Tag:Fossil fuel phase-out

Climate Change

COP29: Artists, scientists, climate champions call for global plan to phase out fossil fuels

As COP29 draws to a close in Baku, artists, scientists, faith leaders and climate advocates have come together in a last push to call...

Michael Simire - November 22, 2024

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G20 communiqué fails to deliver strong commitment on fossil fuel phase-out, climate finance

Leaders of the G20 nations meeting in Rio in Brazil on Monday, November 18, 2024, issued a communiqué which observers believe fails to make...

Michael Simire - November 20, 2024

Climate Change

COP29: Time for real climate finance, fossil fuel phaseout

The stakes are once again high as the world heads to the 29th Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP29) from November 11-22, 2024, in...

Michael Simire - November 7, 2024

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UNGA 79 closes with growing consensus on fossil fuel phase out imperative

The 79th United Nations General Assembly concluded on Saturday, September 28, 2024, with a growing global consensus on the urgent need to phase out...

Michael Simire - September 30, 2024

Climate Change

COP28: A step in the right direction

The final agreement of the Dubai climate summit that mentions for the first time a transition “away from fossil fuels” is considered a step...

Michael Simire - December 20, 2023

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‘Phase out, the beginning of change’ – African civil society reacts to COP28 consensus

The 28th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that held for two...

Michael Simire - December 14, 2023

Climate Change

COP28 agreement signals ‘beginning of the end’ of fossil fuel era

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) closed on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, with an agreement that signals the “beginning of the end” of...

Michael Simire - December 13, 2023

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