What To Watch For at the COP28 Climate Summit

COP28 will highlight disparities between the developed and developing world on climate ambitions, as well as individual countries' differing priorities on what to discuss and how global solutions to climate change and the energy transition should be structured. This year's annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, which runs from Nov. 30 until Dec. 12 in Dubai, comes at what many scientists and climate activists consider a crucial time, with 2023 so far being the warmest year on record. But the lead-up to the conference has been mired by negotiation challenges on issues like the need to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and how much the developed world should help finance the energy transition and help developing countries pay for the consequences of climate change. Moreover, this year's host, the United Arab Emirates, has come under scrutiny as being one of the world's largest oil producers, giving it an incentive to...