As the climate crisis reaches a tipping point, what are world leaders waiting for?

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As world leaders gather for the Cop28 climate conference, The Independentreports that only a handful of people remain years in the world to control its emissions before exhausting its emissions. the planet's capacity to cope.

The two-week summit in Dubai opened with a "deafening cacophony of broken records", the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday. /p>

With King Charles set to use his opening speech today to call for a “critical turn towards real transformative action”:

UN Secretary-General , Antonio Guterres, warned that the unprecedented global heat “should send shivers down the spines of world leaders”, the UAE host insisted. no issue would be left aside during the negotiations. Latest projections showed there was only a 14% chance of limiting warming to the 1.5°C target. A historic deal has been finalized to support vulnerable nations already suffering irrevocable losses from the climate crisis. Rishi Sunak said he was "proud" of his record on tackling climate change - despite fierce criticism from UK campaigners over his net zero turnaround, US climate envoy John Kerry said Washington would target reductions in the powerful but lesser-mentioned greenhouse gas methane.

The king is expected to tell climate leaders and delegates that the "hope of the world" rests on their decisions, and affirm that, despite some progress, repeated warning signs of climate change are being ignored.

It is understood he will outline five key issues he hopes the summit will address, adding: "The Earth does not belong to us not, we belong to the Earth."

The summit kicked off yesterday with the WMO's announcement that 2023 will be the hottest year in recorded history, while sea ​​level rise is also at a record high, extreme weather is increasing and Antarctic sea ice is disappearing at an alarming rate.

“We are experiencing a collapse climate change in real time,” Mr. Guterres said, calling for the spiraling crisis to be a “trigger” for world leaders to act.

Yet even in the face of a mountain of findings WMO, a...