HD: 1.5°C or bust: Will COP28 deliver the necessary climate action?

COP28 serves as a crucial platform to assess global efforts to keep the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels within reach.- Photo by Lauren Duvel

IN the bustling halls of Expo City Dubai, the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) took place from Nov 30 to Dec 12, 2023.

Over 70,000 delegates representing world leaders, young people, climate scientists, indigenous peoples, journalists, and various other experts and stakeholders, gather with a shared purpose: to agree on ways to address the climate crisis.