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ONGOING REPORTING OF THE 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference COP 28

Thu, Nov 30, 2023 - Tue, Dec 12, 2023
https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/11/omni-reporting-2023-united-nations.html

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology

CONTENTS

CNN REPORT: COP AND BEYOND

What Is COP 28?

The Controversy Over Summit Location

Big Names Attending

Stocktake 8 Years after Paris

Biggest Issues: Fossil Fuels and Loss and Damage Fund

FURTHER ANALYSIS
Two Steps Forward

Food and Agriculture Acknowledged Finally

Climate Criminals

Military Industrial Complex

False and Failed Conferences

More Deadly Delay

SOLUTION: Copy Japan: Reduce Population

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND CRITIQUES

 

TEXTS

COP28

What is COP28? The UN climate summit, explained  By Rachel Ramirez, CNN   6 minute read   Updated 1:36 PM EST, Thu November 30, 2023
UNFCCC 28th Conference of Parties
CNN — Tens of thousands of people are heading to Dubai in early December for COP28, the annual international climate summit convened by the United Nations.  With time quickly running out to prevent fossil fuel pollution from causing irreversible harm, discussions between global leaders, negotiators, climate advocates and industry representatives have shifted to how the world should adapt to more deadly heatwavesstronger storms and catastrophic sea level rise.

Despite the widespread impacts of the climate crisis, the annual negotiations have been contentious. The road to consensus on solutions has proven rocky, and has highlighted divisions between rich countries — which emit a majority of the world’s planet-warming pollution — and poor nations, which have contributed the least.

Here’s what to know about the world’s most critical climate change conference.

What is COP28? UNFCCC 28th Conference of Parties

Then-US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a news conference at the COP21 Climate Conference in Le Bourget, north of Paris, on December 9, 2015.   Ian Langsdon/AFP/Getty Images

A little over 30 years ago, more than 150 countries signed a UN treaty to limit the alarming rise of planet-warming pollution in the atmosphere. While the science behind human-caused climate change was still young, scientists knew even then it would be life-changing.

The first COP — the “Conference of the Parties” to that agreement — took place in Berlin in 1995. Member states have been convening on climate change almost every year since. In 2015, at COP21, more than 190 countries approved the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius, but preferably to 1.5 degrees.

Although the Paris Agreement was a landmark moment and set the world on a path that scientists supported, it didn’t get specific about how countries should achieve its goal. Since then, COPs have sought to make the plans attached to the Paris Agreement more ambitious and to be more specific about the changes society would need to make.

The controversy at COP28

The climate summit is hosted at a different location each year. While there have been other host countries mired in controversy, the backlash to this year’s host — the United Arab Emirates — has been particularly sharp; not only is the UAE a major oil-producing nation, it has also appointed a top fossil-fuel executive as its COP president.

Critics say it’s a conflict of interest to have Sultan Al Jaber, the head of the UAE’s national oil company, taking charge of the most important climate conference of the year. In facing that criticism, the UAE has embarked on a major campaign to boost its green credentials ahead of the summit, CNN has previously reported.

In May, more than 100 members of the US Congress and the European Parliament called for Al Jaber to step down, claiming that his role could undermine negotiations.  Some key players — including US climate envoy John Kerry — have praised Al Jaber’s appointment. The UAE has rejected criticism that the country is unfit to host the world’s largest climate summit, with the COP28 team previously telling CNN that the UAE was the first in the Middle East to set 2030 and 2050 emissions reduction targets.

The big names attending COP28

Heads of states and governments deliver speeches in the first days of the summit. More than 160 member nations, including the UK, France, Germany and Japan, have confirmed their attendance.

Perhaps the highest-profile attendees will be King Charles III, who will deliver an address at the summit’s opening ceremony.

Pope Francis was planning to be the first pontiff to attend COP, but the trip was cancelled Tuesday following his doctor’s advice.

The Pope’s state of “influenza and inflammation of the respiratory tract has improved,” but the “doctors have asked the Pope not to make the trip planned for the next few days,” Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said in a statement. “Pope Francis accepted the doctors’ request with great regret and the trip was therefore cancelled.”

