IMF Head Advocates For End Of Fossil Fuel Subsidies At COP28 Climate Summit
Fossil fuel subsidies can be put to a higher purpose, the head of the IMF told delegates to COP28 in Dubai this week.
Fossil fuel subsidies can be put to a higher purpose, the head of the IMF told delegates to COP28 in Dubai this week.
All the vehicles in President William Ruto’s motorcade for the summit were electric vehicles. The motorcade had electric motorcycles and electric cars.
The world’s industrialized nations — the biggest polluters — are very far from achieving the necessary reductions to meet Paris Agreement goals.
Biden insists that the dramatic economic shifts needed to fight the climate crisis will create jobs for US workers.
More than 50 mayors from around the world, including 36 from the United States, have gathered at the North American Climate Summit and signed the Chicago Climate Charter, a first-of-its-kind international charter on climate change that seeks to allow cities to commit to the Paris Climate Agreement.
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