COP 28

The outcome of recent 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference,COP28, held in Dubai was completely juxtaposition and collocation of a well-thought strategy and farsighted vision as its 11,000-word unanimously agreed document called for…
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Another climate change COP has come and gone. As has become quite common by now, a complex set of intergovernmental negotiations are ultimately reduced to a fight over one particular issue. At the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai,…
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A critical step in addressing the climate crisis comes in the form of climate finance that enables climate action in the form of adaptation and mitigation efforts. At the recently concluded UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), it was…
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The 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in Dubai, was notable in terms of stopping the lackadaisical approach of the international community to the…
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Naysayers have once again got their predictions wrong on Gulf countries playing host to international events. Like neighbouring Qatar did during the FIFA World Cup in 2022, the UAE hosted with elan the UN’s Climate Change Conference summit…
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The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai brought global attention to the need for urgent action against global warming, with India positioning itself as a leader of the Global South. Climate justice has been…
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Recent multilateral events, including the COP28 at Dubai, have underscored the imperative to transition towards renewable energy for achieving net-zero emissions. The call to triple renewable energy has been highlighted by both the COP…
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November 17 was no ordinary day. On this day, the Earth’s average surface temperature was two-degree Celsius higher than the pre-industrial average for the first time, providing more evidence of a fast build-up of greenhouse gases in the…
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The 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) concluded a day late on December 13. The battle over words and phrases was won, but not the war on climate change. This emerges starkly from…
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Nations at the UN climate summit have for the first time taken explicit aim at the use of fossil fuels. The talks in Dubai came close to collapse but in a dramatic turn-around, nations agreed to “transition away” from coal, oil and gas.…
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