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COP28: Key fund for climate victims agreed on day 1 of summit
Countries have reached an agreement on setting up a loss and damage fund, which the UAE immediately pledged $100 million to.
Fake news release claims COP28 president is stepping down as ADNOC CEO
The COP28 team has said the fake news and allegations that Al Jaber planned to use climate talks to make fossil fuel deals are an "attempt to undermine the work of the COP28 presidency".
'We must be ambitious' at COP28, says EU climate action commissioner
The UN conference on reducing global emission starts Thursday in Dubai.
COP28: What is it, who is going and why should you care?
Follow the latest developments on what to expect at COP28 as world leaders head to Dubai.
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‘Spiritual heartland’: What role can religion play at COP28?
The Pope can no longer attend, but there will be hundreds of religious delegates at COP with a unique influence over the negotiations.
Emissions are still rising, when will they start to fall?
In partnership with Copernicus
For our latest Climate Now Debate, broadcast live from COP28, we discussed what rising emissions mean for a warming world.
UAE accused of using COP28 talks to strike fossil fuel deals
Critics say allegations that the UAE planned to use COP28 to strike fossil fuel deals are "utterly appalling".
What would a successful COP28 look like and is it still possible?
Loss and Damage, equitable representation, justice and concrete action are top of the agenda for many attending COP28.
Climate Now: How can we survive the heatwaves to come?
In partnership with Copernicus
For the first in our series of COP28 debates, we discussed why extreme weather events are on the rise, and how the climate crisis is impacting global health.
COP28: Activists fear surveillance and arrests at Dubai climate summit
Assurances about the ability to "peacefully assemble" and the promise of "inclusive" negotiations, are not enough to reassure activists.
‘Devastating’: UN chief witnesses Antarctic melting first hand
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is a crucial indicator of global warming.
‘Green ceiling’ adding to skills shortage in addressing climate crisis
New data shows while there are more green jobs than ever, the industry faces a severe skills shortage.
It’s ‘now or never’ to keep 1.5C alive, UN report warns
The world is on track for 2.5 to 2.9C of heating this century under current Paris Agreement climate plans, a new UN report has found.
Brussels, my love? EU states juggle their interests with climate goals
In this edition of Brussels, my love?, we discuss rumours to keep the financial sector out of corporate sustainability regulations and examine the EU’s proposals to combat child abuse online.
Top companies' climate pledges undermined by lobbying, report finds
Though companies are keen to make net-zero commitments, their policy-influencing actions often contradict them, a new analysis has found.
Warning of catastrophic impact on health from unchecked climate change
In its eighth report, the Lancet Countdown project has made some dire projections for human health should we fail to stem the climate crisis.
Climate action ‘supernova’ needed at COP28, UN report warns
Governments around the world are still “massively off track” on climate action, according to a new report from UN Climate Change.
COP28: EU pledges 'substantial' contribution to climate damage fund
The European Union will make a “substantial” contribution to a new international fund for climate damages, the Commission announced today.
Euroviews. The continued rise in CO2 is unacceptable. This lunacy cannot continue
The cryosphere — Earth’s ice sheets, sea ice, permafrost, polar oceans, glaciers and snow — is ground zero for climate change, and it pays no attention to rhetoric, only to our actions, Dr Julie Brigham-Grette and Dr Martin Siegert write.
Euroviews. Western nations could derail COP28 by usurping Loss and Damage Fund
Loss and damage might end up in the dustbin of failed climate efforts — and with it, any hope of the support much of the world needs to contend with climate change and keep our planet within 1.5 degrees, Nik Nazmi bin Nik Ahmad writes.
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