Absent from the speakers list are US President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping — the leaders of the world’s top polluting countries. In mid-November, Biden and Xi pledged to significantly ramp up renewable energy in lieu of planet-cooking fossil fuels, and agreed to resume a working group on climate cooperation.

In lieu of Biden, US Vice President Kamala Harris will attend the summit – a trip that was announced following pushback that Biden was missing global meeting on an issue important to young voters. 

Leaders from major oil-producing countries, such as Saudi Arabia, Syria, Russia and Iran, are among those attending.

There are concerns that the Israel-Hamas war could overshadow action on climate this year, particularly in the Middle East. But representatives from both Israel and the Palestinian territories are listed to speak in the first week.

The UAE has also invited many fossil fuel executives to the climate talks, where they are expected to announce new commitments to decarbonize. A list of Wall Street financial heavyweights led by BlackRock CEO Larry Fink will also be present, after missing the summit in Egypt last year.

COP28’s global stocktake

It’s been eight years since the Paris Agreement, yet the world has made barely any progress on slashing climate pollution, and the window is “rapidly narrowing” to do so, according to the agreement’s first scorecard — the global stocktake — which was published in September.   Scientists sound the alarm as the world briefly smashes through 2-degree warming limit for the first time.

COP28 will be the first time that countries will be going into the negotiation rooms with an analysis that shows how seriously off-track they are on their climate targets.

“It tells us clearly that the world is not on track to achieve our global climate goals,” Melanie Robinson, the global climate program director for the World Resources Institute, told CNN.

“But it also offers a really interesting concrete blueprint [and] mountain of evidence on how we can get the job done, so it should be a wakeup call of what we need to do but with a roadmap to get there.”

COP28’s biggest issues

Some of the biggest concerns that will take center stage in Dubai are continuations from COP27 in Egypt: finalizing a “loss and damage” fund and discussing how to ramp down planet-warming fossil fuels.

A major debate among the parties has been whether to “phase out” or “phase down” fossil fuels. At COP27, a number of nations, including China and Saudi Arabia, blocked a key proposal to phase out all fossil fuels — including oil and gas — and not just coal.

“The most important thing is the outcome at this COP sends a really strong signal that the world must rapidly shift away from fossil fuels,” Robinson said. “I would note that it’s important for the language to refer to all fossil fuels.”  A major debate that will again take center stage at COP will be whether to “phase out” or “phase down” all fossil fuels — including oil and gas — and not just coal.  Maya Siddiqui/Bloomberg/Getty Images,    Another focus this year will be on the so-called loss and damage fund, which countries included in last year’s agreement. The fund would help shuttle money from the richest countries, which are responsible for the vast majority of the climate crisis, to poor countries, where the impacts have hit hardest.  The goal is to get the fund up and running by 2024. With time running out, a special committee met in Abu Dhabi in early November and recommended the World Bank host the fund and serve as its trustee temporarily for four years.  The loss and damage fund is a delicate and nuanced issue, said Nate Warszawski, a research associate with WRI’s International Climate Action team. “I do think this could be one of the key issues that makes or breaks the COP,” he told CNN.
CNN’s Ivana Kottasová contributed to this report. 
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/03/climate/cop28-al-jaber-fossil-fuel-phase-out?cid=ios_app

FURTHER ANALYSIS

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“COP 28 Closes with a few steps forward”

Two big steps were taken at the just-concluded COP: Language was created that gave some of the most impacted nations (island and coastal nations) ability to make claims to a "loss and damage fund" for climate, but they didn't fund it. And for the first time language acknowledging the need to get off of fossil fuels was included. Without a clear path forward the claims seem shaky. But some climate activists are encouraged that these are potential tools to make demands on an industry with inordinate power over our lives and economies.

 

Check out the UN Interpress Service reports on the COP for analysis of the results as the conference closes.

