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COP28 President Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber addresses the opening ceremony of the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP28, in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, Nov. 30, 2023.

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Delegates meeting in Dubai agreed Thursday on the operationalization of a fund that would help compensate vulnerable countries coping with loss and damage caused by climate change, a major breakthrough on the first day of this year’s UN climate conference.

The opening session of COP28 yesterday started with an outpouring of remembrance and respect for Saleemul Huq and Pete Betts, two climate activists who passed away in October

The United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 has opened with a resounding call to accelerate collective climate action. The conference takes place in what is already known to be the hottest year ever recorded in human history and as the impacts of the climate crisis wreak unprecedented havoc on human life and livelihoods around the world.

The Iranian delegation walked out, several leaders chided Israel and a flurry of diplomacy broke out as the cease-fire collapsed.

International activists including a US politician have been 'unreachable' after they were escorted inside the Egyptian foreign ministry on Thursday

Egyptian foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry issued a “reality check” in his final speech as COP27 president, at the opening ceremony of the United Nations’ Climate Conference in Dubai. “Most of what we bring forward as tangible solutions and actionable commitments is based on speculation or well wishes,” he said on Thursday. Stating that climate finance

The opening session of COP28 on Thursday started with an outpouring of remembrance and respect for Saleemul Huq and Pete Betts, two climate activists who passed away in October.

With the world watching, the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has commenced in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. Over the next two weeks, representatives from countries and organizations worldwide will gather to conduct the first global stocktake of climate action progress since the signing of the Paris Agreement, against a backdrop of record global temperatures and increasing climate disasters.