Climate conference COP28

The meeting has begun - with alarms about global record heat  

2023 will be the hottest year on record - and next year is expected to be even worse. This is according to a new report that the UN Meteorological Organization WMO released in time for the opening of the COP28 climate summit in the United Arab Emirates. 

 - The record-high global warming should make world leaders shudder with discomfort and lead to action, says UN chief António Guterres.  

Until the end of October this year, the global average temperature was 1.4 degrees above pre-industrial levels. In addition, this year's July was the single warmest month since measurements began. 

2024 is expected to erase the year's heat record, according to the report. The reason is that the weather phenomenon El Niño is still expected to affect the world temperature in a rising direction. 

But Guterres still has hope for change, and is now calling on world leaders to act. 

- We have a roadmap to limit warming to 1.5 degrees and to avoid the worst climate chaos. But world leaders must fire the starting shot at COP28, he says. 

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The meat industry to COP28 with a sustainability message  

The meat industry has mobilized before COP28 and will have a large presence at the climate meeting in Dubai, which begins today. Among other things, the world's largest meat company JBS has gained access by being part of Brazil's national delegation.  

Industry documents that The Guardian and the climate website DeSmog have seen show how companies and lobby groups have tried to gather around a common message that meat is good for the environment.  

Actors are asked to stick to promoting meat as "sustainable nutrition" and argue that producers can "play a key role in environmentally sustainable food systems".  

Animal production accounts for almost 15 percent of the world's total emissions of greenhouse gases. Beef has the greatest climate impact per kilogram among the types of meat.  

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Now begins COP28 - researchers: "Will be a test of the world"  

 

Today, the COP28 climate meeting begins in Dubai and many fear that it will be another meeting where the required changes are not made. Geopolitical tensions can make it more difficult than usual to achieve results, writes TT.  

 

- It can be difficult for some countries to talk to each other or find joint solutions, says Naghmeh Nasiritousi, researcher in climate policy at Uppsala University and the Institute of Foreign Policy.  

 

During COP28, the so-called global review, a reconciliation of how the world's countries are doing in relation to the goals of the Paris Agreement, is completed. The idea is that it should lead to more ambitious commitments. 

 

- If you don't succeed, you face a big failure and a lack of credibility. COP28 will be a test of whether the Paris Agreement is serious, says Åsa Persson, head of research at the Stockholm Environment Institute.  

 

The meeting lasts until December 12.