 

DUBAI, Dec 14 2023 (IPS) - While the outcomes of COP28 are being hotly debated in both the scientific and social justice arenas, the climate conference has taken an unprecedented step forward toward a just transition, says Yamide Dagnet, Director for Climate Justice at the Open Society Foundations...

https://www.ipsnews.net/2023/12/imperfect-cop28-gives-direction-for-managed-equitable-move-from-fossil-fuels/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=imperfect-cop28-gives-direction-for-managed-equitable-move-from-fossil-fuels


Popular Resistance.org was a chief source

Climate Criminals Put Profits Over Humanity At COP28By Indigenous Environmental Network. Dubai, UAE — Popular Resistance.org (12-22-23).   The outcomes of the UNFCCC 28th Conference of Parties have left Indigenous Peoples and frontline communities across the world sitting in disappointment as world leaders put forward watered-down climate commitments and text that continue to compromise our future. The biggest takeaway from this year’s climate summit is the grotesque depth of greed and disregard for humanity as a whole. There was a huge missed opportunity to implement real climate solutions, but bullies from the Global North reaffirmed their false solutions to maintain their extractive economies, and so, lined their... -more-

 

The Deadly Influence Of The Military Industrial Complex At COP28By Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. Popular Resistance.org (12-19-23).   We hear about the growing influence of fossil fuel, nuclear and Big Agriculture corporations over the United Nations' Conference of Parties (COP) meetings, but hardly anything about the presence of weapons makers and NATO leaders. Clearing the FOG speaks with Canadian environmental lawyer and peace activist Tamara Lorincz, who reports about the meetings and outcomes of the recently-concluded COP28. She is part of an organizing effort to highlight the carbon footprint of Western militaries and the significant contributions of NATO countries to the climate crisis. -more-

 


“At COP28, Family Farmers Who Feed The World Went Unheard
.”   Popular Resistance.org (12-20-23).

By Ibrahima Hathie, DeSmog. In the run-up to this year’s COP28 summit in Dubai, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres railed against the scourge of global hunger and climate devastation fuelled by farming. “Global food systems are broken, and billions of people are paying the price,” he said – and he was right. Our food system is responsible for a third of global greenhouse gas emissions, yet fails to feed the world, with a tenth of humanity experiencing hunger. For years, this issue has been sidelined at climate summits, but at COP28 it was catapulted to centre stage, with an entire day of the agenda dedicated to food and agriculture. -more-
 

 

False Transitions And Global Stocktakes: The Failure Of COP28.”  By Binoy Kampmark.   Counter Punch  Popular Resistance.org (12-20-23). The time has come to treat the sequence of UN Climate Change Conferences, the latest concluding in Dubai, as a series of the failed and the abysmally rotten.  It shows how a worthless activity, caked (oiled?) with appropriately chosen words, can actually provide assurance that something worthwhile was done.  Along the way, there are always the same beneficiaries: fossil fuel magnates and satirists. COP28, which featured 97,000 participants, including the weighty presence of 2,456 fossil fuel lobbyists, was even more of a shambles than its predecessor.   -more-

 

Scientists Say COP28 Is A Blank Cheque For More Deadly Delay.  Popular Resistance.org (12-19-23). 

By The Canary. The UN climate summit, hijacked by the fossil fuel cartel, has gifted a blank cheque to rich countries and Big Oil to kill one billion people and force billions more to flee their homes by 2100. The so-called ‘historic’ outcome of COP28 fails to deliver the most basic and necessary measures which would have prevented societal and earth systems collapse, as outlined by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): eliminate fossil fuel subsidies and halt all new gas and oil projects. Instead, the new resolution includes numerous loopholes which will allow polluters to greenwash emissions through fictional carbon capture... -more-
 

“No need to hold COP 29.” 

Earth Overshoot via sendinblue.com  

COP 28, the United Nations' annual climate summit is happening right now in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.  

These climate conferences have been taking place since 1995 and as Axios reported, each and every year, save for temporary recessions, global emissions keep going up and up and up and up:

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If there was a solution that was working, would the 70,000 attendees want to know about it? 

 Look no further than Japan, a country whose total emissions have been dropping by millions of tons every year since 2013. 

