The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) concluded its work on Wednesday, after representatives of nearly 200 countries, in addition to the European Union, Dubai approved the “UAE Climate Agreement”, which features an ambitious climate action plan to limit long-term global temperature rises to 1.5C.
The agreement called on the parties to achieve an orderly, responsible, fair and logical transition to an energy system free of all sources of traditional fuel, the emissions of which are not mitigated, with the aim to achieve climate neutrality, and encourage them to provide nationally determined contributions that cover all economic sectors.
The UAE Agreement came after a year of broad diplomatic engagements based on inclusiveness, and two weeks of intense negotiations, and is in line with the goal of the COP28 presidency, which is to provide an ambitious, effective, and tangible response to the results of the Global Stocktake that evaluates progress in achieving the Paris Climate Agreement.
