{"id":11217,"date":"2023-11-30T09:50:45","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T09:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/?p=11217"},"modified":"2024-05-08T12:56:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T11:56:13","slug":"cop28-why-population-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/news\/2023\/11\/cop28-why-population-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"COP28: In The Era of Global Boiling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light curved-bottom\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"870\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-11218\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/COP28_UAE_Official_Logo.svg_.png\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/COP28_UAE_Official_Logo.svg_.png 1920w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/COP28_UAE_Official_Logo.svg_-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/COP28_UAE_Official_Logo.svg_-1024x464.png 1024w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/COP28_UAE_Official_Logo.svg_-768x348.png 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/COP28_UAE_Official_Logo.svg_-1536x696.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\"><h1 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title\">COP28: In The Era of Global Boiling<\/h1><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2023-11-30T09:50:45+00:00\">30 November 2023<\/time><\/div>\n<p class=\"lead\">In July, the UN Chief declared the \u2018Era of global boiling has arrived\u2019, in a year marked by heatwaves and wildfires. COP28, an important UN Climate Conference, is currently taking place in Dubai, where world leaders will come together to discuss the urgent action needed. However, when it comes to carbon emissions, we all have more responsibility to bear than we might think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is COP28?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The United Nations Climate Change Conferences are held annually and are government-led meetings focused on climate policy to fulfil the obligations of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 60,000 people are expected to attend COP28, amongst them representatives of member states, industry leaders, indigenous leaders, journalists, and other stakeholders. Controversially, this year it is being held in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The UAE has already been strongly criticised for its attempt to use the UN Climate conference as an opportunity to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-67508331\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">strike oil and gas deals<\/a>. In a year, when the global temperatures already briefly crossed the <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2023\/11\/20\/climate\/2-degree-warming-limit-record-copernicus-climate-int\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2-degree threshold<\/a>, it\u2019s disheartening to see the fossil fuel business flexing its muscles in such a way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, as a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/policy-practice.oxfam.org\/resources\/climate-equality-a-planet-for-the-99-621551\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oxfam report<\/a> reveals, wealth per capita is a key driver of the climate crisis. In addition, as the impacts of climate change take hold, so too will it further exacerbate wealth inequality. Environmental disasters such as heatwaves and wildfires are predicted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/topic\/social-dimensions-of-climate-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disproportionately affect vulnerable communities<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/ohrlls\/news\/frontline-climate-crisis-worlds-most-vulnerable-nations-suffer-disproportionately\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> low-income countries<\/a>, whilst the rich will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfamamerica.org\/explore\/stories\/top-5-ways-billionaires-are-driving-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">insulated and protected from it<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wealth and Emissions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s already widely accepted that richer nations hold greater responsibility for climate change, with a study confirming that the Global North is responsible for <a href=\"https:\/\/policy-practice.oxfam.org\/resources\/climate-equality-a-planet-for-the-99-621551\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">92% of excess CO2 emissions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In talking about carbon emissions, it\u2019s important to define the type of emissions. <a href=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/grapher\/consumption-co2-emissions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Consumption emissions<\/a> take into account the carbon emissions generated in the production of goods and services according to where they were consumed &#8211; a much truer measure of responsibility for climate change than only looking at the emissions created within a country&#8217;s territory. For many of us in the UK, our consumption emissions come from our weekly shop, travel to work, and heating our homes, essentially covering everything we do to facilitate our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Oxfam Report emphasises the link between higher per capita wealth and carbon emissions &#8211; in short that the rich produce more carbon emissions than the poor. The report confirms previous findings that globally, the richest 10% has contributed half of consumption-based carbon emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who are the 10%?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For many of us, we might think of the richest 10% as millionaires in giant mansions, but the startling reality is that the richest 10% will include many people reading this blog. That&#8217;s because we fail to take account of how poor the bottom 50% truly is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The poorest 50% of the population live on an average income of $5.4 or \u00a34.37 a day and constitute 3.9 billion people who have had a negligible impact on climate change. They are responsible for only 7.7% of carbon emissions yet will unjustly suffer the worst effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The richest 10% is anyone with an income higher than $41,000 (\u00a333,256) and constitutes 49.8% of emissions. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ons.gov.uk\/employmentandlabourmarket\/peopleinwork\/earningsandworkinghours\/bulletins\/annualsurveyofhoursandearnings\/2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UK average salary is \u00a334,963<\/a> &#8211; the sobering truth is that many of us living in the UK belong to the \u201crichest 10%\u201d, contributing the most to carbon emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Add-a-little-bit-of-body-text.