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Carbon & Climate
‘Hold the line’: Civil society leaders make last push for Philippine COP28 delegation to adopt stronger stance on fossil fuels phase-out
They say experience shows that a clear position from its negotiators can be instrumental at the last stretch of the COP talks. The strong calls follow a release of the draft of the global stocktake text, which has dropped mentions of a phase-out.
Just hours before the start of the high stakes conference, Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos, Jr called off his trip to Dubai, in order to focus on a hostage situation of Filipino seafarers in the Red Sea.
Policy & Finance
An African COP will be beneficial to the Philippines: experts
As the Philippine delegation presses for funds to pay for the loss and damage caused by extreme weather events, climate negotiators weigh in on why it is in the country’s best interests that the biggest annual climate-related negotiation is held in a developing region.
Policy & Finance
India pushes back against strengthening climate pledge
The country is meeting its current unambitious pledge, but it is still pushing coal and failing to protect natural resources needed to protect people from the worst impacts of climate change.
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