‘COP28 critical in climate fight’


Having a light moment: Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speaking with Kerry at the Istana in Singapore. — AFP

US CLIMATE Envoy John Kerry said the world can still win the fight against climate change, and the upcoming United Nations summit will be “absolutely critical” to that.

Urgency was the central message of Kerry’s speech at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore just weeks ahead of the COP28 summit in Dubai.

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