Search results for ‘fossil fuels’
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COP28 ‘historic’ deal promises transition from fossil fuels
It’s just two words and they appear on just one page of an eleven thousand word document, but the inclusion of “fossil fuels” is historic. The final agreement of COP28 might be a compromise – but it has sent a clear signal that we need to stop burning the fuels which are so harmful to the planet.
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COP28 anger as pledge to ‘phase out’ fossil fuels removed from draft text
We will not go silent to our watery graves – that’s the warning from one of the small island nations most at risk from climate change – after a pledge to “phase out” fossil fuels was removed from the COP28 final agreement.
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“Very hot” atmosphere at COP28 after UAE questioned the need to phase out fossil fuels, sustainable energy expert says
After headline speeches from world leaders, attention turns to tough negotiations. The target – which seems to be rapidly melting away – keeping the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
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‘Saudi is trying to use Africa’s poverty to enslave us to their fossil fuels’, says Power Shift Africa think tank director Mohamed Adow
It’s African countries where Saudi Arabia plans to ramp up sales of petrol and diesel cars, and the oil to fuel them.
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Cost of living crisis caused by volatile price of fossil fuels, says climate expert
We’re joined by one of the UK’s lead negotiators at last year’s COP summit, Nigel Topping.
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COP26 aim to reduce fossil fuels ‘not on target’
What is the impact of the energy crunch on our efforts to wean ourselves off fossil fuels?
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2035: Breezy Britain: Fossil fuels ditched #OurClimateFutures
This video is part of Our Climate Futures – a project which takes real science to forecast what impacts and changes humanity may face as the climate crisis unfolds. This is not a news story. At least not yet.
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Climate change ‘irreversible’ if fossil fuels stay dominant
The world is at risk of soaring temperatures by the year 2100 unless gas and coal reserves are left in the ground, warns an international report on climate change.
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Britain has five years before fossil fuels ‘run out’
Time to move to Russia? A Global Sustainability Institute report says the UK could run out of oil, coal and gas supplies in just five years. See how the UK compares with the other top 10 economies.
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COP28: oil producers ‘panic’ over possible fossil fuel phase-out
The UK’s former climate chief Alok Sharma has warned that the UN’s COP 28 summit must agree a plan to phase out fossil fuels – or risk pushing the world into climate breakdown. Reports from Dubai claim that the oil cartel OPEC wrote to member nations this week urging them to block any talk of…
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Facebook should cut ties with fossil fuel companies buying ads promoting gas, climate activist says
I spoke to Lindsay Meiman, a spokesperson for 350.org – an international environmental organisation that aims to end the era of fossil fuels.
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Revealed: Facebook received millions for ads promoting fossil fuel
The fossil fuel industry has spent millions of dollars promoting gas on Facebook and paying influencers on Instagram to champion it, Channel 4 News can reveal.
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Revealed: Fossil fuel companies lobby UK government for gas ‘compromise’ ahead of COP26
Some of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies have lobbied the UK government to support a gas “compromise” ahead of the COP26 UN conference, Channel 4 News can reveal.
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Climate activists in Germany occupy coal mine in fossil fuel protest
Hundreds of climate change activists in Germany have temporarily occupied an open-cast coalmine in protest over the use of fossil fuels.
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Shale gas find in Lancashire fuels protests
A huge shale gas find underground in Lancashire could create 1,700 local jobs – but opponents fear it could undermine Britain’s burgeoning renewable energy industry.
