COP28: How much does loss and damage from climate change cost? COP28 presidency mobilizes $2.5 bn to support food-climate agenda PM Modi proposes India as host of COP33 at climate change summit in Dubai COP28, the annual United Nations (UN) climate meeting, is being held in Dubai this year. Hundreds of world leaders have gathered together at the big UN climate summit to discuss tackling climate change.
The COP28 Summit 2023 began on 30 November and will continue till 12 December. The Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international climate summit in which world leaders gather to work together on solutions to tackle climate change.
There are now 198 Parties (197 countries plus the European Union) to the Convention, constituting near-universal membership. COP28: What is it and why is it important? Mint explains The COP28 will keep alive the goal of limiting long-term global temperature rises to 1.5C.
In 2015, all countries agreed to fulfill this promise in Paris. The 1.5C target is crucial to avoid the most damaging impacts of climate change.
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