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Cop28: anger after record number of fossil fuel lobbyists given access to summit – as it happened

Coalition of climate NGOs highlights that there are more fossil fuel lobbyists than delegates from 10 most climate-vulnerable countries combined

The Guardian - UK

COP28 Fossil Fuel Battle Hardens Despite New Warning On Warming

Battle lines on fossil fuels hardened at UN climate talks on Tuesday despite scientists warning that global warming could breach the 1.5C threshold within seven years.

International Business Times

Strong but 'feminine': how Nikki Haley navigates gender as only woman in the GOP race

The former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations tries to balance her identity as the only woman in the race for the GOP nomination with a Republican electorate that eschews identity politics.

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Israeli tanks enter Khan Younis as UN warns of 'hellish scenario' in Gaza

World Health Organisation says humanitarian crisis is 'getting worse by the hour'

Evening Standard

Watch Again: Bill Gates talks about climate and growth during Paris summit

Watch when Bill Gates spoke at a UN summit on climate and growth in Paris, on Tuesday 5 December 2023.

The Independent UK

Israel and WHO in online row over removal of medical supplies in Gaza

Israel denies ordering the UN health agency to remove medical supplies from its warehouse in southern Gaza.

Al Jazeera

Israel strikes in and around Gaza's second largest city in an already bloody new phase of the war

Israel has intensified its bombardment in and around Gaza’s second largest city as ambulances and other vehicles streamed into a local hospital carrying wounded Palestinians

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With COP28 Underway, How Can Specialized Recruitment Agencies Help Companies Navigate ESG And Sustainability Talent Shortages?

The demand for ESG and sustainability professionals is booming, but finding talent is difficult. However, working with recruitment agencies specializing in the industry can mitigate these problems.

International Business Times

Record More Than 2,000 Fossil Fuel Lobbyists At COP28 Talks: NGOs

A record almost 2,500 fossil fuel lobbyists have been accredited for UN climate talks in Dubai, as negotiators wrestle with calls to end all new oil, gas and coal projects to curb global warming, campaign groups said Tuesday.

International Business Times

We won’t stop speaking out about Gaza’s suffering – there is no climate justice without human rights

Fridays for Future Sweden activists haven’t ‘been radicalised’ – solidarity with marginalised people has always been at the heart of our message, say Fridays for Future Sweden activist Greta Thunberg and others

The Guardian - UK

Afternoon Update: Higgins challenged over account of alleged rape; EV sales up 50k in last year; and NYC woman dies in garbage chute

Bruce Lehrmann’s barrister casts doubt over how drunk Brittany Higgins was on the night of the alleged rape at Parliament House

The Guardian - AU

Activists at COP28 summit ramp up pressure on cutting fossil fuels as talks turn to clean energy

Activists had a series of events and actions lined up Tuesday at the United Nations climate summit seeking to amp up pressure on conference participants to agree to phase out coal, oil and gas, responsible for most of the world’s emissions, and move to clean energy in a fair way

The Independent UK

Record number of fossil fuel lobbyists get access to Cop28 climate talks

UAE-hosted summit admitted at least 2,456 people affiliated with oil and gas industries, analysis finds

The Guardian - UK

‘A matter of survival’: India’s unstoppable need for air conditioners

Access to sufficient cooling could further drive up the already rampant inequality in the country

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International Business Times

Israeli Troops Battle Hamas Militants In Southern Gaza

Israeli troops battled Hamas militants in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday after expanding their offensive deeper into the besieged territory, with warnings that an "even more hellish scenario" was unfolding for trapped civilians.

France 24

🔴 Live: Israeli forces launch ground assault of Khan Younis in south Gaza, hospitals overwhelmed

Israel said Tuesday that its forces had entered “the heart” of Gaza’s second-largest city as intensified bombardment sent streams of ambulances and cars racing to hospitals with wounded and dead Palestinians. Military officials said they were engaged in the “most intense day” of battles since the ground offensive began more…

International Business Times

Crunch Time For EU-Mercosur Deal At Rio Summit

The fate of a long-awaited but controversial Europe-South America trade deal hangs in the balance this week when Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hosts a summit of the Mercosur regional bloc.

International Business Times

World Could Breach 1.5C Warming Threshold In 7 Years: Study

The world may cross the crucial 1.5C global warming threshold in seven years as fossil fuel CO2 emissions continue to rise, scientists warned Tuesday, urging countries at the COP28 talks to "act now" on coal, oil and gas pollution.

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The Independent UK

UN warns that 2 boats adrift in the Andaman Sea with 400 Rohingya aboard desperately need rescue

The U.N. refugee agency has raised the alarm for an estimated 400 Rohingya Muslims believed to be aboard two boats reported to be out of supplies and adrift in the Andaman Sea

The Independent UK

Fossil fuels influence and other takeaways from Monday's climate conference events

The influence of fossil fuels was a focal point Monday at the United Nations annual climate conference known as COP28

Al Jazeera

Telecommunications, internet down in Gaza as Israeli strikes intensify

Palestinian telecoms company Paltel says communications and internet services go down in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Al Jazeera

Death toll rises as Tanzania reels from flooding, landslides

Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa says at least 63 people died in flooding unleashed by heavy rainfall over the weekend.

International Business Times

'Unintended Consequences': Friction At COP28 Over Green Trade

Inside the negotiating rooms and on the sidelines of the COP28 climate talks, simmering tensions over wealthy countries' "green trade" policies have been bubbling to the surface, with developing nations fearful they will be penalised.

Chicago Sun-Times

If combating global warming is the goal, the oil and gas industries have too much power at UN conference

Allowing the fossil fuel industries to wield their power in the UN’s climate talks means pulling punches against the greatest existential threat faced by humanity, all to spare those companies a threat to their bottom lines.

The Guardian - UK

‘The doors and windows shattered’: Palestinians in Khan Younis report relentless bombing

People are not even safe in Rafah as Israeli bombardment spreads across the south of the Gaza Strip, and living conditions are described as desperate

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