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COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber speaking at the MENA Climate Week yesterday
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COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber speaking at the MENA Climate Week yesterday

With little more than 50 days until critical climate talks begin, hopes of an ambitious outcome that can boost climate action and the green economy are in the balance

Such is the state of the climate, and so short is the time available to prevent the worst global warming scenarios, that every UN Climate Summit is arguably the most important to date. And with barely...

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