The Latest Breaking News from COP28

The climate emergency really is a new type of crisis – consider the ‘triple inequality’ at the heart of it

Global conferences such as the upcoming Cop28 may seem like staid and ritualistic affairs. But they matter, writes Adam Tooze, a history professor at Columbia University

The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2023

'The climate crisis is a health crisis,' WHO's Vanessa Kerry tells FRANCE 24

Vanessa Kerry, who in June became the first-ever Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health for the World Health Organization, will be front and centre at the upcoming COP28 climate conference in Dubai. So will her father, John Kerry, in his capacity as the Biden administration's Special Climate Envoy. Vanessa…

France 24 · Nov 23, 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

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 Independent UK · Nov 21, 2023

Solar energy could power all health facilities in poorer countries and save lives, experts say

Move would cost less than $5bn and cut toll of deaths from power outages and lack of supply, Cop28 delegates will hear

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2023

Cop28 host UAE breaking its own ban on routine gas flaring, data shows

Exclusive: Fields run by climate summit host have burned gas near daily despite 20-year-old pledge, satellite monitoring reveals

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2023

Rich countries hit $100bn climate finance goal two years late, data shows

Annual funding promise made in 2009 to help poor countries deal with climate crisis had original 2020 target

The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2023

Capturing Cop28 chief’s oil firm emissions would take centuries – study

Analysis deems technology promoted by Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber ‘dangerous red herring’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2023

'We aren't where we need to be' on climate change, warns BCG global chair Rich Lesser

COP28, the UN's flagship climate change summit, is just three weeks away.

Fortune · Nov 15, 2023

Cop28 host UAE has world’s biggest climate-busting oil plans, data indicates

State oil company’s huge expansion plans make its CEO’s role as president of UN climate summit ‘ridiculous’, say researchers

The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2023