COP28: The key weekend announcements
Debate around the fossil fuel phaseout, science insights and a just transition declaration, ESG Clarity rounds up what readers may have missed at the weekend
UAE
-
-
COP28: BlackRock partners with UAE private investment climate vehicle
The asset manager is receiving $2bn to invest in private debt and infrastructure strategies
-
‘Important breakthrough’ as countries make pledges to loss and damage fund at COP28
From $100m from UAE to $17.5m from the US, countries reveal their commitments to help developing nations tackle climate change
-
COP28: Time for a course correction
As climate change impacts spell devastating consequences for economies and communities the world over, Stephanie Maier reminds us what is at stake and calls for decisive action in Dubai
-
Road to COP28: Clashes over omission of fossil fuels from climate talks
And global loss and damage climate talks end in failure ahead of this year’s conference
-
Global sustainability-focused family office launches
EWPW will target clients in Singapore, across Asia and beyond
-
Road to COP28: UAE on human rights watchlist, UN’s ‘gates of hell’ warning
UAE is added to the Civicus Monitor Watchlist of countries with declining civic freedoms
-
Road to COP28: Fight for right to protest and methane scandal
UAE failed to report its emissions of methane to the UN for almost a decade
-
Road to COP28: Food in focus and ‘kick up the backside’ for renewables
‘Strongest push ever given to food systems and agriculture in the COP process’
-
Road to COP28: Urgent calls for climate finance to reach Global South
UAE still focused on tech to reduce emissions rather than phase out production of fossil fuels
-
The UAE’s opportunity to finance real-world change
COP28 criticism has been amplified but the source of problems are key to their solutions
-
Road to COP28: Urgent calls for climate finance to reach Global South
UAE still focused on tech to reduce emissions rather than phase out production of fossil fuels