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As fossil fuel interests attack climate accountability litigation, environmental advocates have sounded a new warning that they are pursuing a path that would destroy all future prospects for such cases. Nearly 200 advocacy groups have urged Democratic representatives to “proactively and affirmatively” reject potential industry attempts to obtain immunity from litigation.

As Malm and Carton explain, if firm policies were put in place to “leave fossil fuels in the ground”, stranding the assets of fossil fuel companies, there would be “layer upon layer” of value destruction.

The world’s addiction to fossil fuels is a “Frankenstein’s monster sparing nothing and no one”, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, told leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday. “Our fossil fuel addiction is a Frankenstein’s monster, sparing nothing and no one. All around us, we see clear signs that the monster has become master,”

It’s better to burn out than fade away…until it kills you.

At least 1773 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the COP29 summit in Baku, underscoring an outsized polluter presence year after year at crucial climate talks, according to a new analysis from Corporate Europe Observatory, Corporate Accountability and Global Witness, from the Kick Big Polluters Out (KBPO) coalition.

COP29 in Baku, which finished last week, was crawling with fossil-fuel lobbyists determined to eke out profits for as long as possible. Shockingly, for a second year running, it is European governments that have facilitated access for a huge number of them.

Coal and gas exports expected to remain roughly at current level until at least 2035 with 4.5% of emissions linked to Australia, report finds

The net zero approach of the Paris agreement has become detached from reality as it increasingly relies on science fiction levels of speculative technology.

En tant qu'anciens chefs de gouvernement et lauréats du prix Nobel du monde entier, nous écrivons avec un sentiment commun d'urgence et de responsabilité concernant l'avenir de notre planète. Nous félicitons les Nations unies pour leur intention d'organiser un Sommet de l'avenir en septembre prochain - une réunion historique des Nations unies qui vise à garantir un avenir durable et équitable pour tous.

Alors que les gouvernements se préparent à se réunir pour le Sommet du Futur de septembre prochain - une réunion de haut niveau des Nations Unies qui vise à "offrir un meilleur présent et à préserver l'avenir" - de récentes négociations ont supprimé deux mots du projet de résultat : les combustibles fossiles.