COP28 begins in Dubai with a plan to leak methane; PM Modi departs at 6 p.m. | Updates

Leading global figures, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, are scheduled to attend the COP28 Summit, the annual United Nations climate change summit, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Thursday. At 6:00 p.m., the prime minister will depart for Dubai. The dates of the summit are November 30 to December 12.

Delegates from around 200 nations will be present at the summit, which is being hosted by conference host and OPEC member the UAE. They will be there to support the idea of a low-carbon future that embraces fossil fuels rather than rejects them.

The conference will also cover international differences on how to successfully tackle emissions of methane and global warming, particularly in view of China’s recent pledge to include this powerful greenhouse gas into its climate goals for 2035.

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which was founded in 1992, has COP as its main decision-making body.
Major oil and gas corporations are likely to make a commitment to decrease methane leaks. The UAE is hosting this year’s climate negotiations (COP28).
Evaluating the world’s progress toward the 2015 Paris Agreement’s target of keeping global warming far below 2 degrees Celsius will be a key responsibility of COP28.
Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, the COP28 President-Designate, said that the UAE Presidency would hold all nations and stakeholders responsible for maintaining the 1.5°C objective.
The first climate damage fund in history will also be established at the meeting to assist countries that have already experienced irreversible harm as a result of climate change.
A new climate finance target for the post-2025 era, which nations have said should be expressed in trillions rather than billions, will also be discussed at COP28.
A “blue zone” with sessions for UN-accredited participants and a “green zone” with activities and exhibitions for registered members of the public and civil society will comprise the COP28 summit.
Weeks have passed since a UN study claimed that greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere reached a record high in 2022.
US Vice President Kamala Harris is traveling to Dubai as part of the team to the annual UN climate change summit.
At the opening ceremony, King Charles III of Britain will give a speech on climate-related topics.