King Charles warns of dangerous climate experiment at COP28

King Charles warned world leaders at the Cop28 UN climate summit that the world is engaged in a "vast, frightening experiment" on the natural world, risking irreversible disaster through climate feedback loops. The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, urged leaders to exercise "political will" to prevent a planetary crash and burn. More than 130 heads of state and government gathered in Dubai to chart a path to avoid breaching the 1.5C global heating limit. A fund for loss and damage caused by climate disasters received contributions, but some developing countries expressed concerns about the nature of the funding. A declaration on transforming food systems was signed by over 100 countries, recognizing the threat of climate impacts on agriculture and food security. A UN report highlighted the urgent global emergency of droughts caused by global heating, disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries.