Industry Insights
The curse of COP27
Michael Kile Another year, another United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP) on how to persuade the bogeyman of our age, climate change (CC), to cease misbehaving. Time – and money – is running […]
COP27
Aljazeera International
COP27 protesters call for climate reparations, human rights
Hundreds of activists at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh have marched calling on industrialised nations to pay for the impact of global warming and demanding freedom for political prisoners. Chants of “free […]
International News
Saudi Arabia has ‘green vision’ at COP27, critics unmoved
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Hydrogen cars and vehicles that capture their tailpipe pollutants. Computer mice made from recycled ocean waste plastic. Hundreds of millions of trees planted in the desert. Saudi Arabia’s vision of an environmentally friendly future […]
Energy Policy
Texas energy leader: Biden’s COP27 agenda killing oil and gas
(WO) — Within days of cruising to re-election victory over a Democrat challenger, Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Wayne Christian took aim at President Joe Biden’s “anti-fossil fuels” agenda, saying his energy strategy is to ship […]
Hydrogen
Cop 27: Breakthrough Agenda set hydrogen priorities
London, 11 November (Argus) — Signatories to the Breakthrough Agenda initiative have set out a 12-month hydrogen action plan which included deploying 100 “hydrogen valleys” and setting up a certification programme. At the Cop 27 […]
Climate Crisis
US State Department Announces Support for New Energy Transition Accelerator
US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, the Bezos Earth Fund, and The Rockefeller Foundation announced a process to design an Energy Transition Accelerator (ETA) with the potential to catalyze private capital for the clean […]
Climate Crisis
Cop 27: Envoy signals Germany is credible in coal talks – Climate Hypocrisy is in play
Sharm el-Sheikh, 10 November (Argus) — Germany’s special envoy for international climate action, Jennifer Morgan, has signalled that the recent increase in the country’s coal-fired generation is not diminishing its credibility in international coal phase-down […]
Aljazeera International
Middle East round-up: Alaa Abd el-Fattah, Egypt and COP27
Alaa Abd el-Fattah demands his release in Egypt, a rocket attack on a Syrian IDP camp, and a family accusing Sudan’s police of killing their son. Here’s your round-up, written by Abubakr Al-Shamahi, Al Jazeera […]
Climate Crisis
Here’s what happened on day 4 of the U.N.’s COP27 climate talks
U.S. plan for funding low-income countries faces criticism The United States wants to set up a system for buying and selling carbon credits as a way to help low-income countries pay for the transition away from fossil […]
Climate Crisis
COP27 — “Loss and Damage” vaguely makes it to the table
Deliberate vagueness is a hallmark of diplomacy and the elusive concept of “loss and damage” has made the grade in Egypt. The concept will now be discussed, but without the central feature of liability. Reminder: […]