 

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In fact, Japan should be featured at COP 28, as a country that actually reduces greenhouse gas emissions instead of just talking about it.  All 70,000 attendees should wake up, take note, and return to their respective countries and implement the same strategy.

 

BUT WHAT EXACTLY IS JAPAN’S STRATEGY????

 World Bank data shows the typical Japanese citizen’s CO2 emissions have averaged approximately 9 tons per year since 2010. From a high of 9.91 tons in 2013 to a low of 8.54 tons in 2019. The reductions per capita have not decreased substantially.

In the same seven years in Japan from 2013 through 2019, CO2 emissions dropped 21,000,000 tons (That’s 21 MILLION TONS) annually

What has led to this dramatic decline in emissions?

Japan’s solution has largely come about unintentionally and unexpectedly through its declining population. The country’s population peaked in 2009 and has been declining ever since. Last year alone saw a decline of approximately 700,000 people. 

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Japan saw a net decline of 2,435,000 people between 2013 and 2019  which accounts for the overwhelming reduction of the 21 million tons in annual emissions. 

 

The incredible aspect is these declining emissions will continue in correlation with an expected further decline in its population. Japan in the meantime continues to experience a strong economy with an incredibly low 2.64% unemployment figure, and its Nikkei stock index is up over 25% year to date. It is a win-win for Japan, greater prosperity for its people, and less pollution and emissions for the environment.

 

If COP attendees effectively brought this same fact-based evidence home to their countries, envision how quickly we could begin to slow down and then reduce CO2 emissions. We wouldn’t need a COP 29, 30 or 31.  “If Japan can do it, so can the world!” 

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND CRITIQUES

AJIT NIRANJAN. “’No One Wins on a Dead Planet’: A Former UN Climate Chief Loses Faith in Fossil Fuel Companies.”  The Nation.Daily (Nov. 30, 2023). 

At COP28, Christiana Figueres, the architect of the Paris climate agreement, said people must balance outrage and optimism.

World / Climate

“Nations pledge millions to new climate damage fund at COP28, US criticized for its small contribution.”    By Angela DewanElla Nilsen and Rachel Ramirez, CNN   5 minute read .  Updated 11:35 AM EST, Thu November 30, 2023. 

COP28 President Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber holds a gavel next to Egyptian Foreign Minister and COP27 President Sameh Shoukry during the COP28 opening in Dubai on Thursday.

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CNN — 

Global delegates at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai formally adopted a damage fund that was decades in the making, and several countries pledged millions of dollars to it to help nations hit hardest by the climate crisis – an early success on the first day of talks that allows more time to discuss the thorny issues around slashing fossil fuels.

But the United States is receiving criticism for contributing an “embarrassing” amount of money to the fund, less than a fifth of the United Arab Emirates’ contribution and 14 times less than the European Union’s.

Demand for a fund to channel money to developing countries to help them cope with the impacts of climate change has for years stymied progress at the annual negotiations. The details of the fund were agreed to earlier this month at a pre-COP meeting and were formalized Thursday, in the hope it would allow for progress in other areas at the summit.

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“We have delivered history today — the first time a decision has been adopted on day 1 of any COP,” COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber said. The motion passed without objection and was met with a standing ovation.

 

What is COP28? The UN climate summit, explained

 

While all parties agreed to the fund, there was previously opposition to allowing the World Bank to host it. Several countries objected to the bank managing the money on the basis that it has strong US connections. All parties ultimately agreed on the condition that the World Bank’s oversight of the fund would be temporary.

Some countries pledged money to the fund right after it was agreed. The COP28 host country, the United Arab Emirates, pledged $100 million, as did Germany. The UK announced £60million, part of which will be used for “other arrangements,” according to the release, while the US committed $17.5 million to the fund and Japan contributed $10 million.

While climate experts and advocacy groups largely praised the establishment of the fund, they also say it was just a first step on a long road to ensuring the countries hit hardest by the climate crisis are fully supported.

Money from rich nations must now begin flowing into the fund, they said.

“The loss and damage fund will be a lifeline to people in their darkest hour, enabling families to rebuild their homes after disaster strikes, support farmers when their crops are wiped out and relocate those that become permanently displaced by rising seas,” said Ani Dasgupta, president & CEO of World Resources Institute. “This outcome was hard-fought but is a clear step forward.”

