The Reality Behind COP28: Ambitions, Texts, and Climate Action

2023-12-17 20:08:48 Behind the great ambitions displayed by the COPs, lies a completely different reality: that of the voted texts which arouse a lot of hope, but which are in fact full of exemptions and conditionals. This COP28 was no exception to the rule. This will also interest you [EN VIDÉO] Will COP28 change the … Read more

COP28 Climate Summit Agreement Stalled as Countries Clash Over Fossil Fuels

2023-12-12 13:37:55 (Archyde.com, Dubai, 12th) The deadline set by the United Arab Emirates, the host country of the COP28 United Nations climate summit, has passed. Opinions on fossil fuels among countries are still quite polarized, and the agreement is in trouble. Negotiators from various countries are now waiting for the updated draft agreement to be … Read more

Belgian Political Standoff: Environmental Disagreements and Climate Strategy Clash

2023-12-11 17:38:00 These disagreements could until recently be read implicitly in the interviews of the blues and the greens, each accusing the other in hushed words of going in the wrong direction on environmental strategy. But lately – is this the approach to the election campaign? – the filters seem to be lifted. “We are … Read more

Gulf countries want to have more influence on the IMF’s political agenda

2023-11-25 07:19:48 During a demonstration against poverty and climate change, on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, in Marrakech (Morocco), October 12, 2023. FADEL SENNA / AFP At the last annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, which hosted ministers and … Read more

“Blackrock may have found a way to make amends with the Big Oil cowboys”

2023-11-08 10:09:24 In Stanton (Texas, United States), June 8, 2023. SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP BlackRock has a problem with Texas. In this Republican stronghold, the world’s leading financier is seen as a woke company, the ultimate insult. A hatred that has grown stronger over the course of the group’s positions in favor of more responsible … Read more

These extraction sites ruin the chances of limiting warming to 1.5°C

2023-11-05 13:01:00 This will also interest you [EN VIDÉO] Carbon neutrality: what is it really? Many countries and companies have committed to achieving carbon neutrality. But beware… Following a study carried out by researchers at the University of Leeds, 425 deposits of fossil fuels qualified as carbon bombs were identified, likely to emit at least … Read more

“At present, each oil company has its own definition of carbon neutrality”

2023-11-01 07:00:04 La 28e Conference of States Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), which will be held from November 30 to December 12 [en anglais Conference of the Parties, COP], is hosted by an oil country. It will also be chaired by Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber, who is also the director of … Read more