Tuesday marked the sixth day of the ongoing 28th meeting of the United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The day’s event was themed, ‘Energy/Industry/Fair Transition/Indigenous Peoples Day by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)’.
The event focussed on broad spectrum of solutions from deploying large scale renewable energy to decarbonising the energy of today. It also highlighted solutions for the heavy-emitting industry including steel, cement, and aluminium.
Similarly, because the indigenous people play a pivotal role in the protection and preservation of over 80 per cent of the planet’s biodiversity, the day also dissected the significance of their intergenerational knowledge, practices, and leadership in climate action.
According to the UNFCCC, the world needs to decarbonise rapidly, while continuing to progress economically. To do this, the climate summit organisers said it is…