COP28 delivers historic consensus in Dubai to accelerate climate action

Today, COP28 concluded with a historic agreement by 198 Parties to deliver a new era of climate action, WAM reports.

Today, the Parties agreed on a landmark text named "The UAE Consensus", which sets out an ambitious climate agenda to keep 1.5°C within reach. The UAE Consensus calls on Parties to transition away from fossil fuels to reach net zero, encourages them to submit economy-wide Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), includes a new specific target to triple renewables and double energy efficiency by 2030, and builds momentum towards a new architecture for climate finance.

The UAE Consensus, which follows a year of inclusive diplomatic engagements and two weeks of intense negotiations, reflects the COP28 Presidency's goal to provide the most ambitious response possible to the Global Stocktake and deliver on the central aims of the Paris Agreement.

"The world needed to find a new way. By following our North Star, we have found that path," said Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President, during his closing speech. "We have worked very hard to secure a better future for our people and our planet. We should be proud of our historic achievement."

"I promised a different sort of COP. A COP that brought everyone together – private and public…civil society and faith leaders, youth and indigenous peoples. Everyone came together from day one. Everyone united, acted and delivered."

Throughout the COP28 process, Dr. Al Jaber and the COP28 Presidency team have expressed determination to deliver "a plan that is led by the science" and to define a new way for this and future COPs, based on the inclusion of diverse peoples and elevating the needs of the Global South.

"It is a balanced plan that tackles emissions, bridges the gap on adaptation, reimagines global finance and delivers on loss and damage," said Dr. Al Jaber. "It is built on common ground. It is strengthened by inclusivity and it is reinforced by collaboration. It is an enhanced, balanced, but make no mistake, historic package to accelerate climate action."

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