Environmental advocates push back against ‘loopholes’ and ‘false solutions’ at UN climate conference

Tzeporah Berman from the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative says there is significant momentum behind the call to phase-out fossil fuels, but that she is watching for wording that would dilute that commitment if it makes it into the final text of COP28.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has hinted that he will release a framework for a domestic oil and gas emissions cap while attending the COP28 conference in Dubai.The Hill Time photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

December 4, 2023

As oil and gas industry representatives and their political allies make their presence known at the COP28 United Nations climate conference in Dubai, environmental advocates and other civil society representatives are warning about language intended to dilute agreements to p...

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