The first global stocktake, Article 6, carbon markets, new finance pledges, and the loss and damage fund formed the major developments at this year’s conference.

Between November 30 and December 12, 2023, Dubai hosted the 28th annual Conference of Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). 1 Nearly 200 countries that are party to the international treaty of the UNFCCC (Parties) came together to negotiate and adopt various decisions to the Paris Agreement, 2 the leading international treaty designed to enhance the implementation of the UNFCCC.