Stocktaking global warming - the outcomes of the 2023 Dubai climate summit (COP28)

Darby, Sarah J., Hammond, Geoffrey P. and Wu, Jianzhong ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7928-3602 2024. Stocktaking global warming - the outcomes of the 2023 Dubai climate summit (COP28). Presented at: 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, Dubai, UAE, 30 November- 12 December 2023. Energy. ICE Publishing, 10.1680/jener.24.00005 Item availability restricted.

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Abstract

This briefing reviews outcomes of the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28) held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in late 2023. In particular, it considered the first Global Stocktake [GST] of actions taken by signatory nations to the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The GST examined the potential impact of bottom-up national pledges on ‘greenhouse gas’ [GHG] mitigation required to limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels by the end of the 21st Century. The achievements at COP28 were mixed, and disappointed many from the climate-vulnerable states at high risk from extreme weather events and rising sea levels. There is a significant GHG emissions gap between that needed to “keep 1.5°C alive” and climate actions identified in the GST. Nonetheless, the Parties agreed to “transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems” in order to reach net zero GHG emissions (i.e., carbon neutrality) by 2050, and to triple renewable energy capacity and double energy efficiency by 2030. The present assessment sets out the background to what needs to be achieved at future annual COP summits, including the next GST at COP30 to be held in the Brazilian city of Belém later in 2025.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	In Press
Schools:	Engineering
Publisher:	ICE Publishing
ISSN:	1751-4223
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	23 July 2024
Date of Acceptance:	11 May 2024
Last Modified:	23 Jul 2024 16:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/170423

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