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Cars and trucks queue on a highway after an accident in Frankfurt, Germany, on April 26, 2023. File photo by The Associated Press/Michael Probst

Campaigners worldwide call for fossil fuel phase out deadline, more climate aid

Environmental campaigners urged climate envoys from dozens of nations gathering in Berlin to discuss a global deadline for phasing out fossil fuels and ways of increasing aid to poor countries hit by global warming.

By Frank Jordans | News | May 2nd 2023

Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber, the Emirati Minister of State and the CEO of Abu Dhabi's state-run Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., attends the opening ceremony of the ADIPEC in Abu Dhabi, UAE on Nov. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

COP28 climate talks to be led by UAE oil company chief

The United Arab Emirates on Thursday, January 12, 2023, named a veteran technocrat who both leads Abu Dhabi's state-run oil company and oversees its renewable energy efforts to be the president of the upcoming United Nations climate negotiations in Dubai, highlighting the balancing act ahead for this crude-producing nation.

By Jon Gambrell | News, Politics | January 12th 2023

Samela Satere Mawe, center, Indigenous Leadership from the Brazilian Amazon, waits for the arrival of Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, on Nov. 17, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.(AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Lines in the sand need redrawing for countries to reach climate deal

As international climate talks in the Egyptian desert go into their final days, negotiators are trying to move key countries’ lines in the sand on multiple issues, including compensation for climate disasters, phasing down all fossil fuel use and additional financial help for poor nations.

By Seth Borenstein, Kelvin Chan & Frank Jordans | News, Politics | November 17th 2022

A full moon rises from behind residential buildings in Greater Noida, a suburb of New Delhi, India, on May 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)

India passes energy conservation bill

India took another step toward meeting its climate goals on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, when lawmakers in parliament’s lower house approved legislation that would require greater use of renewable energy and force industrial polluters to pay a price for the carbon they emit.

By Sibi Arasu | News | August 10th 2022

Children carry bags on their head as they walk the flooded fields near Malualkon in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, South Sudan, on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Adrienne Surprenant, File)

Rich nations balk at climate aid to poor countries at UN talks

Rich countries including the European Union and the United States have pushed back against efforts to put financial help for poor nations suffering the devastating effects of global warming firmly on the agenda for this year’s U.N. climate summit.

By Frank Jordans | News, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 17th 2022

Fossil fuel production must drop 6% a year to meet climate goals: UN report

Instead, governments around the world, including Canada, expect to go in the opposite direction — producing more coal, oil or natural gas, which will result in more than double what is consistent with the Paris Agreement.

By Carl Meyer | News, Energy, Politics, Ottawa Insider | December 2nd 2020