In Dubai,the COP behemoth expands,raising questions about its sustainability

In Dubai,the COP behemoth expands,raising questions about its sustainability

One hundred thousand attendees and counting:The meetings,receptions and parties are accelerating faster than climate change itself.

  • byNick O'Malley

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Hot air:The COP climate conference is a fossilised racket

Hot air:The COP climate conference is a fossilised racket

The annual COP gathering has become an outdated concept that risks stopping the progress the world has made.

  • byAmbrose Evans-Pritchard
‘Let’s talk about Meg’:Woodside wants Twiggy’s Meg O’Neill remarks condemned
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‘Let’s talk about Meg’:Woodside wants Twiggy’s Meg O’Neill remarks condemned

The WA mining billionaire fired a broadside directly at Woodside chief executive Meg O’Neill and her history as an ExxonMobil executive.

  • byHamish Hastie
Not even Trump can derail progress on climate,says John Kerry

Not even Trump can derail progress on climate,says John Kerry

The US climate envoy says there is a sense of urgency at COP28 that he hasn’t experienced at previous UN climate summits.

  • byLucy Cormack
No more Aussie dollars to fund overseas fossil fuel projects

No more Aussie dollars to fund overseas fossil fuel projects

Australia has taken a major step on the path towards the phase-out of fossil fuels,joining 39 nations in a commitment to end international finance for climate polluting projects.

  • byLucy Cormack
COP28 boss says he was misinterpreted,fossil fuel phase out is ‘inevitable’

COP28 boss says he was misinterpreted,fossil fuel phase out is ‘inevitable’

The COP28 president has addressed remarks he made suggesting there was no science to support the need to phase out fossil fuels to cap global warming.

  • byLucy Cormack
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‘He believes in the science’:COP28 defends leader for fossil fuel remarks

‘He believes in the science’:COP28 defends leader for fossil fuel remarks

COP28 Director-General Majid Al Suwaidi said reporting of the remarks by Dr Sultan Al Jaber were a distraction to undermine the climate summit presidency.

  • byLucy Cormack
Why ‘Twiggy’ Forrest tried to sail a banned 75-metre ship into Dubai

Why ‘Twiggy’ Forrest tried to sail a banned 75-metre ship into Dubai

When the port authority knocked back his request to sail a vessel powered by green ammonia into Dubai,Andrew Forrest opted not to try to pull any strings. He was trying to make a point.

  • byLucy Cormack
How to understand the COP28 climate talks in four charts

How to understand the COP28 climate talks in four charts

As the world gathers for COP28 in Dubai,it is clear that climate change can no longer be viewed as just a “tragedy on the horizon”.

  • byNick O'Malley
Australia backs COP28 renewables push as King urges end to climate ‘experiment’

Australia backs COP28 renewables push as King urges end to climate ‘experiment’

The Albanese government has joined more than 100 countries at the COP28 climate conference to push for an acceleration in the use of renewables.

  • byLucy Cormack
‘Inheriting a broken planet:’ The twenty-somethings headed for COP28

‘Inheriting a broken planet:’ The twenty-somethings headed for COP28

One hundred youth delegates have been chosen to represent developing nations and indigenous groups at the COP28 UN climate summit,which is getting under way in Dubai.

  • byLucy Cormack