NOAH 2023/10/28  

United Arab Emirates names oil chief to lead COP28 climate talks – BBC News

COP28 will bring the world together at a critical moment for global transformative climate action. To deliver on its ambitious agenda, COP28 will be inclusive, transparent, pragmatic, and results-oriented. In the three decades since the Rio Summit and the launch of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Conference of the Parties to the Convention (COP) has convened member countries every year to determine ambition and responsibilities and identify and assess climate measures. The 21st session of the COP (COP21) led to the Paris Agreement, which mobilized global collective action to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C, and to act to adapt to the already existing effects of climate change.

COP28 UAE THEMATIC PROGRAM

The COP28 Presidency is pleased to share preliminary information on a first set of events planned for the thematic program at COP28 across the two weeks of the conference. The events are a product of guidance from a diverse set of stakeholders on the outcomes they would like to see under each thematic day, also reflecting inputs from the open consultation process earlier this year.

This draft program will be supplemented with additional events in several tranches over the coming months, including mandated events under the UNFCCC process. As the Presidency is looking into maximizing synergies, some event topics may change or be merged.

The COP28 thematic program is designed to unite a diverse range of stakeholders - all levels of governments, youth, business and investors, civil society, frontline communities, indigenous peoples, and others - around specific solutions that must be scaled up this decade to limit warming to 1.5 degrees, build resilience, and mobilize finance at scale. This set of solutions constitutes the response to the Global Stocktake, looking where the world stands on climate action and support, identifying the gaps, and working together to agree on solutions pathways to 2030 and beyond.

The Presidency together with the High-Level Champions, with the support from the Marrakech Partnership, and the UNFCCC secretariat aim to provide an integrated thematic program this year. It will notably be framed by the vision of the COP28 Presidency described in its letter to the Parties, and take into account the Climate Action Pathways, the Breakthrough Agenda, and the Sharm El Sheikh Adaptation Agenda , in order to drive the systemic transformations needed in every thematic area to fulfill the Paris Agreement. The High-Level Champions and the UNFCCC secretariat will be soon announcing the Marrakech Partnership and the Global Climate Action program for COP 28, which will be part of this full two-week thematic program.

Gentle Reminder: It is mandatory for all foreign UNFCCC-registered participants entering the UAE to apply for the COP28 UAE Visa. All enquiries regarding visa arrangements should be addressed directly to visas@unfccc.int

The UAE Government has authorized an electronic, free of charge Special Entry Permit for all UNFCCC-registered COP28 UAE event attendees, also known as the COP28 UAE Visa. Once you have completed your UNFCCC registration you will receive a UNFCCC registration confirmation email which will include a link to apply for the COP28 UAE Visa.

H.E. Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, the newly announced President of the Emirates Climate Conference - COP28 UAE; Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology; Special Envoy for Climate Change, addressed the participants of the Arctic Circle Abu Dhabi Forum.