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Add-a-little-bit-of-body-text.png 1024w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Add-a-little-bit-of-body-text-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Add-a-little-bit-of-body-text-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"944\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Add-a-little-bit-of-body-text-1-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Add-a-little-bit-of-body-text-1-1.png 944w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Add-a-little-bit-of-body-text-1-1-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Add-a-little-bit-of-body-text-1-1-768x503.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 944px) 100vw, 944px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And those we typically think of as the ultra-rich millionaires and above, only make up the 0.01% and have a 0.7% share of total emissions. On an individual basis, it\u2019s clear to see the grossly outsized impact on carbon emissions that the class of the ultra-rich produce with their mega yachts and space rockets, with a handful of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2023\/nov\/20\/richest-1-account-for-more-carbon-emissions-than-poorest-66-report-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">billionaires producing more emissions<\/a> than that of millions of people in the Global South. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Importantly, the Oxfam Report identifies that the ultra-rich have a far greater effect than just through their personal consumption, however. Their<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2023\/nov\/20\/twelve-billionaires-climate-emissions-jeff-bezos-bill-gates-elon-musk-carbon-divide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> investments<\/a> drive up carbon emissions, particularly through funding fossil fuel companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, without absolving the ultra-rich for their actions, it\u2019s important to recognise the simple fact that the \u201crichest 10%\u201d will include many people who don\u2019t think of themselves as \u201crich\u201d at all, yet are collectively responsible for half of all emissions. Even those who no one would describe as rich, earning between $5,000 and $41,000 per year, contribute more than a third of all emissions. Wealth matters &#8211; but numbers of people matter too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>(You can read a more comprehensive and detailed analysis of the roles of population and wealth in driving climate change in our 2021 blog, <a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/news\/2022\/02\/fat-cats-and-fossil-fuel-companies-whos-to-blame-for-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To reduce our collective emissions, we must all take action to reduce our <a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/we-dont-buy-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overconsumption of resources<\/a>, including simple choices one can make to achieve a more <a href=\"https:\/\/friendsoftheearth.uk\/climate\/live-sustainably-how-be-conscious-consumer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sustainable lifestyle<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/kouji-tsuru-CwiIE7D5Qk-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/kouji-tsuru-CwiIE7D5Qk-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/kouji-tsuru-CwiIE7D5Qk-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/kouji-tsuru-CwiIE7D5Qk-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/kouji-tsuru-CwiIE7D5Qk-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/kouji-tsuru-CwiIE7D5Qk-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Carbon Budget<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking at the global picture, to keep global warming below the 1.5-degree limit above pre-industrial temperatures, and prevent the worst effects of climate change, a \u2018carbon budget\u2019 has been calculated. The \u2018carbon budget\u2019 is the volume of emissions the world could afford to produce if we are to keep global temperatures rises within the 1.5-degree limit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientists have already declared the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2023\/oct\/30\/climate-crisis-carbon-emissions-budget\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">remaining carbon budget as \u201ctiny\u201d<\/a>, an ominous warning that reflects the reality that the carbon budget is rapidly dwindling as emissions targets are not being met. A recent analysis found the remaining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41558-023-01848-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">carbon budget is 250 billion tons for a 50% chance<\/a> of keeping below the 1.5-degree limit, equivalent to just six more years at current levels of emissions. If the world is to avoid hitting the 1.5-degree limit, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-67242386\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">emissions will have to reach net zero by 2034<\/a>, rather than 2050 as planned, a far faster timescale than any of the current climate policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Again, wealth and population count. Between 1990 and 2019, the richest 1% depleted 12% of the world\u2019s historic carbon budget, whilst the poorest 50% used up just 5%. The richest 10%, which includes many citizens of the UK, were responsible for using up 40% of the carbon budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/carbon-budget-graphic.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11223\" width=\"660\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/carbon-budget-graphic.png 778w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/carbon-budget-graphic-300x257.png 300w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/carbon-budget-graphic-768x658.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Population Factor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The good news is that <a href=\"https:\/\/fee.org\/articles\/no-matter-how-you-measure-it-more-people-are-escaping-poverty-than-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more people than ever are escaping poverty<\/a> and becoming richer. The bad news is that the more people there are living more affluent lives, the more that will drive collective emissions upward, even as technology and decarbonisation reduces individual impacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Globally, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita and population growth remained the strongest drivers of CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion in the last decade.