COP28 is about action, not politics, ‘posturing or point scoring,’ says UN climate chief

UN climate chief Simon Stiell said on Wednesday that COP28 delegates are not in Dubai to “score points” and play at “lowest-denominator politics”; they must take ambitious action on curbing global warming and ending the climate crisis. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2023/12/1144427
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COP28 is about action, not politics, ‘posturing or point scoring,’ says UN climate chief
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Hopes for a sustainable planet must not ‘melt away’: Guterres

Hopes for a sustainable planet must not ‘melt away’: Guterres

27 Nov 2023

World leaders at this week’s climate conference, COP28, must break the deadly cycle of global warming before a “deadly tipping point” is reached, said the UN chief on Monday.

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Tackling health impacts of climate change and scaling up digital climate action in the spotlight at COP28

Tackling health impacts of climate change and scaling up digital climate action in the spotlight at COP28

02 Dec 2023

Delegates at COP28 in Dubai on Saturday called for stronger and more resilient global health systems, which are indispensable to protecting populations from the negative impacts of climate change on health. 

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‘Close the climate ambition gap’ says UN chief ahead of COP28

‘Close the climate ambition gap’ says UN chief ahead of COP28

14 Nov 2023

The COP28 climate conference held in Dubai later this month “must be the place to urgently close the climate ambition gap”, as emissions continue to rise and climate chaos intensifies, UN chief António Guterres insisted on Tuesday.