The annual climate talks get underway this week in the United Arab Emirates, marking consecutive negotiations held in the Arab world after the conference hosted last year by Egypt. And much like Egypt, UAE has stated its wish is to “close the financing gap” between the Global North and South. The priority areas will be debate around mitigation, adaptation, loss and damage, and climate finance at the talks formally known as the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP28.
The Dubai talks will…