The Latest Breaking News from COP28

King to deliver opening address at Cop28 climate conference

The monarch will promote peace in the region during his visit to Dubai on Friday

Evening Standard · Nov 29, 2023

Emirati-designated COP28 leader forcefully denies report UAE wanted to seek oil deals in summit

The Emirati president-designate for the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate talks has forcefully denied a report alleging his nation planned to use the summit to strike oil and gas deal, a day before the summit was due to being

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2023

Plans to present meat as ‘sustainable nutrition’ at Cop28 revealed

Documents show industry intends to go ‘full force’ in arguing meat is beneficial to the environment at climate summit

The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2023

Sunak accused of trying to ‘reset’ climate credentials at Cop28

British PM to tell UN summit of plans for rainforests and new national park – but green groups remain sceptical

The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2023

Unpacking the Dubai climate meeting

At the top of the COP28 agenda is the first Global Stocktake, a key part of the Paris Agreement machinery

The Hindu · Nov 28, 2023

As disasters and heat intensify, can the world meet the urgency of the moment at the COP28 climate talks?

Eight years ago, the world agreed to an ambitious target in the Paris Agreement: hold warming to 1.5°C to limit further dangerous levels of climate change.

The Conversation · Nov 28, 2023

The Guardian view on betting the planet: a big oil producer presiding over Cop28 is a risk

Editorial: The success of this week’s UN climate summit will depend on one man who must know that a favourable result would be bad news for the industry he represents

The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2023

COP28: Earth's frozen zones are in trouble – we're already seeing the consequences

As this year’s UN climate summit (COP28) gets under way in Dubai, scientists studying Earth’s frozen regions have been delivering an urgent call for action to policy makers. But is anyone listening?

The Conversation · Nov 28, 2023

Feud over 'loss and damages' fund risks derailing climate talks

Despite the so-called “breakthroughs” made ahead of this week’s Cop28 talks, ongoing disputes over a Loss and Damages Fund for poor countries battling climate disasters will prevent the financing tool from ever being workable, critics warn.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 28, 2023

Brilliant: a Cop28 to save the planet – staged by oil barons who imperil it

The UAE will have its moment of glory while the UK press worries more about petrostate money buying the Telegraph, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2023