US climate envoy John Kerry says the language on fossil fuels for a proposed deal to halt global warming at the Cop28 summit in Dubai “does not meet the test”.

Teams of veteran negotiators fanned out on Friday at the UN climate conference with orders to get the strongest, most ambitious agreements possible, especially on the central issue of the fading future of fossil fuels for a dangerously warming ...

After a first-day blur of rare quick action and agreement, negotiators at the United Nations’ Cop28 climate summit finished up their first week in a more familiar place for them: the murky middle, where momentum can meet roadblocks.

Fifty oil companies representing nearly half of global production have pledged to reach near-zero methane emissions and end routine flaring in their operations by 2030, the president of the United Nations climate talks said.

Leaders of developing nations have used the second day of the UN climate summit to press rich industrial countries to share their knowhow to fight global warming and ease the financial burdens they face.