Does it make sense to continue holding massive international summits if the core of the problem—the continued use of oil, gas, and coal—continues to be systematically avoided?
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Why phasing out fossil fuels remains a challenge
At present, half the electricity generating capacity in India is non-fossil-fuel based — a significant achievement by all counts. But how smooth will the path be to completely phasing out dirty fuels?
BELÉM, Brazil— The United Nations climate summit ended in Belém today with the establishment of a first-ever just transition mechanism for workers, Indigenous peoples and frontline communities ...
Global negotiations at the annual U.N. climate summit ended Saturday in Belém, Brazil, with a watered-down agreement that does not even mention fossil fuels, let alone offer a roadmap to phase out ...
South Africa and Nigeria promised to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from oil and coal. But instead they’re planning to ...
The United Nations’ COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, known as “the Amazon COP,” wrapped on November 22nd. Powerful petrostates and large polluting nations succeeded in blocking inclusion of a ...
Global climate talks in Brazil wrapped up with a deal to increase funding for countries hit by warming but no plan to phase out fossil fuels. Climate negotiations at the United Nations COP30 ...
More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists are registered for the COP30 climate talks underway in Belém, Brazil, according to an analysis by a coalition of environmental and social justice groups. The ...
The tipping point between renewable energy and fossil fuels has been reached, says a new United Nations (UN) report. The UN Secretary-General Antônio Guterres said that we are entering a renewable era ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new analysis finds that tropical forests in 68 countries sit atop fossil fuel deposits that, if extracted, would emit 317 billion metric tons of ...
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How did we become so reliant on fossil fuels?
Our reliance on fossil fuels didn’t come from a single bad choice or a lack of intelligence. It grew slowly, […] ...
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