Upcoming COP28 to unite countries around ambitious action to meet global climate goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius
- President of the COP28 summit says everyone in the world must come to the table and work towards keeping its key climate target within reach
- He calls on countries to deliver on their commitments to climate finance in an effort to rebuild trust and create a platform for progress in Dubai
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In October this year, Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber travelled to China and told gathered delegates that the country “is a powerhouse” in the fight against climate change.
Al Jaber, the United Arab Emirates’ climate envoy, spoke at the High-Level Forum on Green Development as part of the Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing, saying: “China has the potential to lead the world in turning the goals of Paris into a solid and durable reality.”
Al Jaber will have the eyes of the world on him when he assumes the presidency of the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to be hosted in Dubai from November 30 to December 12.
The upcoming COP will be a decisive one. At COP21 in Paris, countries agreed to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees. COP28 will see the first Global Stocktake, a process established in the Paris Agreement to measure countries’ progress towards meeting climate goals and ambitions.
Scientific experts say the world is off track, as the planet has already warmed by about 1.3 degrees, so an urgent course correction is needed to achieve the set climate targets.
