In what has been dubbed the critical decade for climate action, South Africa has played an instrumental role in some of the key negotiations of this year's global climate conference, COP28. The United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP28, was hosted in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, for two weeks. It was scheduled to end on 12 December, but deliberations continued until nearly 200 parties reached an agreement nearly a day later. The conference involved negotiations on the way forward for climate action – and reaching a consensus can be quite complicated.

Source: News 24 December 16, 2023 03:21 UTC