COP28: Climate action can’t wait
With global temperatures hitting record highs, and extreme weather events affecting people around the globe, this year’s UN climate change conference, COP28, is a pivotal opportunity to correct course and accelerate action to tackle the climate crisis. COP28 is where the world will take stock of progress on the Paris Agreement – the landmark climate treaty concluded in 2015 – and chart a course of action to dramatically reduce emissions and protect lives and livelihoods.
The science is clear: to preserve a livable climate, the production of coal, oil, and gas must rapidly decline, and global renewable power capacity – including wind, solar, hydro and geothermal energy – needs to triple by 2030. At the same time, financing for adaptation and investments in climate resilience need a quantum leap.
COP28 brings together leaders from governments, businesses, NGOs and civil society to find concrete solutions to the defining issue of our time.
COP28 Coverage
Check out our blog covering 1-3 December to experience the world’s largest climate gathering through a UN lens.
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Climate Conversation
UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Dia Mirza, Advocate for the Sustainable Development Goals and Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Environment Programme, talk about the urgent need for climate action.
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COP28 / Christophe Viseux
COP28 halfway point
“Now all governments must give their negotiators clear marching orders: we need highest ambition, not point-scoring or lowest common denominator politics,” UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell said at the halfway point of COP28 on 6 December.
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“Humanity’s fate hangs in the balance. Make this COP count”
Addressing the COP28 World Climate Action Summit, the UN Secretary-General called protecting the climate “the world’s greatest test of leadership,” urging leaders to make this COP the new hope in the future of humankind. “We have the technologies to avoid the worst of climate chaos – if we act now.”
Read the UN Chief’s remarks
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“Now must be the time for ambition and action”
Day 1 of COP28 delivered a running start with an historic agreement setting up a fund to compensate vulnerable countries hardest hit by climate disasters. “Governments must use this momentum to deliver a truly ambitious outcome in Dubai,” said UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell.
Read the UN News storyWhat is the Global Stocktake?
The global stocktake is designed to ‘take stock’ of the implementation of the Paris Agreement and assess progress towards achieving the pact’s goal to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Read our analysis of the global stocktake reports
Voices from COP28
As negotiations continue, read what experts, influencers and advocates at the UN climate change conference are saying about the issues at the heart of the climate debate today.
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Learn more about key themes
Adaptation
Find out how we can protect lives and livelihoods everywhere as the climate changes.
Finance
How will the world foot the bill? We explain the issues and the value of financing climate action.
Renewable energy
Why is energy key to tackling the climate crisis? Learn more about the benefits of renewable energy.
Net Zero
What is net zero and why is it important? Find out why we need to cut emissions drastically now.
Loss and Damage
Learn more about the destructive impacts of climate change on people’s lives.
Early Warnings for All
A third of the world’s people do not get early warnings of extreme weather. The UN action plan aims to have everyone covered by 2027.
