It’s an awkward moment for the oil industry to have at last won its long-sought “seat at the table” in international climate talks. The contradictions and conflicts in play at this opaque moment in the energy transition are mind-boggling. Global temperatures are flaring. War-related market disruptions are fading. The economic outlook is extremely fuzzy. Neither...
Al Gore vs. Oil-Rich Dubai, Host of COP28. Al Gore, former US Vice President, recently held a TED talk in anticipation of COP28. It is the upcoming Conference of the Parties, aka UNFCCC or 2023 United Nations Climate Conference, November 30th–December 12th, 2023, to be held at Expo City, Dubai. It increasingly looks like a...
New Data: Shut Down 60% of Existing Fossil Fuel Extraction to Keep 1.5°C in Reach. In May 2021, the International Energy Agency (IEA) sent shockwaves through the fossil fuel industry and its allies in government. It concluded that no new coal mines or oil and gas fields should be developed if the world is to hold global...
Oil companies are hiring TikTok influencers to court young people. The TikTok star Nora Capistrano Sangalang is best known for posting videos about her grandson, in which she describes herself as “our Filipino grandma” and a “granfluencer.” But in September, she posted something that surprised and irritated some of her 2.3 million followers across TikTok and Instagram: an advertisement for the oil...
Understanding the emotional impacts of climate change. Human activities disrupt the earth’s climate. Climate change has several impacts, such as changes in sea level, rising temperatures, and severe weather. Typically, scientists study the environmental and scientific effects of this change. However, we can’t forget about the emotional side effects. Climate change has an effect on...
UN climate summit host UAE failed to report methane emissions to the UN. The United Arab Emirates will host the crucial Cop28 UN climate summit in December. It has failed to report its emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane to the UN for almost a decade. This was revealed by the Guardian. Its state oil...
COP28: Sex, Lies, and AI in Dubai. A coordinated campaign to promote the upcoming UN climate summit, Cop28, and its designated president, Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber, may be underway. BBC journalist Marco Silva has reported that over 100 pro-United Arab Emirates (UAE) accounts on X, formerly known as Twitter, could be part of an AI-generated network...
Why on earth is a giant petrostate hosting Cop28? Putting the United Arab Emirates in charge of this year’s international climate conference is like getting a tobacco company to lead an anti-smoking convention, fumes Anthony Harwood. Two glaring contradictions leap out when you consider why on earth the United Arab Emirates is hosting this year’s international climate...
A PR firm says it may tap US Jews to boost the image of UAE oil bosses ahead of the climate meeting. A contract signed by former ADL-Israel head Zev Furst and Abu Dhabi’s Masdar proposes mobilizing ties to the US Jewish Establishment’ to improve optics in the run-up to the UN’s COP28 summit. A...
How Asia can invest in averting a food crisis caused by climate change. Climate change is expected to spark greater food insecurity in Asia. But regional markets do not seem to be incorporating this risk. The focus should be on increasing the affordability and scalability of solutions. Such as enzymes to boost soil health and...