What’s happened?
The 28th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – Cop28 – concluded this week, amid even more chaos, acrimony and last-minute brinkmanship than usual. The final agreement, delivered on Wednesday – almost 24 hours late following all-night wrangling – was hailed by some as “historic” for being the first ever Cop text in which all signatory nations called for a “transition away” from all fossil fuels. However, critics attacked the statement, dubbed the “UAE consensus” by the Dubai hosts, as being so vague, weak and full of loopholes (not even calling for
