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Countdown To COP28: Nuclear Energy, Climate Finance And Oil Take Center Stage

Memoranda of understanding have been signed, greenwashing claims have been made. Quite a bit is at stake in the coming weeks in Dubai.

International Business Times

COP28: inside the United Arab Emirates, the oil giant hosting 2023 climate change summit

The United Arab Emirates (UAE), the world’s seventh largest oil producer, will host the 28th UN climate change summit (COP28) in Dubai from November 30 to December 12. Presiding over the conference will be the chief executive of the UAE state-owned oil company Adnoc, Sultan al-Jaber.

The Conversation

U.N.'s 28th Climate Change Conference Opens Next Week in Dubai

Previewing the "global stocktake" of climate progress, demands for climate reparations, and the call for a worldwide fossil fuel phase-out.

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Up First briefing: Israel and Hamas could extend truce; COP28 begins this week

Hamas and Israel hint at extending their truce as more hostages are planned to be freed. Annual climate negotiations begin this week in Dubai.

WEKU

FAQ: Annual climate negotiations are about to start. Do they matter?

World leaders, climate experts and oil company executives converge on Dubai later this week to talk about climate change at the United Nations COP28 meeting. Here's what you need to know.

WEKU

Israel decides between its 'body and soul' amid hostage releases

IN THE PRESS – Monday, November 27: We look at the profiles of some of the hostages released by Hamas over the past three days and take a look at how Israeli papers are reacting to the hostage release deal. We also see why there's little optimism ahead of this…

France 24

Pope's Moral Force Aims To 'Tip' UN Climate Talks

The 86-year-old pontiff, a defender of the poor who has made environmental activism a cornerstone of his 10-year papacy, will address the COP28 meeting in Dubai on December 2.

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Biden To Miss COP28 Climate Summit: US Official

President Joe Biden will miss the latest UN climate summit in Dubai, after two years of attending the talks in hopes of highlighting US leadership, a US official said Sunday.

International Business Times

Gold worth over ₹22 lakh seized at Kochi airport

Cochin Airport Customs seize 493g gold, 2 phones from Dubai passenger; Ernakulam Rural police arrest 2 with 25g MDMA.

The Hindu

Satish Jarkiholi says he may take legislators on a foreign tour

Satish Jarkiholi, Public Works Minister & KPCC working president, recently completed a solo tour of Dubai. He cancelled plans to take legislators to Mysuru, but announced a trip to Dubai. He clarified that the Congress govt's plan to integrate departments is for administrative convenience, not due to financial constraints.

The Hindu

PM Modi to take part in World Climate Action Summit in Dubai this week

PM Modi to visit Dubai November 30-December 1 for World Climate Action Summit. Invited by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the summit is part of the 28th Conference of Parties (COP-28) to UNFCCC. COP-28 held in Dubai November 28-December 12 under UAE presidency.

The Hindu

Pope Francis says he has lung inflammation but will go to Dubai this week for climate conference

Pope Francis says he has a lung inflammation but will nevertheless go later this week to Dubai for a climate change conference

The Independent UK

Skyscraper-studded Dubai has flourished during regional crises. Could it benefit from hosting COP28?

Dubai has a long history of finding economic success amid the war-ravaged woes of the wider Middle East

The Independent UK

COP28 President 'Cautiously Optimistic' On Success Of Key Climate Conference

The UAE's Sultan Al Jaber, the president of the forthcoming UN climate conference in Dubai, is "cautiously optimistic" that the pivotal talks will be successful, he told AFP in an interview on Saturday.

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Radio France Internationale

From Darfur to Dubai: former refugee to bring voices of the displaced to Cop28

Emtithal Mahmoud, a Sudanese refugee, writer and activist, is preparing to attend the Cop28 climate summit in Dubai this month as part of her mission to raise up overlooked voices. RFI met her during a visit to the Minawao refugee camp in northern Cameroon, where displaced people are experiencing the…

The Guardian - UK

World stands on frontline of disaster at Cop28, says UN climate chief

Exclusive: Simon Stiell says leaders must ‘stop dawdling’ and act before crucial summit in Dubai

The Independent UK

Vietnam's plan for spending $15.5 billion for its clean energy transition to be announced at COP28

A plan for how Vietnam will spend $15.5 billion to transition to cleaner energy has been finalized and will be announced formally at the COP28 climate conference, which begins in Dubai next week

The Hindu

PM Modi likely to attend UN climate talks in UAE on Nov 30-Dec 1

PM Modi to attend UN climate talks in Dubai on Nov 1, deliver India's statement. He'll discuss actions & plans to scale climate action. India's NDCs aim to reduce emissions intensity & achieve 50% cumulative electric power from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030. COP28 to conclude 1st global stocktake &…

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The Guardian - UK

Fresh China questions for Cameron as video shows him praising port project

Former PM seen quoting from Chinese-funded study in support of Sri Lankan development

AAP

Australia's emissions policies need 'radical reset'

Australia's is failing at every turn to rein in its emissions and a radical reset is needed, experts say ahead of a global climate summit in Dubai.

The Hindu

Customs officials seize 970.4 grams of gold at RGI Airport

AIU at RGIA Hyderabad seized 970.4g gold worth ₹61.2L from three passengers arriving from Jeddah & Dubai. Suspicion led to detainment & three cases booked. Investigation launched.

France 24

'The climate crisis is a health crisis,' WHO's Vanessa Kerry tells FRANCE 24

Vanessa Kerry, who in June became the first-ever Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health for the World Health Organization, will be front and centre at the upcoming COP28 climate conference in Dubai. So will her father, John Kerry, in his capacity as the Biden administration's Special Climate Envoy. Vanessa…

Evening Standard

Arsenal explore Dubai return in January as Mikel Arteta seeks boost for title run-in

The return of the Premier League winter break offers the chance to head overseas for warm-weather training

AAP

Battling on after supposedly ending the climate wars

Australia is positioning itself as a climate leader ahead of a Dubai summit which will judge the lack of progress since the Paris Agreement on global warming.

Al Jazeera

Earth to warm up to 2.9C even with current climate pledges: UN

UN warns window for limiting warming to 1.5C is closing fast ahead of COP28 meeting in Dubai.

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