A handful of oil-producing nations ensured that a United Nations General Assembly resolution on climate change steered clear of a call to transition away from fossil fuels.
Sultan al-Jaber, the president of the COP28 summit in Dubai last year, center, with other officials. The Dubai summit yielded a resolution that for the first time called for decarbonizing the world’s energy system.
The financing plan, which calls for $300 billion per year in support for developing nations, was immediately assailed as inadequate by a string of delegates.
In Azerbaijan, site of the COP29 climate talks and a petrostate, people aren’t only proud of their oil. They swear by its health benefits and visit resorts to soak in it.
The Chinese delegation pavilion in Baku, Azerbaijan. Newly industrialized countries like China and India are part of an effort to secure trillions in climate financing.
A handful of oil-producing nations ensured that a United Nations General Assembly resolution on climate change steered clear of a call to transition away from fossil fuels.
Sultan al-Jaber, the president of the COP28 summit in Dubai last year, center, with other officials. The Dubai summit yielded a resolution that for the first time called for decarbonizing the world’s energy system.
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