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November 28, 2023

Biden Won't Join World Leaders at COP28 Climate Talks
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President Biden will not attend the world leaders' summit at COP28 in
Dubai next weekend. The White House has not officially confirmed whether
Biden will make an appearance at the U.N. climate summit at a later
date. Biden has attended the last two COP summits and just this month
said climate change was "the ultimate threat to humanity." COP28 is
expected to be the largest summit yet, with some 70,000 delegates, and
world leaders and senior officials from nearly every nation in
attendance. Last week, the European Parliament approved a resolution for
its COP delegation to push for an end to all fossil fuel subsidies
worldwide "as soon as possible and by 2025 the latest." Join Democracy
Now! next week when we will be broadcasting from COP28 in Dubai.

Meanwhile the labor rights group Equidem has released a report
highlighting the ongoing abuse of migrant workers in the UAE, including
at Expo City in Dubai, the site of the climate summit. Workers cite
extreme heat, inadequate food allowances and wage theft as some of the
violations they are facing. 


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