Fossil Fuels

Asset managers and other corporate bond investors have become the fossil fuel industry's funders of last resort, warns Common Wealth's Sophie Flinders

Numerous options remain on the table as second draft of COP28 'Global Stocktake' text is published in Dubai, with negotiators seeking landing ground on wording around fossil fuels

Row on the future of fossil fuels focuses minds, as businesses reiterate calls for 'fossil fuels phase out language' to be included in any final agreement

Row explodes over calls to 'phase out' fossil fuels, as COP28 hosts insist 1.5C goal remains 'North Star' for the Summit

Analysis from BNEF reveals huge scale of continued government support for fossil fuels, as calls grow for COP28 to deliver crackdown on fossil fuel production

The difference between 'phasing out' and 'phasing down' fossil fuels could determine whether climate disaster is averted or not - governments have a duty to explain what the terms they are squabbling over mean

Graham Stuart suggests government less concerned over whether COP28 text promises to either phase fossil fuels out or down, as long as it 'translates into real action'

UN-backed report warns world's biggest oil and gas producing nations are on course to overshoot global Paris Agreement climate thresholds as they continue to pursue plans to expand production

Proposed net zero 'tests' for future licensing rounds branded as 'beyond disingenuous' by climate campaigners

Report warns oil companies are manoeuvring to lock in global food system's dependence on fossil fuel-based pesticides, fertilisers, and plastic packaging