U.N.’s COP28 Summit to Begin in Dubai Tomorrow, Nov. 30th
Representatives from more than 160 countries will meet at the U.N.'s Climate Change Conference COP28 to debate about plans for the phasing-out of fossil fuels.
(Dubai, UAE) The United Nations’ Climate Change Conference COP28 will open in Dubai tomorrow, Thursday, November 30th, with Dr. Sultan Al Jaber of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) acting as this year’s president.
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The talks, which will include representation from more than 160 countries, will last through December 12, 2023. Countries are split over whether to prioritize phasing out coal, oil and gas or scaling up technologies such as carbon capture to try to diminish their climate impact, according to Reuters.
A report recently published by UN Climate Change shows that national climate action plans (known as nationally determined contributions, or ‘NDCs’) would collectively lower greenhouse gas emissions to 2% below 2019 levels by 2030, while the science is clear that a 43% reduction is needed, according to the United Nations’ Climate Change website.
According to the UN’s website, “this year’s COP marks the conclusion of the ‘global stocktake,’ the first assessment of global progress in implementing the 2015 Paris Agreement. The findings are stark: the world is not on track to limiting temperature rise to 1.5°C by the end of this century. It does recognize that countries are developing plans for a net-zero future, and the shift to clean energy is gathering speed, but it makes clear that the transition is nowhere near fast enough yet to limit warming within the current ambitions.”