US contribution criticized as ‘embarrassing’

The US in particular was criticized for its $17.5-million contribution, which some experts and advocacy groups said was “embarrassing” and “striking” for how small it is compared to the pledges of other nations.

Dasgupta called the contribution from the US, and Japan’s of $10 million, “disappointing.”

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Mohamed Adow, director of Power Shift Africa, panned the US contribution as far too small. “The initial funding pledges are clearly inadequate and will be a drop in the ocean compared to the scale of the need they are to address,” Adow said in a statement. “In particular, the amount announced by the US is embarrassing for President Biden and (US climate envoy) John Kerry. It just shows how this must be just the start.”

Tom Evans, a policy adviser at international climate think tank E3G, noted the US delegation to COP is under considerable political pressure from dynamics at home, with a Republican-controlled US House of Representatives.

Still, he said, the size of the US contribution was “striking” compared to the far larger amounts from the UAE and Germany.

US officials were clear they were donating to a “climate impacts fund,” Evans said, adding, “they’re seeking to avoid the funds being called loss and damage because of fears about how that would be received by Republicans in Congress.”

Evans noted the US contribution is subject to approval from Congress, adding “we have seen in the past how difficult that is for the United States.”

CNN has reached out to the US delegation at COP28 for a response.

Years in the making

The development comes after years of wrangling over who should pay for climate impacts. Developing countries and small island states have been pressing for these types of funds since the early 1990s.

Several wealthy nations, including the United States, have been reluctant to tie countries’ obligations to their historic emissions. It’s also been contentious because wealthy nations have expressed concern that paying for such a fund could be seen as admission of climate liability.

With the damage fund decision out of the way, focus will now be on the Global Stocktake, where countries will need to agree on language to formally note what the world has achieved so far in responding to the climate crisis.

But the most controversial issue is the language that will define the future of fossil fuel use.

Since last year’s summit in Egypt, more than 80 countries have voiced support for language around phasing out fossil fuels, though many wish to continue using them as long as the climate pollution is captured before it enters the atmosphere. Several analysts have told CNN the UAE is pushing for allowances on carbon capture in the final text.

The UAE has been fiercely criticized for appointing Al Jaber — who also runs the nation’s mammoth oil and gas company, ADNOC — to preside over the meetings. More than 100 members of US Congress and the European Parliament voiced opposition to his appointment in May, while many NGOs have questioned whether he, and the UAE more broadly, can run a transparent conference free from its own energy interests.

Al Jaber pledged in his opening remarks that he would ensure full transparency in the process.

 

SETH BOREN­STEIN AND JAMEY KEATEN.  Climate talks: Words not enough to stop warming.   December 2, 2023.  In­for­ma­tion for this ar­ti­cle was con­trib­uted by David Key­ton, Sibi Arasu, Jill Law­less and Mari Ya­m­aguchi of The As­so­ci­ated Press.

 

 

 

 

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REPORTING THE 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference COP 28

Thu, Nov 30, 2023 - Tue, Dec 12, 2023
https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/11/omni-reporting-2023-united-nations.html

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology

[I started with the google link to the 28th UN Conference of the Parties (COP28): eliminated repetitions; brought a dozen items up front; arranged into 3 categories: COP 28 Information; Commentary; Additional Info.  It’s still a weak collection.  You will see how little critical commentary is available, and the Conference beginning today.   But certainly more will appear during the conference, watch for it.  (See the article at end by Kenny Stancil protesting the presidency of COP28.)  Send me what you want reported.  Informed people around the world can intervene for all species.  You can bet your fast approaching bottom dollar everyone who can make a profit from the Conference or their representative will be there.  So let’s be present too. -Dick]

The Central Point:

The TEMPERATURE IS RISING

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 United Nations Climate Change conference

The 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) is a United Nations Climate Change conference12. It will be held in the United Arab Emirates at Dubai Expo City from November 30 to December 12, 2023312The thirteen-day long programme will begin on Thursday and conclude on Tuesday3.

