What to Know About New York’s Climate Ambition Summit
The event, hosted during Climate Week NYC and the United Nations General Assembly, will focus on building support for global deals to phase out fossil fuels and boost clean energy development.
By Kristoffer Tigue, Georgina Gustin
New York City’s climate week, the annual event that brings together people from around the world to discuss everything climate change, is already off to a notable start.
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Talks are well underway in preparation for the next major international meeting on climate change, 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28), scheduled to begin Nov. 30 in the United Arab Emirates.
Much like last year’s COP27, finances — specifically, aid to developing nations — will be at the center of conference deliberations.
The conference faces an even greater sense of urgency brought on by the Sept. 8, 2023, release of the first global stocktake, which calls for accelerated action to meet the goals set in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement (COP21).
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