UN COP28: What to know about the climate summit in Dubai Climate financing and reining in fossil fuels are to top the agenda of the 2023 climate change summit to be held in UAE. Al Jazeera · Nov 28, 2023
Can an oil executive broker a climate deal? At COP28, delegates to discuss curbing emissions, adaptation, and a fund to compensate those affected by climate change. Negotiations have been fraught with disagreements, but hope is pinned on the conference to deliver relief to millions suffering from climate change. #COP28 #ClimateChange #Emissions #Adaptation #LossAndDamageFund The Hindu · Nov 28, 2023
US Defends 'Robust' COP28 Team Despite Biden Snub The White House said on Monday a "robust" US delegation would attend a key UN climate summit in Dubai despite the fact that President Joe Biden is planning to miss it. International Business Times · Nov 27, 2023
Cop28 host UAE planned to promote oil deals during climate talks Leaked briefing documents for meetings with governments contained ‘asks’ from state oil firm The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2023
FAQ: Annual climate negotiations are about to start. Do they matter? World leaders, climate experts and oil company executives converge on Dubai later this week to talk about climate change at the United Nations COP28 meeting. Here's what you need to know. WEKU · Nov 27, 2023
Biden To Miss COP28 Climate Summit: US Official President Joe Biden will miss the latest UN climate summit in Dubai, after two years of attending the talks in hopes of highlighting US leadership, a US official said Sunday. International Business Times · Nov 27, 2023
China’s coal addiction puts spotlight on its climate ambitions before Cop28 Power shortages in recent years have tested country’s commitment to cutting reliance on coal-fired energy The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2023
Oil boss presiding over COP28 climate talks on ending use of fossil fuels CAMPAIGNERS have warned there can be no more “snake oil solutions” over tackling climate change ahead of the UN COP28 summit... The National (Scotland) · Nov 26, 2023
From carbon capture to King Charles: what to look out for at Cop28 The big climate conference starts in the UAE on November 30 – who are the key players and what will they be talking about? The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2023
COP28 President 'Cautiously Optimistic' On Success Of Key Climate Conference The UAE's Sultan Al Jaber, the president of the forthcoming UN climate conference in Dubai, is "cautiously optimistic" that the pivotal talks will be successful, he told AFP in an interview on Saturday. International Business Times · Nov 25, 2023
World stands on frontline of disaster at Cop28, says UN climate chief Exclusive: Simon Stiell says leaders must ‘stop dawdling’ and act before crucial summit in Dubai The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2023
'Repressive State': Climate Activists Fear COP28 Clampdown In UAE Rights groups are preparing for the COP28 climate talks in the United Arab Emirates with trepidation, fearing surveillance and detention under the oil-rich monarchy's strict criminal justice system. International Business Times · Nov 24, 2023
Fossil Fuels In The Crosshairs At Pivotal COP28 Talks Pope Francis, King Charles III, political leaders, activists and lobbyists will be among the more than 70,000 visitors expected for the COP28 meeting in oil-rich United Arab Emirates, making it the largest UN climate change conference ever held. Latin Times · Nov 23, 2023
Fund to compensate developing nations for climate change is unfinished business at COP28 A fund to compensate developing nations for the impacts of climate change was the supposed big breakthrough at last year's United Nations-led climate talks in Egypt The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2023
The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2023 Climate change hits women's health harder. Activists want leaders to address it at COP28 With the annual U.N.-led climate summit known as COP to convene later this month in Dubai, activists are urging policymakers to respond to climate change’s disproportionate impact on women and girls
The Hindu · Nov 10, 2023 PM Modi to attend COP-28 in Dubai; to host G-20 summit virtually PM Modi likely to attend COP-28 in Dubai, Nov 30-Dec 12. He is expected to highlight climate change commitments, need for concrete moves on climate finance from developed world. India committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2070. Major themes at COP-28 include Global Stocktake, Loss and Damages Fund. PM…
The Conversation · Nov 8, 2023 Resources to save 'every creeping thing of the earth' are limited. What would Noah do? The annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, better known as COP, that starts Nov. 30 in the United Arab Emirates will bring together governments, businesses, international organizations and NGOs to shine a spotlight on the climate emergency the world faces and consider solutions to the crisis. The alarming rates at…
The Independent UK · Nov 5, 2023 Stage set for conflict at COP28 with mixed response to outcome of key climate talks Tense negotiations at the final meeting on a climate-related loss and damages fund — an international fund to help poor countries hit hard by a warming planet — ended Saturday in Abu Dhabi, with participants agreeing that the World Bank would temporarily oversee the fund for the next four years
The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2023 Politicians who delay climate action must live with consequences, says WHO expert Delegates at Cop are ‘negotiating with our health’, says Maria Neira, the doctor in charge of environmental health at WHO
The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2023 Climate crisis talks resume on ‘loss and damage’ funding for poorest countries World leaders will reconvene in Abu Dhabi before UAE’s Cop28 after talks broke down two weeks ago
The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2023 Pope Francis says he’ll spend 3 days in Dubai for COP28 climate conference Pope Francis says he will go to Dubai for three days during the COP28 climate conference hosted there
The Guardian - US · Oct 20, 2023 Migrant workers toil in perilous heat to prepare for Cop28 climate talks in UAE Report highlights evidence of workers from Africa and Asia labouring in 42C heat in Dubai to build conference facilities
France 24 · Oct 13, 2023 'I will be completely independent': New EU climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra Talking Europe hosts the newly appointed EU Commissioner for Climate Action, Wopke Hoekstra. The EU has put the Green Deal at the heart of its policy making, and Hoekstra was confirmed in the key job after somewhat fractious hearings in the European Parliament, where some MEPs drew attention to his…
The Times of India · Aug 22, 2023 'Boycotting COP28 only hurts Africa and the Global South' Dubious about a colossal oil producer spearheading the next United Nations climate summit? Enter the United Arab Emirates, one of the world’s biggest oil producers, which now holds the reins of the upcoming COP28 conference to be held this December in Dubai. But while the UAE’s leadership at COP28 is…
The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2023 Phase down of fossil fuel inevitable and essential, says Cop28 president Exclusive: Sultan Al Jaber calls on world to up its renewable energy capacity and says oil and gas companies must be involved