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Cathrine Dyer's guide to watching COP 28 from the bottom of a warming planet
TL;DR: COP28 kicks off on November 30 and up for negotiation are issues like the role of fossil fuels in the energy transition, contributions to climate financing and the role of people and nature in achieving the Paris Agreement targets.
So, what signs of progress should we be watching out for at this year’s conference?
* China and US agree to triple global growth in renewables in order to hasten the energy transition. But growing renewables and transitioning away from fossil fuels are not the same thing and attempts to characterise them as such are misleading.
* Overshooting 1.5 and 2˚C in…
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