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Montevideo, May 10th 2024 - 07:59 UTC

Tag: COP28

  • Thursday, February 29th 2024 - 11:05 UTC

    Ailing Pope critical of free market policies

    In Francis' view, the “god of the market” and “the goddess of profit” are “false deities.”

    The Buenos Aires-born Pope Francis was hospitalized Wednesday for a medical check-up after which he was discharged with a flu-like state as concerns over the 87-year-old Pontiff's health mounted after he asked an assistant to do the reading for him during a service in which he told the faithful that he was still not feeling well. He had also canceled Saturday and Monday's engagements.

  • Thursday, December 14th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

    COP28 ends up in strong declaration to phase out fossil fuels

    “This is neo-colonialism called carbon colonialism,” Bolivia's Diego Pacheco warned

    Attendees at the closing plenary session of the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) reached a final consensus to speed up climate action, it was announced. “It is a strengthened and balanced package,” COP28 President Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber explained. The document also mentioned the gradual suppression of fossil fuels.

  • Wednesday, December 13th 2023 - 10:37 UTC

    Stricter measures against fossil fuels called for at COP28

    Silva was touched by the confirmation of her native Amazon region to host COP30 in 2025

    The Brazilian delegation attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai this week called for stronger measures against the proliferation of fossil fuels, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Wednesday, December 13th 2023 - 06:03 UTC

    COP conferences may prove vital, but in days to come

    COP 28 is expected to endorse a resolution to “phase out” fossil fuels — or, in a less ambitious formulation, phase them “down” (but not out).

    By Gwynne Dyer

    The key debate on the last day of the COP28 climate summit at the United Arab Emirates was about whether the conference should endorse a resolution to “phase out” fossil fuels — or, in a less ambitious formulation, phase them “down” (but not out).

  • Monday, December 4th 2023 - 10:26 UTC

    Oil companies' pledge deemed insufficient at COP28

    “The Decarbonization Charter fails to address the fundamental issue of fossil fuel consumption,” Guterres argued

    While 50 leading oil companies and more than 100 countries committed at the Conference of Parties (COP28) to reducing their methane emissions and up their energy efficiency, experts and activists claim these measures address the visible effects, but not the root of the problem.

  • Monday, December 4th 2023 - 08:20 UTC

    UK leads action to protect rainforests committing £85 million funding at COP28

    Energy Security Secretary Claire Coutinho said UK is a world leader in the drive to net zero, ”so it is vital we support our international allies like Brazil in meeting their climate ambitions. 

    The UK announced a multi-million pound package of measures to protect the world’s rainforests, encourage investment in clean energy technologies, and help developing countries cut their carbon emissions. 

  • Saturday, December 2nd 2023 - 20:46 UTC

    Some thoughts on climate change at the start of COP28 in Qatar

    The emissions of the ‘developing countries’ had soared as their economies shifted into high-speed growth.

    By Gwynne Dyer - At the opening of the COP28 global climate summit in Qatar, here are some thoughts about the state of climate science. I have interviewed at least sixty leading climate scientists in a dozen countries over the past three years.

  • Saturday, December 2nd 2023 - 10:43 UTC

    UAE, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay agree to promote bioceanic corridor

    The road drafted to be some 2,200 kilometers long would be completed by 2025

    Argentina, Brazil, Chile, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Paraguay Friday agreed in Dubai on the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Summit (COP28) to “seek opportunities” for the highway due to link the port of Santos, in Brazil, with the Chilean ports of Arica and Iquique. Former Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez has dubbed the initiative “the small Panama Canal.”

  • Wednesday, November 29th 2023 - 09:52 UTC

    Peña highlights role of Paraguayan expatriates in Italy

    The best Paraguay has to offer the world is its people, Peña told expatriates in Italy

    President Santiago Peña met on Tuesday with members of the Paraguayan community in Italy to discuss the situation of the South American expatriates. During the meeting, Peña stressed the importance of his country projecting an image of solid and transparent institutions that would lead to economic growth.

  • Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 21:48 UTC

    Climate situation “spinning out of control”, UN Guterres

    “We know that the burden of response sits with 20 countries,” said UN climate chief Simon Stiell, referring to the nations of the Group of 20

    The world is way off course to decrease global warming, the United Nations warned on Friday, urging for more action to phase out fossil fuels and achieve the 2015 Paris climate agreement goals.