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What is cop28 & where is it?

It follows a year of extreme weather events in which many climate records have been broken. What is COP28 and where is it? COP28 is the 28th annual United Nations (UN) climate meeting where governments will discuss how to limit and prepare for future climate change.

What is COP28 in Dubai and why is it important? - BBC News

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What's on the COP agenda this year?

Allan said the majority of this year's COP agenda, "if you count up agenda items," is about finance. Last year's COP27 produced an agreement to set up a loss and damage fund, which would help the world's vulnerable people and countries recover and rebuild after being battered by climate disasters.

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COP 28 will take place from 30 November until 12 December 2023. Pre-sessionals will take place from 24 to 29 November. New! The overview schedule of the conference is now available. The detailed calendar of events will be published on a daily basis throughout the conference. I MPORTANT: Media representatives bringi…

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What's the point of the COP28 climate summit?

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When was the first cop?

The first COP — the “Conference of the Parties” to that agreement — took place in Berlin in 1995. Member states have been convening on climate change almost every year since. In 2015, at COP21, more than 190 countries approved the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius, but preferably to 1.5 degrees.

What is COP28? The UN climate summit, explained

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Who is Cop28 King Charles III?

Britain's King Charles III shakes hands with United Arab Emirates' Minister of State, CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and President of COP28, Sultan Ahmed al Jaber, at Buckingham Palace in February.

 

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Dec 12, 2022 — For the first time, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization announced that it will develop a plan by COP 28 to reduce emissions from food and ...


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May 1, 2023 — Keeping abreast with the “COP 28”: A study by TRENDS in English explaining the milestones on the road to the UN Climate Summit 2023.


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The list highlights institutions that recognize and proactively support a human rights-based approach to improving people and our planet. 

 

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What's the point of the COP28 climate summit? | CBC …

Web2 days ago · COP stands for Conference of the Parties, where the parties are 197 states and one regional economic organization that have signed the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ...

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U.S. Department of State

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COP28 - United States Department of State

WebCOP28. The Official Dubai COP28. Website. From November 30 – December 12, 2023, the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) will bring together countries from around the … 

BBC   https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67143989

What is COP28 in Dubai and why is it important? - BBC

WebNov 1, 2023 · COP stands for "Conference of the Parties", where the "parties" are the countries that signed up to the original UN climate agreement in 1992. ... "It is the …

 

2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference

WebThe 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly referred to as COP28, [1] will be the 28th United Nations Climate Change conference, held from 30 November …

adaptation-undp.org

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COP28 : 28th session of the Conference of the Parties

WebCOP 28 : 28th session of the Conference of the Parties(COP28) to the UNFCCC. 30 November to 12 December 2023. Location: United Arab Emirates.

 

UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) | Global Adaptation …

WebNov 12, 2023 · In 2023, the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be held at Expo City, Dubai in …

COP28: The UN Climate Change Conference | UNW WRD …

WebThe 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) to the UNFCCC will convene from 30 November to 12 December 2023. It will take place in the United Arab Emira


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The 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) to the UNFCCC will convene from 30 November to 12 December 2023 ... Volunteer Hub for Egyptians. 42K ...

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COP28: Your Guide to the 2023 UN Climate Conference

 

The Nature Conservancy

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2 days ago — COP28 is the world's chance to level up. The climate COP meets in a different city every year to demonstrate the importance of collaboration ...
Is the COP complicit in the Climate Crises? A Conversation ...

UPROSEhttps://www.uprose.org › new-events › is-the-cop-com...

Sep 21, 2023 — This November, world leaders, and civil society members will meet in Dubai as part of COP 28 to negotiate international commitments to ...


Cop 28: What we know about the Conference of the Parties ...

The Green Spoon

https://thegreenspoon.org › the-green-spoon-blog › co...Aug 17, 2022 — Conference of the Parties · Cop 28 - UAE · Inclusivity guiding the event · COP28 Higher Committee · Agenda and attendees · Conclusion · Sign up for ...

