What’s at stake at COP28 & more environmental headlines.

[View this email in your browser]( Thursday, November 30, 2023 "It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment." — Ansel Adams What’s at Stake at COP28 The next United Nations Climate Change Conference, otherwise known as [COP28]( begins Thursday in the United Arab Emirates. The conference, which lasts through December 12, comes at a critical moment in global efforts to contain the climate crisis. The latest [UN Emissions Gap Report]( released ahead of the talks, found that nations’ current emissions reduction pledges, called nationally determined contributions (NDCs) under the Paris agreement, would put the world on track for 2.9 degrees Celsius of warming beyond pre-industrial levels by 2100. Yet 2023, at an average [1.1 degrees Celsius]( of warming, is already shattering records with the hottest temperatures in [125,000 years]( which have fueled deadly [heat waves]( [floods]( and [wildfires](. [Read More]( Related: [Pope Francis Says He Will Attend COP28, a First by a Pontiff]( Biden to Skip COP28 Climate Conference According to a White House official, U.S. President Joe Biden will not be attending the United Nations [COP28]( Climate Conference, which begins this Thursday in Dubai. The meeting of world leaders and delegates — including climate scientists, Indigenous Peoples and youth — to discuss the [climate crisis]( has been held annually at various international locations since 1995. [Read More]( Related: [Migrant Workers Endured Dangerous Heat to Prepare UAE Venue for COP28 Climate Talks]( Meat Companies and Lobbying Groups Plan to Present Meat as ‘Sustainable Nutrition’ at COP28, Documents Reveal Big [meat companies]( and lobbyists for the industry have plans to be out in full force at the [COP28]( climate conference, bringing with them a message of [meat]( as “sustainable nutrition,” documents from the Global Meat Alliance (GMA) reveal, according to a press release from DeSmog. [Read More]( Related: [7 Easy Ways to Cut Down on Meat in Your Diet]( England to Get First New National Park Since 2010 Natural England, a non-departmental adviser for the environment in the UK, is deliberating on the site of a new national park for England. The new national park will be the first one designated in the country since South Downs in 2010. [Read More]( Related: [7 of the Greenest Small Towns in America]( Virgin Atlantic Makes First Transatlantic Flight Using Sustainable Jet Fuel Virgin Atlantic has made the first transatlantic flight of a commercial passenger jet powered entirely by “sustainable” fuel. [Read More]( Related: [Brazilian Plane Maker Says Electric Flying Taxis Could Be Ready for Takeoff by 2026]( Do you get this newsletter daily? If not, [sign up here]( or forward to a friend. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Website]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2023 EcoWatch, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up for EcoWatch Top News of The Day Our mailing address is: EcoWatch 1122 Oberlin RoadRaleigh, NC 27605 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. [Mailchimp Email Marketing](