The controversial climate summit held in an o...

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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 ...

Countries at the COP 28 climate summit in Dubai have reached a deal to transition away from fossil fuels. Gideon speaks to the FT’s Simon Mundy, who’s in Dubai covering the talks, about the agreement. Will it actually help the world reach global net zero emissions by 2050?&nbs ...

Last month at COP27, the U.N. climate change conference, a yearslong campaign ended in an agreement. The rich nations of the world — the ones primarily responsible for the emissions that have caused climate change — agreed to pay into a fund to help poorer nations that bear th ...

Die Weltklimakonferenz COP 28 will ein neues Abkommen im Kampf gegen den Klimawandel erzielen. Doch gerade beim Gastgeber Dubai ist Skepsis angesagt.