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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Climate disaster fund approved at un s cop28 climate summit | History Defined

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UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber, right, and Egyptian Foreign Minister and COP27 President Sameh Shoukry, left, at the COP28 opening in Dubai, UAE, November 30 [Amr Alfiky/Reuters]

The United Nation’s annual climate summit is under way in Dubai, with world leaders approving a climate disaster fund that will help vulnerable nations cope with the impact of drought, floods and rising seawater.

The agreement marked a “positive signal of momentum” at the start of the 2023 conference – known as COP28 – its host UAE’s Sultan al-Jaber said in the opening ceremony on Thursday.

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