TOKYO -- The most significant climate conference of 2023 wrapped up in Dubai on Wednesday as the world experiences its hottest year on record.
The final hours of COP28 ended on a hopeful note as two prominent climate envoys, Xie Zhenhua of China and John Kerry of the U.S., sat together in an apparently friendly show between the world's two biggest carbon emitters. The outcome of the United Nations talks, they said, would be critical for the geopolitical rivals' long-term strategic planning on global warming.
