Global: UAE’s efforts to stifle debate at COP28 threaten meaningful measures to tackle the climate crisis and protect human rights

By Amnesty International

Reacting to reports that the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as host of the COP28 climate meeting which begins in Dubai in November, has defined a narrow list of talking points for its officials around climate issues and is aiming to avoid discussion of human rights abuses in the country, Marta Schaaf, Amnesty International’s Director of […] The post Global: UAE’s efforts to stifle debate at COP28 threaten meaningful measures to tackle the climate crisis and protect human rights appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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