COP28 President, Sultan al-Jaber, opened this year’s United Nations (UN) climate summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Thursday by urging countries to find common ground in policies to meet global climate goals. In an early victory that representatives were hopeful for, delegates adopted a new fund to help poor nations cope with climate disasters, which Jaber said was “historic.”
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