Day: December 2, 2023

The Business Philanthropy Climate Forum, COP28’s private-sector engagement platform to convene global business leaders and philanthropists, concluded its first day yesterday, with the announcement of a range of transformative climate and nature initi…

H.H. Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, met with Gilmar Pisas, Prime Minister of the island of Curaçao, part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

The meeting which took place on the sides o…

Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland, praised the announcement of COP28 on supporting climate finance as a positive development and important step that ‘inspires hope on a global scale’.

In her statements to the Emirates News Agency (WAM),…

The President of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, expressed his hope that COP28 in Dubai will mark a turning point in actions to repair the damage caused by humans to the planet.

This came during his speech at the World Climate Action Summit (WCAS) held yes…

During its participation in the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28), UAE University (UAEU) organised a youth panel discussion entitled ‘Impact of Cultural Indicators on Shaping Inclusive, Creative and Sustainable Cities’.
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William Ruto, President of the Republic of Kenya, affirmed that the 28th UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) is a ‘COP of Action’, as it delivered major strides with the activation of the Loss and Damage Fund, announced on the first day of the confe…

Ranil Wickremesinghe, President of Sri Lanka, has emphasised that the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) being hosted by the UAE, is a global platform for all countries of the world to uni…

Catherine Colonna, French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, has called on the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to consider COP28 as the decisive moment in collective action to keep global temperatur…