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By Sharon Kimathi, Energy and ESG Editor, Reuters Digital
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It’s ‘youth, children, education and skills’ day at COP28, but the focus has mainly been on climate activism against fossil fuels and where next year’s climate summit will be held.
More than 250 environmental and community groups called on the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden to halt its support for liquefied natural gas (LNG) due to the super-cooled fuel’s contribution to climate change.
The groups, led by Friends of the Earth, released a letter to Biden at the climate summit in Dubai, where dozens of nations are pushing for a global agreement to phase out the use of CO2-emitting fossil fuels like LNG, and replace them with renewables like wind and solar.
The letter demands that Biden’s administration stop permitting new LNG facilities and cease financial and diplomatic support for the industry.
Meanwhile, eastern European countries are working to resolve an impasse over where to hold next year’s COP29 summit after Russia said it would block any EU member as COP president. As of Friday, the candidates included Azerbaijan, Moldova and Serbia.
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Baku bids to host COP29 climate summit. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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- Azerbaijan is tipped to host next year’s U.N. climate summit, after striking a late deal with longtime adversary Armenia over its bid. Diplomatic sources told Reuters the Azeri bid looked set to win support from other nations, though the issue is still being negotiated at COP28 in Dubai.
- In the final stretch of COP28, negotiations will focus on some of the toughest issues. For the first time, countries are undertaking the mammoth task of assessing their climate progress and what remains to be done, while wording on a fossil fuel phase down continues to split countries. Click here for a breakdown of what else is at stake.
- The global nuclear industry got a morale boost at COP28 after more than 20 nations vowed to triple capacity by 2050. Click here for the full Reuters report.
- U.S. investment firm KKR is looking to raise up to $7 billion for its first global climate fund that seeks to invest in energy transition opportunities, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.
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The camera that belonged to Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah who was killed on October 13 by what a Reuters investigation has found was an Israeli tank crew. REUTERS/Emilie Madi
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- Special report: An Israeli tank crew killed Reuters visuals journalist Issam Abdallah and wounded six reporters in Lebanon on Oct. 13 by firing two shells in quick succession from Israel while the journalists were filming cross-border shelling, a Reuters investigation has found. International humanitarian law bars attacks on journalists as those in the news media have the full scope of protection granted to civilians and cannot be considered military targets.
- British poet, musician and actor Benjamin Zephaniah, known for fighting racism and social injustice, has died at the age of 65, after being diagnosed with a brain tumor.
- The head of medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said that Gaza faces a catastrophe extending far beyond a humanitarian crisis.
- Women’s rights: A Texas judge issued a temporary restraining order allowing a woman with a complicated, likely non-viable pregnancy to get an abortion, in what her lawyers said was the first such case since the U.S. Supreme Court last year allowed states to ban abortion. Click here for the full Reuters story.
- Global average temperature could temporarily cross a 1.5-degree Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) threshold next year, Britain’s Met Office said.
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Salvatore Nigro, CEO of JA Europe, a non-profit for education and workplace readiness, shares his views on young people, skills and the green economy on COP28’s Youth and Skills Day:
“It’s vital that all young people form a greater understanding of sustainability. Especially as the future green economy approaches, some degree of ‘green skills’ will be essential to any young person looking to boost their career prospects.
“We should be building on this generation’s passion for sustainability and creating a system where young people from all different socio-economic backgrounds have an opportunity to get the skills needed to thrive in the future green economy.
“This will require increased applied learning for underserved youth and opening access to green sectors through internships and apprenticeships as well as increased engagement from private and public investors. They cannot only look at the typical pool of talent but expand horizons.”
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Teenagers’ mathematics and reading skills are in an unprecedented decline across dozens of countries and COVID school closures are only partly to blame, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said in its latest survey of global learning standards.
The Paris-based OECD said it had seen some of the steepest drops in performance since 2000 when it began its usually triennial tests of 15-year-olds reading, maths and science skills.
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