COP28 Day 2 Updates

Day 2 at COP28 saw gathering of more than 130 heads of states that includes Britain’s King Charles III, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Indian PM Narendra Modi, and many others. Here are the updates from the Day 2 at the Climate Conference:

• Day 2 also was very important because Palau became the ninth nation state to formally endorse the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty at COP28 in Dubai.
• According to the World Meteorological Organization, 2023 would be the hottest year ever recorded.
• Two heads of states proposed to host the next two edition of COP in their countries. Turkey’s President Erdoğan proposed to host COP31 in 2026 in his country while Indian PM Modi proposed to host the COP 33 in 2028.
• COP28 is the largest ever UN Climate summit with more than 80,000 attendees on the UN's list which also shows for whom they work for because earlier in June, UN made it clear that the attendees needs to clarify in the registration form for who they work for, say fossil fuel industry or any grassroot movement. That was a significant step and the total number of the peoples associated with the fossil fuel lobbying groups is yet to be made public by the Global Witness. Last year, there were more delegates associated with the fossil fuel companies than there were from the worst impacted countries from climate change combined. 
• The total pledges for the Loss and Damage Fund has reached $500 million dollars. Italy announced 100 million Euros while 15 million Euros were announced by the Netherlands to the Loss and Damage Fund. France has also pledged 100 million Euros to the Loss and Damage Fund. 
• The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged to "phaseout" fossil fuels at COP28 in Dubai stating, "The 1.5 degree limit is only possible if we ultimately stop burning all fossil fuels- Not Reduce. Not abate. Phaseout".

• 134 world leaders endorsed the COP28 Declaration on Agriculture and Food, which confronts the global emissions from the agriculture sector and protect the lives and  livelihoods of farmers who are at the frontline in facing the worst impacts of climate change.

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Pledged Money for the Loss & Damage Fund at #COP28 by countries so far:

🇦🇪 $100 Million

🇺🇸 $17.5 Million

🇩🇪 $100 Million

🇬🇧 $50.6 Million

🇯🇵 $10 Million

🇨🇦 $11.8 Million

🇫🇷 $108.9 Million

🇮🇹 $108.9 Million

🇪🇸 $21.8 Million

🇳🇱 $16.3 Million

🇩🇰 $25 Million#ClimateAction

— Maanvinder Pilania (@MaanvinderP) December 2, 2023