COP28: Climate summit tries to kick fossil fuel habit
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 27 November 2023
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Turkey’s exports to Russia of goods vital for Moscow’s war machine have soared in 2023, and nations at this year’s COP28 summit will revisit a proposal to phase out fossil fuels. Plus, the FT’s Madhumita Murgia explains how one patient in need of a new liver exposed major flaws in the UK’s organ transplant system.
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Future of fossil fuels leaves nations at odds ahead of UN climate summit
Turkey’s exports of military-linked goods to Russia surge
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| 0:00.0 | The UK's energy partner. |
| 0:06.0 | Learn more at equinore. |
| 0:10.0 | Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Monday, November 27th, and this is your |
| 0:17.1 | FT news briefing. |
| 0:20.5 | Turkey is exporting a ton of supplies that Russia can use for its military and an algorithm |
| 0:26.0 | is deciding who gets an organ transplant in the UK and who doesn't. |
| 0:30.9 | Plus the annual COP Climate Summit kicks off this week and everyone is wondering what the future of energy looks like. |
| 0:37.0 | At COP level, one of the biggest challenges is that many of the countries who are big oil producing nations oppose the phase out fossil fuels |
| 0:46.2 | because fossil fuels are a huge source of their economic wealth. |
| 0:51.1 | I'm Mark Filipino and here's the news you need to start your day. For years a handful of countries have been pushing for a global agreement to phase out fossil fuels. |
| 1:13.5 | They want to end all new oil and gas projects. |
| 1:17.2 | But progress, it's been slow. |
| 1:20.1 | And now that debate will be front and center this week at COP28. |
| 1:24.0 | The annual UN Climate Summit kicks off in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday. |
| 1:29.2 | Attracta Moone covers Climate for the FT and has been following the run up to the conference. |
| 1:34.0 | Hi, Tracta. |
| 1:35.0 | Hello, how are you? |
| 1:36.0 | Yeah, not too bad, thanks. |
| 1:37.4 | So where are we exactly in the fight to phase out fossil fuels? |
| 1:41.7 | Last year at COP27 in Egypt, almost 80 countries back to proposal to phase out fossil fuels. |
| 1:49.0 | It didn't get over the line in the end, but that was the biggest show of support we've seen so far and that was a |
| 1:54.1 | really big step because fossil fuels are by far the largest contributor to |
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