Cop28 coming at crucial 'pivot point' in climate crisis, says UN expert

Cop28 is coming at a crucial “pivot point” in the climate crisis, a UN expert has said. Cassie Flynn, global director of climate change at the UN Development Programme, cautioned that the world was past the point of simply lowering emissions and thinking the situation could return to normal. At Mena Climate Week on Sunday, Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and President-designate of Cop28, addressed this, stating 17 out of the past 27 Cops “have been hosted in fossil fuel-producing nations”. “We have to see not just the $100 billion,” she said, referring to the missed target pledged by developing countries for climate finance. And I hope that Cop28 can really start to put us on that path.”