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Reduction in production, consumption and action on coal use key outcomes
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Cop28 is set to end on Tuesday. Chris Whiteoak / The NationalCop28 enters crunch time with divisions remaining
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Grace Fu, Singapore's Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, said negotiations at Cop28 were entering their most telling phase. Chris Whiteoak / The NationalCop28 talks reach crucial point, says Singapore minister
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The sun rises over a cargo ship near Cullercoats Bay on North Tyneside. PAHow shipping can go full steam ahead towards net-zero
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National Experts Programme fellow Abdulla Al Remeithi devised the UAE Environmental Identity app. Photo: SuppliedEmirati eco champion launches app to track public's carbon footprint
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Australian businessman Andrew Forrest attends a panel discussion on day six of the Cop28 climate summit at Expo City Dubai. Getty ImagesBillionaire mining magnate calls on world to scrap fossil fuels
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Kabelo Mompati Tsiang, of Botswana's Ministry of Youth, Gender, Sport and Culture, says commitments on carbon reduction are crucial.African delegates at Cop28 fear losing natural environment to climate change
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Philippe Lazzarini stresses importance of warring sides to come to a ceasefire
UNRWA Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini at a UN Security Council conference near the Rafah border
Captured and detained Palestinians sit on a street in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, as Israeli soldiers stand guard. ReutersIt was torture, say Gazan men stripped by Israeli army
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A first responder, running the gauntlet of Israeli fire, carries an injured child to safety after an air strike in a refugee camp near Khan Younis, Gaza. BloombergExhausted first responders vow to keep saving lives in Gaza
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