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Fifty oil and gas companies make pledges on methane and CO2 at Cop28
Top crude exporting companies Saudi Aramco, Adnoc, Italy's Eni and ExxonMobil among the signatories
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Cop28 runs until December 12 at Expo City Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The NationalCop28: What's happened so far and what happens next?
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Suhail Al Mazrouei, UAE Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, with US special presidential envoy for climate John Kerry at Cop28. APJohn Kerry's essential Cop28 lessons for the climate
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UN Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, in conversation with The National's Editor in Chief, Mina Al-Oraibi, said the specific needs of those displaced due to climate change and conflict deserved to be recognised. Wajod Alkhamis / The NationalWe must address causes of mass migration, says UN refugee chief
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Rapid disbursement of the loss and damage fund announced at Cop28 is needed to support vulnerable nations such as Somalia, which faces catastrophic hungerClimate risk nations call for loss and damage grants, not loans
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Kristalina Georgieva speaks on the third day of Cop28 in Dubai. Thomas Mukoya / ReutersIMF chief urges leaders to swap fossil fuel subsidies for climate spending
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a high-level segment on day two of the Cop28 climate conference at Expo City in Dubai. BloombergUK to provide £100m to vulnerable countries tackling climate change
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Israel-Gaza war
LIVEIsraeli negotiators pull back from Qatar talks after 'impasse'
At least 190 Gazans killed in air strikes as Israeli army says it has attacked more than 400 targets in 24 hours
Residents of the Qatari-funded Hamad Town residential complex in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, carry some of their belongings as they flee their homes after an Israeli strike, on December 2, 2023. A temporary truce between Israel and Hamas expired on December 1, with the Israeli army saying combat operations had resumed, accusing Hamas of violating the operational pause. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
The normally bustling city of Bethlehem is quiet as tourists and pilgrims stay away while the war rages on. Willy Lowry / The NationalSadness and fear in West Bank as Israel resumes Gaza offensive
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Israeli soldiers walk among the pictures of people taken captive or killed by Hamas militants during the Supernova music festival on October 7, at the site where the deadly incident took place near Kibbutz Reim in southern Israel. AFPIsraeli whose family was taken by Hamas calls for peaceful solution
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