“COP 28” Summit in the UAE discusses energy transition, climate financing, and other key issues
World leaders are discussing several key issues, including energy transition, compensating climate-vulnerable countries, climate financing, global food systems, methane emissions, and other urgent international issues such as rising temperatures, floods, and wildfires, at the COP 28 Climate Summit in Dubai, UAE, from Thursday until December 12.
“COP28,” the world’s largest climate event hosted by the UAE, has recorded a record number of attendance requests in both the Blue and Green Zones, with over 500,000 participants, including more than 97,000 in the Blue Zone and 400,000 in the Green Zone. Participants include ministers, representatives from non-governmental organizations, the private sector, indigenous peoples, and youth, contributing to reshaping global climate action. Over 180 heads of states and governments from around the world are attending the event, according to WAM news agency.
COP28 serves as an effective platform to achieve the highest climate ambitions and enhance sustainable economic and social development, benefiting current and future generations. It provides an opportunity for all countries, sectors, and societal groups to collaborate and unify efforts, especially at a time when global climate action is of increasing importance.
The UAE leads efforts to facilitate consensus among all parties, reaching an agreement on a clear roadmap to accelerate progress across all climate action topics. This is based on the presidency’s action plan, focusing on accelerating an organized, responsible, fair, and logical transition in the energy sector, developing climate finance mechanisms, and protecting humans and nature while improving life and livelihoods.
COP28 aims to achieve tangible change and transition the Conference of the Parties from a platform for dialogue and negotiation to taking concrete actions for positive change at all levels.
The conference reflects the broad spectrum of the UAE’s extensive efforts to enhance the participation of various societal segments in supporting climate action. It contributes to achieving tangible, effective, and lasting progress, emphasizing the inclusion of everyone and ensuring their ideas and opinions are heard, a fundamental pillar of COP28‘s agenda.
The COP28 presidency team works to build global understandings to achieve the primary goal of maintaining the possibility of avoiding exceeding a 1.5-degree Celsius temperature rise.
Simultaneously, the COP28 presidency focuses on enhancing the crucial role of youth in addressing the climate crisis. It prioritizes the involvement of youth in the country in international decision-making on climate action, empowering and developing their skills and capabilities, and integrating youth leaders into COP28 negotiations and other key local and international forums held throughout the year.
COP28 features an innovative, specialized program on related topics extending over two weeks, allowing all stakeholders to make positive contributions within the framework of engaging those interested in climate action.
Since the COP26 conference in Glasgow in 2021, parties have agreed to reduce coal consumption. Since then, activists and some governments have been pressing for similar measures regarding oil and gas, but a precise formulation for this step has not been found.
