COP28: Presidency announces 2-week thematic program ahead of Dubai conference

The two-week thematic program will be hosted at Expo City Dubai. (WAM)
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Updated 22 August 2023
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COP28: Presidency announces 2-week thematic program ahead of Dubai conference

  • Program focuses on implementing solutions to achieve an equitable energy transition

DUBAI: The COP28 Presidency has unveiled a two-week thematic program for the Dubai conference, which takes place from Nov. 30 to Dec. 12 and aims to deliver on four key goals, the Emirates News Agency reported. 

The program focuses on implementing policy, and finding financial and technological solutions to achieve an equitable energy transition. It also aims at repairing climate financing, while putting nature, lives, and livelihoods at the core of climate action.

The event is also bidding to be the most inclusive climate change conference in history.

The program was developed in collaboration with stakeholders such as nongovernmental organizations, youth bodies, and indigenous peoples.

The program begins with a two-day World Climate Action Summit, which will present the first Global Stocktake to leaders.

The remaining two weeks will look at the impact of climate change on human health, agriculture, water systems, and biodiversity.

The event will also focus on boosting the role of indigenous peoples; the importance of gender equality throughout the entire climate spectrum; and educating children.

It aims to investigate issues such as renewable energy, decarbonization and carbon capture technologies, as well as building greener urban mobility systems to aid the transition to low-carbon environments and infrastructure.


Pro-Palestinian flotilla announces new mission to Gaza

Updated 07 February 2026
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Pro-Palestinian flotilla announces new mission to Gaza

  • Israel controls Gaza's borders and scrutinises all aid coming into the territory

TUNIS: A flotilla of pro-Palestinian activists who attempted to reach Gaza last year will set sail for the besieged territory again next month, one member told AFP on Friday.
The Global Sumud Flotilla said the new mission set for March 29 would be "the largest coordinated humanitarian intervention for Palestine in history" and will mobilise "thousands from over 100 countries".
"We will be sailing from Barcelona, Tunis, Italy and many other ports not yet made public," Brazilian activist Thiago Avila told AFP.
The group said an overland convoy would also leave for Gaza on the same day, without specifying from where.
The campaigners sought to break an Israeli blockade by delivering aid to Gaza by sea last October, before they were intercepted by Israel, detained and deported.
Israel controls Gaza's borders and scrutinises all aid coming into the territory.
The activists describe their actions as a "non-violent response to genocide, siege, mass starvation, and the destruction of civilian life in Gaza".