The controversial climate summit held in an oil state: What is COP28?

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What to expect from COP28, the UN's big climate change conference
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COP28 in Dubai, Russia Crackdown on Journalists, China Illness Spike, and More
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The United Arab Emirates, a major oil and gas producer, hosts the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), where hundreds of world leaders meet to discuss limiting global warming and helping states that are most vulnerable to the effects of climate change; Russia arbitrarily de ...  Show more

COP28: Another cop or another cop-out?
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The 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) kicks off in Dubai, marked by rising temperatures, a global energy crisis and conflicting climate goals due to changing priorities. The planet briefly breached the 2-degree Celsius warming threshold just ahead of the summit. Meanwhile ...

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Good COP, Bad COP? – Politics Weekly UK
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Cop28 starts today in Dubai and its already shrouded in controversy. So what can leaders agree that will make a change to the planet? And in the UK how far away are we from a greener economy? The Guardian’s John Harris is joined by Green MP Caroline Lucas and former Conservative ...  Show more