Swiss President demands quick action at COP28

Swiss President Alain Berset addressed COP28 in Dubai. Keystone / Sergey Dolzhenko

Swiss President Alain Berset has described the 28th UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai as a “key moment”. The conference will take stock of the progress made under the Paris Agreement.

It is the last moment to achieve the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees by the end of the century, said Berset, according to a statement from the Federal Department of the Interior on Friday. 

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Without rapid and coherent action by the international community, the situation will continue to worsen.

In Dubai, Switzerland is committed to highlighting the gaps in reducing CO2 emissions, adapting to climate change and climate financing. Appropriate recommendations for action should then be derived from this, as it was said. 

Switzerland is also calling for decisions in Dubai to phase out oil and gas by 2050 and coal by 2040.

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