What the fossil fuel industry doesn’t want you to know. In a blistering talk, Nobel Laureate Al Gore looks at the two main obstacles to climate solutions and gives his view of how we might actually solve the environmental crisis in time. You won’t want to miss his searing indictment of fossil fuel companies for...
COP28: ‘Having a climate summit in an oil-and-gas country can jeopardise the outcomes’. CIVICUS discusses the hopes and roles of civil society at the forthcoming COP28 climate summit with Harlee Richards, strategist at Follow This. Follow This is a Dutch organization representing over 10,000 green shareholders in oil and gas companies. It supports investor stewardship...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has the second highest prevalence in the Arab States region, and the seventh highest prevalence in the Global Slavery Index. Migrant workers in the UAE are particularly vulnerable under the kafala (sponsorship) system, a restrictive work permit system that ties migrant workers to their employer.1 The system embeds a steep power...
COP28 President’s ‘hypocritical’ oil firm failing to acknowledge full extent of their carbon footprint. The fossil fuel giant run by the president of the forthcoming UN climate summit, Sultan Al-Jaber, last month reported only a fraction of its carbon pollution. This is despite him saying companies need to “attack all emissions”, according to new analysis....
On the Highway to Climate Hell. The world’s infrastructure was built for a climate that no longer exists. Countries have spent decades building critical infrastructure that is now buckling under extreme heat, wildfires, and floods. They were laying bare just how unprepared the world’s energy and transportation systems are to withstand the volatility of climate...
Climate summit host country misses own clean power target – but ‘continues to embrace’ transition. Like any country hosting a COP climate summit, the United Arab Emirates is facing intense scrutiny of its own track record. The oil-rich country hosting the next UN climate summit missed its own green energy target, Sky News can reveal....
Chronic Kidney Disease Is Poised to Become the Black Lung of Climate Change. It’s official. July was the world’s hottest month on record, scientists from the European climate monitoring agency confirmed on Aug. 8, a full 1.5°C (2.7°F) warmer than pre-industrial averages. This is a potent taste of what is to come in a world made...
Russia’s geopolitical balancing act between Iran and the UAE. Kremlin has to keep up excellent ties with its two main allies in order to carry on with its assault against Ukraine: Iran for drone delivery and the United Arab Emirates for evading sanctions. The three islands of Abu Musa, Greater Tunb, and Lesser Tunb are...
UK asked to obtain assurances from UAE overright to protest at COP28. Human-rights activists have reacted with skepticism to the pledge by the oil-rich Gulf state that it will allow climate demonstrations. Pressure is mounting on the UK government to obtain assurances from the United Arab Emirates that Britons who stage protests in Dubai around...
Abu Dhabi oil giant builds internal ‘investment bank’ to chase $50bn in globaldeals. The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has amassed a nearly 50-strong team of dealmakers and is pursuing roughly $50 billion in transactions as part of a push todiversify its business and expand abroad. Adnoc, led since 2016 by Sultan al-Jaber, has quietly...