“We need to build on the foundation achieved at COP27 and move from goals to getting it done. We are way off track when it comes to the critical goal of keeping 1.5 alive,” says Al Jaber, who is also Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The world is “way off-track” from the goal to keep global average temperature rise below 1.5°C, says Sultan Al Jaber, COP28 President-Designate. Calling for “transformational progress”, the appointed leader of this year’s United Nations (UN) climate change conference appealed to world leaders on March 20 in his opening remarks at the two-day Copenhagen Climate Ministerial in Denmark.
The convening is the first climate ministerial meeting leading up to COP28, set to take place at Expo City Dubai from Nov 30 to Dec 12. Co-chairing the ministerial with Al Jaber are Sameh Shoukry, COP27 President and Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Dan Jørgensen, Denmark’s Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy.
