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Press Statement on the Key Outcomes of COP 28
Posted on: 2024-03-14 12:27:06
The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference Of Parties (COP 28) Summit occurred in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from November 30 – December 12. The COP 28, provided an opportunity for governments to reflect and rejuvenate a collective momentum crucial to driving global ambition and climate action. The conference has since made new commitments and declarations for new climate initiatives to achieve substantial progress under the Global Climate Action Agenda. The outcome areas of COP 28, were; fast-tracking a just, orderly, and equitable energy transition; fixing climate finance; focusing on people, lives, and livelihoods; and underpinning everything with full inclusivity.
The Ugandan government also utilized COP28, to renew its commitments, by launching the government's Energy Transition Strategy. This is a key step towards the realization of pillar number one set by the COP 28 presidency “fast-tracking a just, orderly, and equitable energy transition”. The energy transition strategy aims to fully mobilize national energy resources and potentials; bringing energy to the top of national agendas; and taking approaches that put the country directly on innovative, low-carbon energy development pathways, while avoiding the fossil fuel lock-in now facing most industrialized and emerging economies.
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