Our voices and needs must be put first in climate talks, young people tell COP28
Young climate advocates at COP28 in Dubai on Friday said they will not sit idly by while climate change threatens their futures. They said their voices and ideas can help rescue the planet and demanded [...]
COP28 in Dubai enters final week, negotiations ramp up on emissions cuts, fossil fuels
After a break, COP28 continues its work on Friday, also the day talks on an outcome text kick into high gear. Negotiators are trying to agree on how to bolster emissions-cutting targets set by the [...]
COP28 is about action, not politics and point scoring, says UN climate chief
UN climate chief Simon Stiell said on Wednesday that COP28 delegates are not in Dubai to “score points” and play at “lowest-denominator politics”; they must take ambitious action on curbing global warming and ending the [...]
UN cites ‘alarming surge’ in climate change over the past decade as COP28 pushes for global emissions cuts
The past decade has been confirmed the warmest ever recorded, continuing an alarming 30-year trend that the UN weather chief said on Tuesday is “unequivocally driven by greenhouse gas emissions from human activities.”
COP28: To save the planet, we need a just and fair renewable energy revolution
The key to ensuring that communities – especially the most vulnerable – can leave fossil-fuel based economies behind, is to create space for a just transition to a green economy, clean energy advocates and representatives of indigenous groups argued on Tuesday at COP28.
COP28: Over 60 countries pledge to slash cooling emissions amid rising temperatures
With rising temperatures leading to demand for more air conditioners and other cooling equipment, a new UN report launched Tuesday at COP28 climate talks in Dubai lays out a pathway to cut emissions across the cooling sector worldwide.