United Nations Climate Change Conference

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) in Dubai on Friday that Greece is "the world's leading global shipping power, controlling nearly 25% of the global shipping fleet," and "the entire issue of maritime decarbonization is of special significance to us." 

King Charles (l) talks to British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak while wearing a tie with a Greek flag at the opening ceremony of the World Climate Action Summit during COP28 on Friday. In his conversation with King Charles, Sunak preferred to look him in the eye, disregarding the potential message of the monarch's neckwear.

Despite the "climate devastation" experienced by the country in recent times, "a new Greece is emerging," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has told the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) in Dubai.

More than 20 countries called for the tripling of world nuclear energy capacity at UN climate talks on Saturday as part of efforts to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

A declaration endorsed by nations ranging from the United States to Ghana to Japan and several European countries said nuclear energy plays a "key role" in reaching the goal of carbon neutrality.

King Charles III told world leaders Friday that the UN's COP28 talks in Dubai must be a turning point in the fight against climate change, as tough negotiations on fossil fuels began.

King Charles kicked off two days of speeches by heads of state and government in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, with a stark warning.

More than 110 countries want the COP28 climate negotiations to adopt a goal of tripling renewable energy and doubling energy efficiency by 2030, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Friday.

DUBAI - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan during the COP28 climate summit in Dubai on Friday and noted that Serbia was a small country, but that it knew how to appreciate its great friends.

Poros will become the third "green" island under the government's GR-eco Islands national initiative, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitostakis has announced at the COP28 conference in Dubai.

The transformation of the island would take place in collaboration with United Arab Emirates state-owned green energy company Masdar, he added.

Britain's King Charles has said the world was "dreadfully far off track" on addressing climate change and that the global economy would be in peril unless the environment was rapidly repaired.

DUBAI - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday Serbia had decided to prepare a new strategy to help the fight against climate change.

Speaking at the COP28 summit in Dubai, Vucic said Serbia was ready to make a major contribution to that effort.

He said climate change was the "greatest challenge of our time."