COP28: Tuesday’s climate action in Dubai

The UN climate conference will continue its work on Tuesday focusing on issues that include scaling up financing for the Paris Agreement, slashing emissions in the cooling sector, ensuring a climate resilient energy sector and a dialogue with indigenous peoples.   https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2023/12/1144377
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COP28: Tuesday’s climate action in Dubai
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COP28: Over 60 countries pledge to slash cooling emissions amid rising temperatures

COP28: Over 60 countries pledge to slash cooling emissions amid rising temperatures

05 Dec 2023

With rising temperatures leading to demand for more air conditioners and other cooling equipment, a new UN report launched Tuesday at COP28 climate talks in Dubai lays out a pathway to cut emissions across the cooling sector worldwide. 

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COP28 in Dubai enters final week, negotiations ahead on emissions cuts, fossil fuels

COP28 in Dubai enters final week, negotiations ahead on emissions cuts, fossil fuels

07 Dec 2023

After a break, COP28 continues its work on Friday, also the day talks on an outcome text kick into high gear. Negotiators are trying to agree on how to bolster emissions-cutting targets set by the Paris Agreement and what to do about the future of fossil fuels, like oil, gas and coal.

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COP26: ‘Not blah blah blah’, UN Special Envoy Carney presents watershed private sector commitment for climate finance

03 Nov 2021

It’s ‘Finance Day’ at COP26, and the spotlight is on a big announcement: nearly 500 global financial services firms agreed on Wednesday to align $130 trillion – some 40 per cent of the world’s financial assets – with the climate goals set out in the Paris Agreement, including limiting global warming to 1.5C.