraqi man splashes water on his face to cool down during a heatwave in the Shorja market in central…

Shipping summit could clinch biggest climate deal of the decade

Delegates of the International Maritime Organization are meeting in London this week for preliminary talks on how to implement a…