The Latest Breaking News from COP28

Ali Abdo, Guinness World Record holder for the longest trip on an electric motorcycle, is on a ride to COP28 to visit eight countries for climate change and bag another record.

India unlikely to sign cooling pledge at COP28; need for affordable cooling cited; India's Cooling Action Plan aims to reduce power demand by 20-25% by 2038; electricity consumption for air conditioners to increase 9-fold by 2050; India's per capita emissions & energy consumption low; pledge an opportunity for countries to…

For the first time, there will be a dedicated Health Day at COP28, underscoring the growing understanding of the interplay between climate and health.

Low and middle income countries addressing air pollution in climate plans, while UAE, host of Cop28, among rich nations lagging behind

EU climate ministers meeting to determine the bloc's negotiating position for the upcoming Cop28 summit have agreed to push for a world-first phaseout of “unabated” fossil fuels, adding that their use must peak this decade.

COP28 discussions are taking place at a time when extreme weather-related events have lead to heatwaves and erratic monsoons and scientists have called for immediate action.

Talking Europe hosts the newly appointed EU Commissioner for Climate Action, Wopke Hoekstra. The EU has put the Green Deal at the heart of its policy making, and Hoekstra was confirmed in the key job after somewhat fractious hearings in the European Parliament, where some MEPs drew attention to his…

Climate crisis funding for poor nations should reach $200bn to $400bn a year by same date, says pre-Cop28 report

Statement at UN human rights council voices ‘disappointment’ after host country refuses to change restrictive laws