COP28 : What to expect at the Dubai climate talks (PRIV)
(TWN, Dubai)
The annual climate talks under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Kyoto Protocol (KP) and the Paris Agreement (PA) will take place from 30 November to 12 December in Dubai, UAE. Over 100 world leaders are expected at the high-level segment o f the talks in the first week.

CBD : Disagreements continue to stymie biodiversity, climate change discussi ons (PRIV)
(Mirna Ines Fernandez Pradel, La Paz)
The discussions on biodive rsity and climate change at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), after f ailing to achieve a substantive outcome at the last Conference of the Parties (COP ) in 2022, were taken up again at a subsidiary body meeting (SBSTTA 25) last mon th.

Opinion : Rich distort climate problems, offer self-serving solutions (PRIV)
(IPS, Kuala Lumpur)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 29 Nov (IPS/Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Yin Shao Loong*) -- Many in the wealthy West have misrepresented the causes of globa l warming, offering false solutions while claiming the high moral ground. Thi s distracts attention from how they became wealthy while emitting greenhouse gases.