Cop28: Eamon Ryan to lead EU in climate finance negotiations

Eamon Ryan said that his negotiating position is that climate should be at the centre of all financial and economic decisions, and that this will necessitate a plan to phase out fossil fuels. File picture: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos

Eamon Ryan will lead the EU's negotiations on so-called "climate finance" as Cop28 in Dubai heads into its crunch stages for countries to strike deals on environmental action.

The UN's annual climate change summit will hope for similar outcomes to last year in Egypt, when countries came to agreement on "loss and damage" at the last minute.