UN Climate Change Conference 2023: COP28 in Dubai at a glance
With the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) set to open in the United Arab Emirates in late November, akzente answers the most important questions about the event.
When and where will the UN Climate Change Conference 2023 take place?
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is hosting the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai from 30 November to 12 December. Dubai is one of the seven emirates that make up the UAE. The fact that an oil-producing state is hosting this year’s UN Climate Change Conference is already being criticised in the run-up to COP28 and is dampening expectations for the event.
is the expected global temperature increase at the end of the century, if the world keeps up its current pace of activity
What is the stocktake and why is it important?
It is an inventory of the progress the international community has made to date on climate action. The stocktake will be conducted for the first time at COP28 and thereafter every five years. To this end, a vast amount of information and data has been collected over the past two years from the Parties, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations, non-governmental organisations, researchers and many other organisations globally, then analysed and fed into a report currently in its draft stage. This report will undergo a further round of revision at COP28, where it will subsequently be adopted. What is already clear is that efforts will have to be stepped up significantly.
What was achieved at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt?
The verdict on last year’s conference was mixed. The Parties succeeded in establishing an international financing mechanism for loss and damage, which is designed to support poorer countries in dealing with the consequences of climate change. This mechanism is now being successively expanded and funded. COP27 also saw the launch of the Global Shield at Germany’s initiative, offering rapid assistance to poorer countries in the event of climate damage. At the same time, it was not possible to conclude any further-reaching agreements in Egypt, for instance on the phase-out of all fossil fuels, and coal in particular.
