When the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference kicks off in Dubai on Nov. 30, delegates will dig into a daunting to-do list.
“This particular COP — COP 28 in Dubai — is quite an unusual one,” Harjeet Singh, head of global political strategy at the Climate Action Network, told Devex. “I’ve been following negotiations continuously since 2008, but this one is far more complicated and really, really busy.”
That is partly a function of self-imposed scheduling. Some major streams of work have to be wrapped up at the summit. Others will get underway. Big ticket items such as the new fund for loss and damage need to be translated from paper into reality.