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As frustrating as it can be, COP is the only forum where all nations, no matter how small or big, have a seat at the table as world leaders make decisions about our collective future.

In Sub-Saharan Africa, annual job openings are estimated to be shy of 87,000 between 2019-2030.

The 2023 UN climate negotiations (COP28) saw the LIFE-AR number of countries leading the way in supporting a shift away from 'business-as-usual' approaches to climate adaptation and resilience rise to ten. And there was a new financing commitment from Canada

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For many years the representatives of fossil capital have outnumbered politicians and scientists at the COP talks, but this year fossil capital has openly, brazenly taken control. COP28, starting 30 November, will be chaired by Sultan Al Jabr, CEO of ADNOC, the UAE’s state-owned oil company. He recently announced plans to increase output from 2.7 billion barrels to 5 billion barrels a day, and leaked documents reveal ADNOC’s plans to use the summit to broker business deals.

The echoes of COP28 in Dubai resonate with a pervasive sense of disappointment, as the world grapples with the stark reality that the conference fell

We seem to be regressing instead of progressing to tackle the problem head on.

The Clean Arctic Alliance and Bellona urge Arctic Council to take action to reduce black carbon, GHG emissions from shipping in the Arctic.

While there is broad agreement that financing adaptation is crucial, there has been little movement on the ground.

Nigerian environmentalist reacts to ‘draft deal’ of COP28.The News Agency of Nigeria reports that parties at the global climate conference