Three COP summit hosts unite to raise climate ambitions

CNN host Becky Anderson, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, Azerbaijan's Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources and COP29 President, Mukhtar Babayev, United Nations Framework for Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell and Jordan Minister of Environment Muawieh Radaideh attend a panel at the World Governments Summit, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 12, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky/File Photo

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates, host of last year's COP28 climate summit, and Azerbaijan and Brazil, the hosts of the next two U.N. climate summits, said on Tuesday they would team up to push for more ambitious emissions-cutting goals.

Preparations for the 2024 and 2025 climate talks are taking place amidst a political push-back on climate action in some countries - even as extreme weather becomes more frequent and temperature records are smashed nearly every month.