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King Charles tells Cop28 summit ‘hope of the world’ rests on Dubai climate talks

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King Charles has said the “hope of the world” rests on climate talks taking place in the coming two weeks in Dubai, as he issued a call to world leaders gathered on Friday at the start of the Cop28 summit.

Addressing an auditorium packed with around 1,000 heads of state and senior dignatories, the King warned that the world was “dreadfully far off track” in delivering a sustainable future for the climate. Charles said the world faces a “starker and darker” choice now than it ever has before.

“When we see the news that this last Northern Hemisphere summer, for instance, was the warmest global average temperature on record, we need to

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