Month: December 2023

IBON International COP28 Update #1 Dubai, UAE, December 10 – The first week of the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change saw mixed outcomes, including the adoption of the funding mechanisms to respond to climate impacts, but with major setbacks in other key areas due to developed…

December 10, 2023 13:15 – 14:45 Side Event Room 6 (Bldg. 85) In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan hit countries in the Pacific, such as the Philippines. Said to be one of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded, it claimed more than 6,000 lives, left millions homeless, and cost an estimated USD 12.9 billion in damages. Ten…