 

 

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senior ministers are expected to participate.
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The National News

https://www.thenationalnews.com › climate › cop28

UAE invites Israeli leaders to Cop28. Mohamed Al Khaja, the UAE's envoy in Israel, delivered invitations to Benjamin Netanyahu and Isaac Herzog.
US, EU lawmakers push for new Cop 28 president

Argus Media   https://www.argusmedia.com › Home › News

19 hours ago — US and European lawmakers are pressuring transatlantic and UN leadership to force a change at the top of this year's Cop 28 climate talks ...
The Gameplan: Cop 26 to Cop 28 | Stories

Siemens Energy   https://www.siemens-energy.com › home › Stories 

The Gameplan: Cop 26 to Cop 28. ... During Cop 26, everyone realized that true change begins with us, but we've only seen plans, agreements, ...
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Perkins Global Community   https://www.perkinsglobalcommunity.org › event › 28...


2023 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 28)

RBM Partnership to End Malaria  http://endmalaria.org › events › 2023-un-climate-chan...

Events; 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 28). 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 28). Location. UAE. Dates. Mon, 6-11-2023 - Fri, ...
cOP28 - The U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council

The U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council  https://usuaebusiness.org › focusareas › cop28

In November 2021, the U.A.E. was selected to host the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate ...
UNFCCC COP 28 UN Climate Change Conference 2023

Net Zero Cities  https://netzerocities.eu › Events

The 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) to the UNFCCC will convene from 30 November to 12 December 2023. It will take place in the United ...

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2023 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 28)

Practical Action  https://practicalaction.org › Events

COP28 (28th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) will be the final key climate moment of 2023 and action ...


We Can't Trust an Oil CEO to Lead COP 28

Climate Reality Project   https://www.climaterealityproject.org › act › cop-28-le...   That's why the announcement the UN's COP 28 climate conference in November will be led by Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company ...
Syrian leader Assad invited to COP 28 climate summit in ...

Financial Times

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May 15, 2023 — The United Arab Emirates has invited Bashar al-Assad to attend the COP 28 climate summit in Dubai, the latest move by countries in the ...


2023 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 28)

International Lithium Association  https://lithium.org › Events  

2023 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 28) ... If you are a conference organiser and your event is related to lithium, would be of value to the lithium ...

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Mission 4.7   https://www.mission4point7.org › events › cop-28

The 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) to the UNFCCC will convene from 30 November to 12 December 2023. It will take place in the United ...

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EURACTIV.com

https://www.euractiv.com › topics › cop-28... Parliament called Tuesday (23 May) for the removal of an oil industry executive tapped to lead the next UN climate change conference. RSS - COP 28 ...
The Road to the COP 28

Emerging Ag

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Mar 17, 2023 — The Road to the COP 28. 2022 was arguably food and agriculture's breakout year on the climate scene, riding on the wave of the 2021 UN Food ...

 

COP 28 UAE due to be hosted in November 2023 is envisaged by Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation ...

COP 28 Head Pitches Emission Cuts with No Fossil ...

The Energy Mix   https://www.theenergymix.com › news

May 16, 2023 — COP 28 President Sultan al Jaber is under fire for a “dangerous” pitch to reduce fossil fuel emissions without reducing oil and gas ...


COP28 chief under fire from EU and US lawmakers over oil ...

POLITICO.eu  https://www.politico.eu › article › sultan-al-aber-unite...

1 day ago — “The decision to name as president of COP28 the chief executive of one ... he was “extremely well placed to lead us into a successful COP.
Dveloping Cohesive Policies at COP 28

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HE Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber

Masdar   https://masdar.ae › management › board-of-directors

UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, COP28 ... He has also played a critical role in a number of UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COPs), ...

They must think we’re stupid.  Editor.  mronline.org (7-15-23).  

The fox is in charge of the chook house. Dracula is guarding the blood bank. And the CEO of one of the biggest oil and gas companies in the world will preside over the big United Nations climate conference at the end of this year. 

 

KENNY STANCIL.    “130+ US and EU Lawmakers Demand Removal of Oil Executive From COP28 Presidency.”  Common Dreams (5-23-23). 

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