The Scandal Rocking The United Nations Climate Summit
A new revelation has rattled climate scientists and environmental activists, but it did not happen in a vacuum.
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A new revelation has rattled climate scientists and environmental activists, but it did not happen in a vacuum.
Reacting to initial pledges totalling about US$420 million made on the first day of COP28 to finance the Loss and Damage Fund, which is intended to assist communities in developing countries suffering from disastrous weather events and other harms caused by global warming, Amnesty International’s Climate Advisor Ann Harrison said: “While agreement on operating the Loss and Damage Fund is a welcome step after years of negotiations to address the massive human rights harms already suffered by
A BBC report on the UAE's alleged plans to use the COP28 climate summit to strike deals on oil and gas has sparked a row.
The UAE has plans to use its role as the host of annual UN climate summit COP28 to broker oil and gas deals with at least 15 nations.
COP28 will be held in Dubai, with scores of world leaders and government ministers from nearly 200 countries expected to attend.