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1/6/2024 1:00:38 PM
The United Arab Emirates on Saturday acknowledged it is conducting a trial of 84 inmates previously reported by dissidents as it hosted the United Nations COP28 climate talks last month.
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12/14/2023 6:53:33 PM
The climate negotiations that just finished in Dubai hit upon the essence of compromise, finding a common language that nearly 200 countries accepted, at times grudgingly.
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12/12/2023 11:02:25 AM
A stark standoff between countries that want a dramatic phase-out of fossil fuels causing damaging warming and those that don't crush hopes for an on-time finish to a critical climate summit Tuesday.
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12/11/2023 10:56:46 PM
Countries moved closer to reaching what critics called a watered-down final deal on how to act on climate change on Monday, to the disappointment and anger of nations who called to phase out planet-warming fossil fuels as the United Nations summit in Dubai neared its culmination.
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12/11/2023 4:05:08 PM
Visibly tired and frustrated top United Nations officials urged climate talks to push harder for an end to fossil fuels. Time seems to be running out both in the talks in Dubai and for action that could keep warming at or below the internationally agreed-upon threshold.
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12/10/2023 6:26:35 PM
Saudi Arabia on Sunday said its "perspectives" and "concerns" must be taken into account at the COP28 climate talks, where the world's top oil exporter is resisting moves to agree to a phase-out of fossil fuels.
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12/6/2023 1:29:28 PM
After a first-day blur of rare quick action and agreement, negotiators at a critical United Nations climate summit Wednesday finished up their first week in a more familiar place for them: the murky middle where momentum and roadblocks intertwine.
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12/6/2023 10:31:03 AM
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday will visit both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as Dubai hosts the United Nations' COP28 climate talks — despite facing an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court over the war in Ukraine.
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12/6/2023 10:02:26 AM
From meditation to spiritual guidance to indigenous hymns, the vibe in the "faith pavilion" at COP28 is a little different from elsewhere at the high-stakes UN climate talks in Dubai.
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12/2/2023 11:49:03 AM
The COP28 climate talks in Dubai have kicked off with a flurry of financial commitments for action on global warming, led by its big-spending, oil-rich host the United Arab Emirates.
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12/2/2023 9:41:30 AM
More than 20 countries called for the tripling of world nuclear energy capacity at UN climate talks on Saturday as part of efforts to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
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12/1/2023 1:48:31 PM
World leaders take center stage at UN climate talks in Dubai on Friday, under pressure to step up efforts to limit global warming as the Israeli war on Gaza casts a shadow over the summit.
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12/1/2023 1:37:41 PM
King Charles III told world leaders on Friday that the UN's COP28 climate talks in Dubai must be a "critical turning point" in the fight against climate change, with "genuine transformational action".
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/30/2023 11:03:01 PM
The Israeli war on Gaza pushed its way to center stage at UN climate talks in Dubai on Thursday, with campaigners calling for a ceasefire and Israel taking the opportunity to discuss captive releases.
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11/30/2023 9:24:37 PM
Israeli President Isaac Herzog met his Emirati counterpart on the sidelines of UN climate talks on Thursday as part of a diplomatic push to release captives held by Hamas.
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11/30/2023 1:37:42 PM
The UN climate conference opened Thursday with nations urged to make faster cuts to planet-warming emissions and phase out fossil fuels.
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11/29/2023 1:18:27 PM
The Emirati president-designate for the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate talks forcefully denied Wednesday a report alleging his nation planned to use the summit to strike oil and gas deals, a day before the summit was due to begin.
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11/28/2023 9:58:53 PM
Pope Francis has cancelled his upcoming trip to Dubai for the COP28 climate talks after advice from doctors concerned about his recent flu-like symptoms, the Vatican said Tuesday.
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11/28/2023 5:11:41 PM
Israeli President Isaac Herzog and his Palestinian counterpart Mahmud Abbas will both address the COP28 UN climate talks in Dubai this week, seven weeks into the Israeli war on Gaza, officials said on Tuesday.
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Life & Style
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Health
11/26/2023 10:55:22 AM
Growing calls for the world to come to grips with the many ways that global warming affects human health have prompted the first day dedicated to the issue at crunch UN climate talks starting next week.
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