The first week of COP30 shows that protest is back and reveals the key focus of business at this year’s summit: blocking commitments to emissions reductions and promoting carbon markets in their stead.
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Running into COP30 with Oil and Gas
As COP30 gets underway in Brazil, a new report spotlights increased oil and gas production from the U.S., Australia, Norway and Canada since the Paris Climate Agreement was signed a decade ago.
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S14, Ep10 | The Corruption of COP
A look at how polluting industries infiltrated global climate processes from the beginning, and how it works today.
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Welcome to the World of Obstruction
Everyone agrees that the reason the world hasn’t acted on climate has less to do with science or technology than with political will. So, how do you build it? And what’s stopping it being built?
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Exxon and Shell Sue The Netherlands in Secret Tribunals for Closing Europe’s Biggest Gas Field
Following billions in profits and over a thousand gas extraction-related earthquakes, the oil and gas giants filed claims against the Dutch state in four separate investor-state disputes concerning compensation for home damages and the permanent closure of the Groningen gas field
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New Research: The Inherent Conflict of Interest in Carbon Markets
The allure of “verified” carbon credits is obvious, but new research finds the verification process deeply flawed by the fact that auditors are hired and paid by project developers, creating a financial incentive to sign off on dubious credits.
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Climate-vulnerable Nations Look to World’s Top Court as COP29 Ends in Bitter Truce
Disappointed in the outcome of COP29, nations on the frontlines of the climate crisis will get their day in court this December.
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The Australian Public Servant Who Helped The Oil Industry Convince The World That Stopping Climate Change Was Too Expensive
Brian Fisher, an economist employed for decades by the Australian government, was essential to obstructing not just climate policy in Australia but global climate action.
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Revealed: Oil Majors Used A Little-Known UN-Affiliated Organization to Seed the Economic Argument Against Climate Action
New documents show that as the fossil fuel industry worked to skew the scientific understanding of climate change, it also funded and promoted research to help make an economic argument against acting on the problem.
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The Great COP Co-opting: New Documents Show Big Oil Has Been There All Along
As global leaders call for overhauling the COP process, new documents show it’s been flawed from the start.