Stakes are high at the UN’s Cop28 with temperatures on course to pass limit

Despite criticism over its location, former Irish president Mary Robinson says Cop28 is a ‘key moment’ for the Government to show that Ireland is not small — it’s influential, writes Environment Correspondent Pádraig Hoare

Polar bears in a remote region in Greenland now hunt seals from frozen freshwater, instead of Arctic sea ice, due to the impact of climate change

WITH a human catastrophe occurring in Gaza and conflicts ongoing globally focusing the attention of the world, the UN’s Cop28 summit has gone under the radar even as the climate change crisis intensifies.

Government leaders across the world will join thousands of scientists, business leaders, engineers, academics, and activists for the annual global climate change summit in Dubai from Thursday, November 30, to Tuesday, December 12, and the stakes are high.