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>&#8211; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/report\/sixth-assessment-report-working-group-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sixth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/joseph-chan-I23WeOTsA8M-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/joseph-chan-I23WeOTsA8M-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/joseph-chan-I23WeOTsA8M-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/joseph-chan-I23WeOTsA8M-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/joseph-chan-I23WeOTsA8M-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/joseph-chan-I23WeOTsA8M-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Oxfam report emphasises the stark wealth inequalities existing in the world, and it\u2019s vital that more people are provided the resources they need to escape poverty and raise their standard of living. However, as the volume of consumption emissions of the UK demonstrates, facilitating our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/academic-impact\/consumerism-and-climate-change-how-choices-you-make-can-help-mitigate-effects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">daily lives is an energy intensive process<\/a> \u2013 from transport, to food, to housing, and what\u2019s more is we live in a culture that encourages overconsumption, from <a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/resources\/icon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new phone upgrades<\/a>, to <a href=\"https:\/\/carbonliteracy.com\/fast-fashions-carbon-footprint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fast fashion<\/a>, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2023\/oct\/16\/suvs-emit-more-climate-damaging-gas-than-older-cars-do-study-finds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">driving SUV cars<\/a>. Thus, as more people escape poverty, not only will they rightly acquire the resources they need, there is a strong chance they will also acquire the habits of a culture that encourages us to purchase things we don\u2019t need. Either way, the current responsibility is on those of us who are already rich to consume less, and cut our disproportionate share of emissions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Climate change is a complicated and difficult issue, that requires multiple solutions, most importantly political and economic changes at a pace which reflects the extent of our crisis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can and should also address<a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> and reverse population growth<\/a>. By reducing our numbers, we will reduce our demand on resources and curb the rate of future carbon emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing population growth can be done through <a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ethical, positive actions<\/a>, such as improving access to reproductive healthcare and improving girl\u2019s education, that can all help achieve the UN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b2Ums2kIpDs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sustainable development goals<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s still feasible that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/meeting-the-1-5-c-climate-goal-will-save-millions-of-people-and-its-still-feasible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">world can meet the 1.5-degree limit<\/a> if those meeting in Dubai, and all of us, work to reduce our collective emissions rapidly, by reducing our consumption and ending population growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-blue-background-color has-background alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related content<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-popmat-grid grid grid-3\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-popmat-post-teaser\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/climate-change\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Climate change<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"285\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/example_banner_2-768x285.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-2161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/example_banner_2-768x285.jpg 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/example_banner_2-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/example_banner_2-1024x380.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/example_banner_2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/img>\n\t\t\t\t<p>The climate crisis is already devastating lives and if we don&#8217;t take action, the effects will be catastrophic. Find out how population matters to climate change, and what we can do about it.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-popmat-post-teaser\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/news\/2022\/02\/fat-cats-and-fossil-fuel-companies-whos-to-blame-for-climate-change\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Fat cats and fossil fuel companies: who&#8217;s to blame for climate change?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/cruise_georgy-trofimov-xEJoSsDCnR8-unsplash_smaller-768x576.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-4590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/cruise_georgy-trofimov-xEJoSsDCnR8-unsplash_smaller-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/cruise_georgy-trofimov-xEJoSsDCnR8-unsplash_smaller-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/cruise_georgy-trofimov-xEJoSsDCnR8-unsplash_smaller-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/cruise_georgy-trofimov-xEJoSsDCnR8-unsplash_smaller-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/cruise_georgy-trofimov-xEJoSsDCnR8-unsplash_smaller.jpg 1672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/img>\n\t\t\t\t<p>The richest people drive climate change. But who are &#8220;the rich&#8221; and does that mean population doesn&#8217;t matter? We examine the evidence on climate equality.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-popmat-share\"><a class=\"fb-share\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpopulationmatters.org%2Fnews%2F2023%2F11%2Fcop28-why-population-matters%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><div> Share<\/div><\/a><a class=\"tw-share\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpopulationmatters.org%2Fnews%2F2023%2F11%2Fcop28-why-population-matters%2F&amp;text=COP28%3A%20In%20The%20Era%20of%20Global%20Boiling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><div> Tweet<\/div><\/a><a class=\"li-share\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpopulationmatters.org%2Fnews%2F2023%2F11%2Fcop28-why-population-matters%2F&amp;text=COP28%3A%20In%20The%20Era%20of%20Global%20Boiling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><div> Post<\/div><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COP28 is the focus of efforts to tackle climate change. 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