World has ‘small window’ of opportunity for major course correction on climate change – The National

World has ‘small window’ of opportunity for major course correction on climate change – The National

Dr Sultan Al Jaber, President-designate of the Cop28 summit, said the world has a “small window” of opportunity to make a major course correction in the race to limit temperature rises to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.

The international community must collectively act immediately to ensure the energy transition is swift and leaves no countries behind, Dr Al Jaber said on Wednesday during a speech at the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue conference.

“The world is losing the race to keep temperatures from rising 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels,” he said, referring to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report issued last week.