Long Live the COPs!

The annual Conference of Parties have been almost perfectly useless in curbing global warming for over 30 years, but may yet have a vital role to play in the years to come.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change formal opening of COP28, featuring His Excellency Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, COP28 president, centre.

The key debate on the last day of the COP28 climate summit was about whether or not the conference should endorse a resolution to ‘phase out’ fossil fuels—or, in a less ambitious formulation, phase them ‘down’ (but not out).

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