COP28 kicks off with climate disaster fund victory


  • World
  • Thursday, 30 Nov 2023

Attendees arrive for the opening of U.N.'s COP28 climate summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 30, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky

DUBAI (Reuters) -The U.N. climate summit clinched an early victory Thursday, with delegates adopting a new fund to help poor nations cope with costly climate disasters.

COP28 President Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber said the decision sent a "positive signal of momentum to the world and to our work here in Dubai."

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