This is the year of global climate stocktake. During the crucial COP28, to be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in November, world leaders will discuss the collective progress they have made around climate action. Before that, in September, India will preside over the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Delhi, a culmination of all the G20 processes and meetings held through the year, with climate as one of the focus areas. For many decades, stories about climate change were met with denial or indifference, like something that either did not exist or was happening so slowly that it will only hit us in the very distant future. “Our planet’s climate emergency is here.”

Source: Forbes August 28, 2023 07:47 UTC