Canada’s National Observer takes you inside the deals that will decide the future of our planet — and what role Canada plays in them. Follow our on-the-ground reporting.
COP28 has finally delivered a breakthrough commitment for a new Loss and Damage Fund to support the countries most impacted by climate change. But billions are needed if the fund is to serve its purpose and make a real difference.
With devastating impacts on communities, biodiversity and the global climate, the growing forest biomass industry could turn clean energy dreams into nightmarish destruction.
Here at COP28, the UN climate conference in Dubai, health is in focus. Me and my fellow medical professionals are here with the message that the climate crisis is a health emergency, and phasing out fossil fuels is the cure. Unfortunately, fossil fuel lobbyists are also here in droves, trying to delay action.
Efforts at COP28 to insert weasel words like “unabated” are linked to false narratives about technologies like carbon capture, utilization and storage, allowing us to have our cake and eat it too.
COP28 delegates must realize gender equity in the food system is a gateway to achieving human rights, environmental sustainability and economic prosperity.
With world leaders set to descend on Dubai for the UN's annual climate change negotiations, new figures about climate finance from rich to poor countries could help land an agreement, experts say. But there's still a long way to go.