UN secretary general insists of the 1.5C climate goal: “It is not dead, it’s alive” on day one of summit in Dubai
People must balance outrage and optimism after a “hellish summer” of extreme weather, the UN’s former climate chief has urged at the start of the Cop28 climate summit, writes Ajit Narinjan, the Guardian’s Europe environment correspondent.
“We have to keep the outrage really high because we are so darn late,” said Christiana Figueres, a veteran negotiator hailed as the architect of the Paris climate agreement.
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