Climate Politics
Renewables Are Likely to Be COP28 Bright Spot as 1.5C Hopes Fade
BloombergNEF’s COP tracker shows a good chance of delegates committing to tripling renewable energy, but few countries have a plan for limiting warming to 1.5C.
Abdulaziz Alobaidli, chief operating officer of Masdar, at the Dhafra solar power plant near Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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With tens of thousands of delegates planning to attend this year’s UN climate summit in Dubai, there’s expected to be a flood of new pledges, projects and initiatives announced. It’ll be easy to lose focus on the most important task at hand: Nearly 200 countries have 13 days to reach a new, unanimous agreement on how to tackle climate change.