The Road to COP28 – Edition 3 - British Chamber of Commerce Dubai

The Road to COP28 – Edition 3

Date Posted:Wed, 2nd Aug 2023

COP28 comes at a crucial moment, involving the first ever Global Stocktake of progress against the Paris Agreement. It must galvanise a step change in action and ambition.

A priority for the UK is to ensure that this COP delivers an outcome that puts the world on track to keep temperature rise below 1.5C, halving global emissions by 2030. We also need to build resilience to current and future climate impacts and halt and reverse global biodiversity loss by 2030. The UK is working closely with the UAE to support successful outcomes at COP28.

In this edition we share details of how to sponsor the UK pavilion at COP28, opportunities for business to get involved, and the final thematic agenda and strategy for COP28 that have been announced this month.

Thursday 30^th November – Tuesday 12^th December 2023

The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP), will be the 28th United Nations Climate Change conference, held at the Expo City, Dubai.

UAE Vision for COP 28

The letter to the parties announced at the Ministerial on Climate Action in Brussels and sets out four paradigm shifts.

This provides welcomed clarity on the outcomes the incoming Presidency are working towards.

The UK is working with the UAE and other partners across the COP28 agenda to support delivery and build consensus.

UAE announces an updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), with the more ambitious target of a 19% reduction on 2019 emissions by 2030.

The plan focuses heavily on decarbonising the electricity grid by rapidly rolling out clean energy, including solar and nuclear, as well as several programmes to reduce energy consumption in buildings.

The NDC also includes an expansion of nature-based solutions, such as mangrove planting, and a target to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030.

COP28 Zones

The Blue Zone welcomes negotiators, world leaders, media, and observers. The Blue Zone is an UNFCCC-managed site that will host formal negotiations, panel discussions and speaking events across the two weeks of the conference.