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NAIROBI, Nov 28 (IPS) - A catastrophic surge in the frequency, intensity, and severity of extreme weather events has placed children on the frontlines of climate emergencies. Nearly half of the world’s children, or one billion, live in countries at extremely high risk from the effects of the climate crisis. Most of these children face multiple vulnerabilities.
Even so, any language on fossil fuels is a sensitive issue at COP28 and UN reports have indicated that top emitters globally are heavily invested in oil and gas | Latest News India
Leaked documents show how the COP28 host planned to use its role to strike fossil fuel business deals.
He has used science to underpin his moral missives on climate change.- 'Change of direction' - Two years after picking a papal name in honour of the patron saint of ecology, Francis in 2015 published a landmark thesis called "Laudato Si" (Praise Be To You) which lambasted manmade climate change and -- in an unprecedented move for a religious leader -- used science to do so.
World News: The Cop28 conference, also known as the UN climate summit, brings together countries to negotiate climate agreements. The United States comes to Cop28