PETERSBERG CLIMATE DIALOGUE

The Petersberg Dialogue on Climate Change was held in Berlin recently.
It was hosted by Germany and the United Arab Emirates.
The focus of the Petersberg Climate Dialogue is on laying the groundwork for the COP28 Climate Change Conference in the United Arab Emirates.
Ministers from 40 countries attended the conference to discuss the way forward towards COP28.
The Agenda calls for coal phaseout by 2030 in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries, and by 2040 in all others, as well as achieving Net Zero electricity generation and decarbonising major sectors.

COP 28:

The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly referred to as COP28, will be the 28th conference.
It will be held at the Expo City, Dubai.
The conference has been held annually since the first UN climate agreement in 1992.

It will comprise:

the 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28);
the fifth meeting of the COP serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement;
the 18th meeting of the COP serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol;
the 59th meeting of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation;
the 59th meeting of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice.

COP 27 was held in Egypt.

SOURCE: THE HINDU, THE ECONOMIC TIMES, PIB

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