As we enter week 2 of the UN climate talks in Dubai, today’s media advisory covers upcoming press conferences, actions, a new letter calling on the Biden administration to abandon support for LNG, and more.
False Solutions
EU sets path to secure fossil fuel phase-out agreement at COP28
Yesterday night European Union (EU) environment ministers agreed on their negotiation position for COP28, the UN climate conference starting at the end of November in Dubai – and ambiguity on abatement technologies risks undermining negotiation success.
COP28: Don’t believe ADNOC’s spin over its new climate commitments
At the beginning of 2000s, as concerns about climate change grew, some of the biggest oil companies began to modify their climate change public relations strategies.
Raging Canadian wildfires burn carbon offset scheme, raising further concerns about reliability
Ask anyone on the East Coast of Canada or the US recently about their air quality, and they will tell you the same story. They will tell you that the acrid choking air from Canada’s wildfires has made their lives miserable over the last few weeks, with residents experiencing the worse air quality in years.
OECD allows support for fossil-based technologies under agreed ‘climate incentives’
Instead of ending oil and gas finance, the OECD has enacted new public financial incentives for the fossil fuel industry, including for hydrogen and ammonia created from fossil gas, as part of its new “climate-friendly” incentives for Export Credit Agencies (ECAs).
Big Oil Reality Check 2023 — An Assessment of TotalEnergies, Eni, and Equinor’s Climate Plans
These briefings reveal that Total, Eni, and Equinor are on the cusp of approving a surge of new oil and gas development. If they proceed with all the projects in their anticipated pipeline for 2023, Eni could rank as the world’s third worst oil and gas expander this year and Equinor as the world’s eighth worst by the total volume of new reserves approved for extraction.
G7 meeting: 50 actions around the world call on world leaders to stop peddling fossil fuels and false solutions
Hundreds of civil society organisations from dozens of countries have taken to the streets around the world to demand that the G7 stop peddling fossil fuels to developing countries and stop promoting false solutions to the climate crisis.
COP28 President pushes false fossil fuel solutions, such as CCS, at CERAWeek
For anyone in the oil and gas industry, there is only one place to be this week. The great and good of the industry has converged on Houston for CERAWeek, which bills itself as the world’s premier energy event.
Response: New Carbon Capture Subsidy Bill Would Prolong Fossil Fuel Industry’s Power
“CCUS is a dangerous distraction from rapidly and equitably phasing out fossil fuels. Giving more public money to prolong Big Oil’s political power and profits is the wrong approach and a poor use of public funds,” said Collin Rees.
Japan’s Dirty Secret: World’s top fossil fuel financier is fueling climate chaos and undermining energy security
This briefing, “Japan’s Dirty Secret: World’s top fossil fuel financier is fueling climate chaos and undermining energy security,” reveals that Japan is the world’s largest public financier of fossil fuel projects, providing 10.6 billion USD per year between 2019 and 2021. Japan has been leading the drive to expand gas consumption in Asia and is the world’s leading financier of gas infrastructure globally, spending USD 6.7 billion on gas projects on average each year between 2019 and 2021.
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