"BRUSSELS - Countries at this year's U.N. climate summit must face up to how far behind they are lagging on climate change targets and agree a plan to get on track, the United Arab Emirates' incoming president of the event said on Thursday.
In a speech laying out the country's plan for the COP28 summit, to be held in Dubai in November, Sultan al-Jaber said the event should also yield international goals to triple renewable energy, double energy savings and hydrogen production by 2030.
"We must be brutally honest about the gaps that need to be filled, the root causes and how we got to this place here today," Jaber told a meeting in Brussels of climate ministers and officials from countries including Brazil, China, the United States and European Union members.
"Then we must apply a far-reaching, forward-looking, action-oriented and comprehensive response to address these gaps practically," he said."
Kate Abnett and Maha El Dahan report for Reuters July 13, 2023.
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