UAE, Azerbaijan and Brazil join forces to limit global warming to 1.5°C
THE United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan and Brazil joined forces today to push for an international agreement to limit global warming to 1.5°C.
The three nations are the former and future hosts of the United Nations climate summits.
Sultan Al Jaber, Emirati president of last year’s Cop28 negotiations, said it would form a “troika” to focus on ensuring that more ambitious CO2-cutting pledges are made ahead of a deadline at the Cop30 summit to be held in 2025 in Belem, Brazil.
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