World leaders and climate experts are gathered in Dubai for the United Nations Climate Change Conference–more commonly known as COP28. Climate Central scientists are participating, presenting attribution science, sea level rise projections, and visualizations in a series of presentations and displays within the Blue Zone for government officials and policy makers, international media, and fellow scientists and leaders within climate organizations across the globe.
Global heat deaths are projected to increase by 370% if action is not taken to limit the effects of global warming, according to a study published Tuesday in The Lancet, a medical journal.
New global analysis shows that carbon pollution boosted June-August heat for billions of people in 2023. Countries that felt the strongest climate fingerprints have contributed the least carbon pollution.