Fossil Fuels and Frustration at COP28
The United Arab Emirates, one of the world’s biggest oil producers, is hosting this year’s climate summit.
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The United Arab Emirates, one of the world’s biggest oil producers, is hosting this year’s climate summit.
Nearly all the world’s nations finalized the creation of a fund to help compensate countries struggling with loss and damage from climate change.
We can produce abundant, sustainable and cheap energy — for everyone, says physicist Julio Friedmann. He explores the infrastructure, innovation and investment needed to supply energy to 10 billion people, offering case studies from Chile's refurbished supply chain, built in partnership with Japan, to Namibia's budding clean hydrogen production, inviting us to envision a greener, more equitably powered world.
Traditionally, at the ceremonial opening of the COP, the host country takes over the presidency, the agenda for the talks is approved, and countries and negotiating groups set out their expectations. COP28 departed from the traditional fare with a quick round of pledges for the new fund.
As COP28 kicks off in Dubai, world leaders have two weeks to decide the fate of the planet. How hard could it be?