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COP28: Can a climate summit in an oil state change anything?
Switzerland ties up with three more countries for Article 6 credit trade
Cop28 president denies on eve of summit he abused his position to sign oil deals
Sultan Al Jaber calls allegations false as the United Arab Emirates prepares to host the biggest Cop meeting yet
Sultan Al Jaber, the president of the UN Cop28 climate summit, has hit back strongly at reports he abused his position to try to sign oil deals with other governments, as the United Arab Emirates prepares to host the biggest Cop meeting yet.
Al Jaber’s role is to act as an “honest broker” for the 190-plus governments gathering at the global climate talks, charged with leading them to a successful conclusion. He is also the chief executive of UAE’s national oil company, Adnoc, and campaigners say the two roles are in conflict.
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Here’s a question Cop28 won’t address: why are billionaires blocking action to save the planet? | George Monbiot
It’s obscene that the super-rich can criminalise protest, while they burn the world’s resources and remain untouched by the law
Don’t they have children? Don’t they have grandchildren? Don’t rich and powerful people care about the world they will leave to their descendants? These are questions I’m asked every week, and they are not easy to answer. How can we explain a mindset that would sacrifice the habitable planet for a little more power or a little more wealth, when they have so much already?
There are many ways in which extreme wealth impoverishes us. The most obvious is money-spreading across our common ecological space. The recent reporting by Oxfam, the Stockholm Environment Institute and the Guardian gives us a glimpse of how much of the planet the very wealthy now sprawl across. The richest 1% of the world’s people burn more carbon than the poorest 66%, while multibillionaires, running their yachts, private jets and multiple homes, each consume thousands of times the global average. You could see it as another colonial land grab: a powerful elite has captured the resources on which everyone depends.
George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist
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Australia’s best photos of the month – November 2023
Bushfire season has begun, followed by school students striking for climate action and 97-year-olds blockading ports. Elsewhere, Australia celebrated 50 years of jousting, the Arias served up glamour, Melbourne shone a spotlight on homemade fashion and working dogs were put through their paces
Continue reading...Ban on ‘cyanide bombs’ on US public lands celebrated as a win for wildlife
Move builds on decisions by states like Oregon to fully or partially prohibit the use of M-44s used to kill predators and other wildlife
A campaign to end the use of so-called “cyanide bombs” within the United States has received a major boost after the country’s largest public land management agency banned the poison devices on hundreds of millions of acres across the nation.
The move builds on decisions by states such as Oregon to fully or partially prohibit the use of cyanide bombs, also known as M-44s, within their jurisdictions. The US Department of Agriculture uses these devices to kill predators and other wildlife.
Continue reading...Lab tests v the real world: how does the fuel consumption of Australian SUVs compare?
The Australian Automotive Association has found some SUVs use up to 13% more fuel on the road than reported in laboratory tests. Is your vehicle underperforming?
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A real-world testing program at the Australian Automobile Association has shown that some SUVs have much better fuel consumption than others.
The program, which compares the fuel consumption and emissions of vehicles in Australian driving conditions with each vehicle’s laboratory test result, showed some SUVs used up to 13% more fuel on the road than reported in laboratory tests.
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