Phase-out

The EU Commission will unveil plans to phase out fossil fuels imports from Russia next month, its president Ursula von Der Leyen said at an IEA Summit on Thursday.

Saudi Arabia remains a thorn in the side of COP28. Only one solution remains – that the Gulf petrostate host its own COP, and face up to global scrutiny as the United Arab Emirates has done.

It is less than a week since COP28, the largest ever U.N climate summit, began in the oil kingdom city of Dubai, but drama is already at a peak after Sultan Al Jaber questioned the science behind phasing out fossil fuels.