UAE launches new $30 billion climate investment fund at COP28
The oil-rich host of the crunch United Nations COP28 climate negotiations in Dubai said it hopes the fund, called Alterra, will stimulate investments totalling $250 billion by 2030.
With 80,000 attendees, COP28 is largest UN climate summit ever
Until this year, those taking part were not obliged to say who they worked for, making it tricky to detect lobbyists and identify negotiators' potential conflicts of interest.
Britain's King Charles urges rapid environmental repair in COP28 speech
In an opening address to the COP28 U.N. climate summit, King Charles told world leaders the dangers of climate change were no longer a distant risk, and urged them to take more action.
COP28 spotlights global warnings about the pain of climate change
In the day's opening address, Britain's King Charles is expected to warn that repeated signs of climate impact are being ignored, with devastating consequences.