Joe Lo
Joe Lo is a reporter for Climate Home News. He has previously specialised in container shipping, UK politics and investigative stories about Scotland. His work has appeared in the Guardian, Al Jazeera and Deutsche Welle.
“A la carte menu”: Saudi minister claims Cop28 fossil fuel agreement is only optional
Abdulaziz bin Salman’s interpretation of the agreement was slammed as “incredibly misleading” as the text “calls on” all governments to transition from fossil fuels
Azerbaijan appoint state oil company veteran as Cop29 president
Mukhtar Babayev spent 26 years at Azerbaijan’s state-owned oil and gas company Socar, where he tried to limit the company’s environmental damage.
China announces plans to manage electric vehicles power demand
The government will consider incentives to charge electric vehicles at off-peak hours and to let vehicles sell their electricity to the grid
Ten climate questions for 2024
The US election and negotiations on a new global finance target are the most important things for the climate in 2024
Indonesia promises to fine palm oil companies operating in forests
An Indonesian official said it would levy $310 million in fines on growers of palm oil on land which should be forest
Brazil lawmakers approve using green fund to pave road through Amazon rainforest
Donations meant to preserve the Amazon rainforest may be spent paving the road, which critics say will worsen the forest’s destruction
How Russia won a ‘dangerous loophole’ for fossil gas at Cop28
With the EU ambivalent and small island states absent, Russia’s call for “transitional fuels” – read gas – made it into the Cop28 agreement
‘Car without wheels’: Adaptation playbook lacks finance target
Developing nations got agreement to set targets for food and water security, but rich nations were unwilling to plug a huge funding gap
Why didn’t China and India sign Cop28 tripling renewables pledge?
China and India are on track to triple renewable capacity this decade, but were put off by anti-coal language and cost concerns
Cop28 bulletin: Majlis brings fossil fuel views into the open
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What is Alterra, the UAE’s $30 billion green investment fund?
A big part of the $83 billion “mobilised” at Cop28, Alterra is primarily a profit-seeking fund with some development goals
Cop28 bulletin: Adaptation stalemate jeopardises Cop28 outcome
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Oil-reliant Azerbaijan chosen to host Cop29 climate talks
Azerbaijan gets two-thirds of its revenue from oil and gas, one of the highest percentages of any country in the world
Cop28 bulletin: Text grows with everything still to play for
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Cop28 bulletin: Fossil fuel phase-out language takes shape
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Cop28 bulletin: US GCF pledge and ‘greenwash’ oil and gas charter
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US tees up Congress battle with $3bn Green Climate Fund pledge
Vice-president Kamala Harris pledged $3 billion to the Green Climate Fund at Cop28, which Congressional Republicans will likely try to block
As it happened: World leaders speak at Cop28 in Dubai
World leaders set out their climate plans and negotiating positions at Cop28. Follow the news and views with Climate Home News, live
Cop28 bulletin: A loss and damage fund is born
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Cop28 bulletin: Welcome to Dubai
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