A Primer for the International Climate Summit

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🗓️ 1 December 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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The 28th edition of the international climate summit known as the Conference of the Parties—or COP—convened in Dubai this week, just as scientists announced that 2023 was likely to be the hottest year in human history. Host Ravi Agrawal spoke to Vijay Vaitheeswaran, the Global energy and climate innovation editor at The Economist, about what to expect. Suggested reading: Rajiv J. Shah: At COP28, the World Needs to Prioritize Financial Reform Catherine Osborn: Will COP28 Jump-Start Latin America’s Green Energy Ambitions? Shayak Sengupta: India Isn’t Interested in the West’s Climate Money Vijay Vaitheeswarran: The Dark Side of Climate Finance Brought to you by: betterhelp.com/fplive greenchef.com/fplive250 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.9	Welcome to the show.
0:47.8	Climate envoys and diplomats from nearly 200 countries descended on Dubai this week for the UN's annual climate summit known as Karp, or the Conference of the Parties.
0:53.3	This is the 28th edition.
0:56.3	This year's meeting is especially important.
0:58.8	It's what is called a global stock take, the first formal assessment of whether nations
1:03.9	are on track to meet a goal they set in Paris in 2015 to limit the rise in average global
1:10.2	temperatures to just 1.5 degrees Celsius above
1:14.1	pre-industrial levels. This year, countries are also expected to advance last year's discussions
1:20.5	on a so-called loss and damage fund to help developing countries mitigate the impacts of climate change.
1:28.7	They will also deliberate a timeline to phase out fossil fuels,
1:32.7	a somewhat controversial thing among activists,
1:36.5	given that the host country, the UAE, is the world's fifth largest oil producer,
1:42.4	and the president of this year's conference, Dr. Sultan al-Jabber,
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