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Energy and climate cooperation still key for China-EU ties

As deeply damaging as Trump's presidency will be to the climate agenda, the Paris framework could still provide a resilient, flexible framework for action.

Climate agenda reset ahead of Brazil’s COP 30

To reach the proposed target, the world would need to add more than 158 GW of energy-storage capacity on average each year through 2030. 

Cop29 to call for sixfold increase in global energy storage

A coal-based thermal power plant in Tuticorin, India. Though developing countries still need hundreds of billions more in finance to help them make the transition away from fossil fuels, the COP28 text has been criticised for saying little about climate finance.

As COP29 planning begins, reforms needed to fulfil Paris ambition

An aerial view shows a vehicle driving along a flooded street in New Port Richey, Florida, on August 30, 2023, after Hurricane Idalia made landfall.

Maiden UN global stocktake could set off ‘aggressive’ revisions to net-zero pathways

Fellow Arab states are warming to Syria again after isolating Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for over a decade, following his deadly crackdown on street protests that spiralled into a brutal civil war.

UAE invites Syria's Assad to COP28 climate summit

Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura (L) speaking in Tokyo at the Apr 4 meeting of the 2023 G7 trade ministers, during which economic security, including export controls, was raised.

Japan’s G7 economic agenda emerges in face of geopolitical gale

Al Jaber, 49, wants “transformational progress”.

The US$9 trillion oil king’s climate solution is his hand-picked oil exec

The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) passed a key milestone last Thursday (Feb 16) by approving rules that will form a ‘baseline’ for companies’ climate-related reporting across the globe, to better help investors assess risks and opportunities.

Global sustainability standards chief expects strong take up of climate rules

Sultan Al Jaber's conflicting interests have raised concerns about the prospects of the COP28 climate summit in November in the United Arab Emirates.
EDITORIAL

As hopes for COP28 dim, need and opportunity rise for regional climate hub