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Dropping at COP 28- December 11, 2023 – Media Advisory

As the negotiations heat up, so does the pressure to deliver a fossil fuel phaseout. In the final hours of COP28, groups push to exclude fossil fuel industry dangerous distractions from global climate change agreement. Join us for the events below. We will follow up with a reaction to the latest GST draft once it becomes available. 

Response to new, dangerous draft of Global Stocktake

Minutes ago, the UNFCCC published the latest draft of the Global Stocktake, which countries will negotiate into the final hours of the UN climate talks in Dubai, and be the defining agreement of COP28.

Norway second only to the United States in carbon capture subsidies 

CCS is a dangerous distraction from real climate leadership. Norway is the #2 public subsidizer of carbon capture and storage, new analysis from Oil Change International (OCI) reveals. The United States is #1 and the EU is #3.

Norge på andreplass i verden for subsidier til karbonfangst og -lagring (CCS)

Norge er på andreplass i verden i offentlige subsidier til karbonfangst og -lagring (CCS), viser en oppdatert analyse fra Oil Change International (OCI). USA er på førsteplass, med EU på tredjeplass. - CCS stjeler oppmerksomhet fra reelle klimatiltak, sier Aled Dilwyn Fisher i Oil Change International. 

The Dangers of ‘Abatement’: The Dirty Truth About Carbon Capture

In the final hours of COP28, groups push to exclude the fossil fuel industry’s dangerous distractions from global climate change agreement.

Dropping at COP28 December 10, 2023 – Media Advisory

Today is International Human Rights Day, as well as Food, Agriculture, and Water at COP28. Negotiators will likely have a new draft of the GST by the afternoon/evening.

Dropping at COP28 December 9 – Media Advisory

Just passed the halfway point at the UN climate talks in Dubai, and negotiations are heating up. Today's media advisory covers upcoming press conferences, actions, and the COP28 Coalition march for climate justice and human rights.

Countries make joint statement on shifting fossil fuel subsidies towards renewable energy at COP28

"Today’s announcement from the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Canada and many of their peers is a disappointment. At a time when we need rich country leaders to concretely expand their past ambition to secure a fair deal, these ministers are just regurgitating promises and initiatives that are now more than a decade old and have been so ineffective that fossil fuel handouts and profits continue to reach record levels."

Dropping at COP28 December 8 – Media Advisory

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.

Global call for United States to change course on LNG at COP28 climate talks

Over 300 organizations from over 40 countries across the globe released a letter today calling on the Biden Administration to abandon its support for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) at COP28.