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Summit marks first themed day on health amid warnings climate change is killing millions
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Cop28 runs until December 12 at Expo City Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The NationalCop28: What's happened so far and what happens next?
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Tehran as smog hangs low over the city. West Asia News Agency / ReutersCop28 Health Day: Millions of lives could be saved by acting on climate change
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UN Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, in conversation with The National's Editor in Chief, Mina Al-Oraibi, said the specific needs of those displaced due to climate change and conflict deserved to be recognised. Wajod Alkhamis / The NationalWe must address causes of mass migration, says UN refugee chief
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Suhail Al Mazrouei, UAE Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, with US special presidential envoy for climate John Kerry at Cop28. APJohn Kerry's essential Cop28 lessons for the climate
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Rapid disbursement of the loss and damage fund announced at Cop28 is needed to support vulnerable nations such as Somalia, which faces catastrophic hungerClimate-risk nations call for loss and damage grants, not loans
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Kristalina Georgieva speaks on the third day of Cop28 in Dubai. Thomas Mukoya / ReutersIMF chief urges leaders to swap fossil fuel subsidies for climate spending
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Palestinian patients arrive in UAE for crucial medical care
Wounded children, cancer patients and families evacuated from Gaza as part of continuing relief efforts
Palestinian patients arrived at Abu Dhabi International Airport on Saturday. Photo: Wam
KHAN YUNIS, GAZA - DECEMBER 1: Palestinians injured in Israeli airstrikes arrive at Nasser Medical Hospital on December 01, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Israel steps up military operations in Gaza after a sustained truce between Hamas and Israel did not hold further than a week despite diplomatic talks and captives released. (Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah / Getty Images)LIVEWHO says conditions at Gaza hospitals ‘beyond inadequate’
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The UAE's field hospital in the Gaza Strip has opened and will provide medical treatment to injured Palestinians. Photo: WamUAE field hospital opens in Gaza
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