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COP28
The UN climate change conference, COP28, will be held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 30 November to 12 December 2023.
The latest science shows that climate change is moving much faster than we are, pushing ecosystems and communities to their limits.
If humanity does not change course, by accelerating the shift away from fossil fuels and building low carbon climate resilient economies, we will miss the chance to limit warming to 1.5°C this century with limited overshoot. Already 3.3-3.6 billion people are vulnerable to climate change impacts, and this number will rapidly increase with rising temperatures.
We need to urgently scale up efforts to help people and nature adapt to a warming world and to implement climate solutions - which are already available across all sectors and can more than halve emissions by 2030. This is vital if we are to limit global warming to 1.5°C and avoid the most devastating impacts on people and nature.
COP28 must be the moment where the world rallies to meet the climate challenge and delivers for people and nature.
If humanity does not change course, by accelerating the shift away from fossil fuels and building low carbon climate resilient economies, we will miss the chance to limit warming to 1.5°C this century with limited overshoot. Already 3.3-3.6 billion people are vulnerable to climate change impacts, and this number will rapidly increase with rising temperatures.
We need to urgently scale up efforts to help people and nature adapt to a warming world and to implement climate solutions - which are already available across all sectors and can more than halve emissions by 2030. This is vital if we are to limit global warming to 1.5°C and avoid the most devastating impacts on people and nature.
COP28 must be the moment where the world rallies to meet the climate challenge and delivers for people and nature.
Policy Resources
- WWF Submission: Mitigation Work Programme (Feb 2023)
- WWF Submission: Loss and Damage Funding Arrangements (Feb 2023)
- WWF Submission: Global Stocktake (Feb 2023)
- WWF Submission - Glasgow-Sharm El-Sheikh work programme on the Global Goal on Adaptation (Feb 2023)
- WWF Submission - New Collective Quantified Goal (Feb 2023)
- WWF Submission - SBSTA under Article 6.4 (March 2023)
- WWF Submission - Removals under Article 6.4 (March 2023)
- WWF Submission - Sharm El-Sheikh joint work on implementation of climate action on agriculture and food security (March 2023)
- Joint Submission - Food systems approach in Sharm El-Sheikh joint work on implementation of climate action on agriculture and food security (March 2023)
- WWF Submission - Mitigation Work Programme (May 2023)
- WWF Submission - New Collective Quantified Goal (May 2023)
- Agroecology Coalition Submission - Food Security and Agriculture
- Global Stocktake Poster
- WWF Climate Policy Manifesto 2023
WWF's Expectations for COP28
WWF's Expectations Paper lays out our asks for COP28. These include:
- A phase-out of all fossil fuels and their subsidies, including targets for renewables, energy efficiency and energy access.
- A clear roadmap from the Global Stocktake process for how to reset climate ambition.
- A comprehensive framework for the Global Goal on Adaptation and mobilisation of resources for adaptation and building climate resilience for vulnerable communities.
- Operationalising the Loss and Damage Fund agreed at COP27.
- Closing the finance gap by finally meeting the goal for developed countries to mobilise USD100 bn per year.
Manifesto: Climate Action Right Now
Download the manifesto (pdf)
Bringing climate change and energy to the centre of the multilateral system has never been more challenging and more urgent than in 2023. This year we will see the political consolidation of the Paris Agreement. The first Global Stocktake will have its political phase at COP28, set to conclude that global efforts to date are woefully insufficient, and we are far off course. There are other important multilateral moments such as the G7 and G20 Summits, the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact, the UN Climate Ambition Summit, and the International Climate and Energy Summit.
The UN Secretary General rightly said our world needs climate action on all fronts — ‘everything, everywhere, all at once’. In this manifesto, we highlight six decisions needed from world leaders and other stakeholders. The common thread throughout these moments is the need to correct course, culminating with strong decisions at COP28.
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