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What happens in COP28 on Dubai’s climate conference battleground in the first half of December 2023 may not result in bloodshed but its consequences could be drenched in blood, mass migration, and starvation.

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) comes at a critical moment in global efforts to contain the climate crisis.

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber on Thursday said there are strong views on fossil fuels at this year's UN climate talks and added that nothing is off the table. India News | COP28 President Says No Issue off Table.

Optimism soared after the Paris Agreement was established in 2015. But progress at UN climate talks since then has been incremental at best.

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.

Since the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015, global progress has reduced the projected 2030 increase in greenhouse gas emissions from 16% to 3%. However, achieving the Agreements temperature targets requires a much more accelerated transition to economy-wide, low-carbon development, with a particular focus on the energy transition.

Ahead of COP28 taking place in Expo City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Ireland has been urged to "show leadership".

A COP regular worries about a conflicted host and a lack of trust.

THIS time last year, more than 37,000 delegates and over 150 nations gathered in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh for the United Nations Framework Convention on

Another year and another UN climate change conference. As our ‘world leaders’ prepare for two air-conditioned weeks of wrangling at COP28 in Dubai later this month, forgive us for sounding underwh