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COP28
December 19, 2023
Genevieve Guenther
The Secret Weapon of Climate Negotiations: Language
COP28 embraced linguistic ambiguity for the purpose of petrostate propaganda. But climate advocates can also use that to their advantage.
December 15, 2023
Heather Souvaine Horn
The COP28 Climate Deal Is Lipstick on a Pig
The UN process for averting planetary collapse is broken. Here are some ideas for fixing it.
December 14, 2023
Jan Dutkiewicz
The Comforting Lie of Climate-Friendly Meat
The industry insists that meat’s problems can be solved with technical fixes. We’ve seen this before.
December 13, 2023
Kate Aronoff
The U.N. Climate Talks Hung Poorer Nations Out to Dry
Nearly 200 countries agreed to transition away from fossil fuels, but the U.S. and others are actually expanding oil and gas exploration while refusing to finance the transition for poorer countries.
December 12, 2023
Kate Aronoff
John Kerry Perfects His YIMBY Routine
The U.S. position at the U.N. climate conference is simple: Fossil fuels for me and not for thee.
December 8, 2023
Kate Aronoff
The Big Riddle of the U.N. Climate Conference
If rich nations set up a “fund” to help poorer nations and don’t fund it … is it a fund?
December 6, 2023
Kate Aronoff
COP28 Is Where People Go to Make Promises They Don’t Intend to Keep
Flashy pledges are all the rage at U.N. climate conferences.
December 4, 2023
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
What Was COP28 President Thinking With His “No Science” Fossil Fuel Claim?
The president of the COP28 climate summit, the UAE’s Sultan Al Jaber, made an absurd claim about fossil fuels.
December 1, 2023
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Planet Earth Keeps Shattering the Most Terrible Record of All
On the bright side, this was probably the coolest year of the rest of your lives.
December 1, 2023
Heather Souvaine Horn
Taylor Swift Has Nothing on Pope Francis
The pontiff still believes that pulpits can be used to shift political culture. The pop star mostly hasn’t used hers.
November 30, 2023
Kate Aronoff
At the U.N. Climate Talks, the U.S. Is Just Another Petrostate
As the COP28 summit opens, American oil and gas production has never been higher.
November 21, 2023
Kate Aronoff
The Fossil Fuel Industry Has Been Infiltrating U.N. Climate Talks for Decades
New research shows way more oil and gas industry representatives have attended the climate summit than previously reported.
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