


summit, the UAE presidency said one of its thematic days during the two-week summit would be "relief, recovery and peace", without giving further details. The UNFCCC said in an emailed response to questions that there were no concrete plans to amend guidance on military emissions accounting, but that the issue could be discussed at future summits, including at COP28 in Dubai.Īsked whether military emissions would be discussed at the U.N. 'RECOVERY AND PEACE'įor now, however, there are few signs there will be any tangible response to the lobbying drive this year.

"The omission of conflict-related emissions in UNFCCC accounting is a glaring gap," said Axel Michaelowa, founding partner of Perspectives Climate Group, adding that hundreds of millions of tons of carbon emissions may be unaccounted for. Emissions accounting will come into focus in the first global stocktake - an assessment of how far behind countries are from the Paris climate goals - due to take place at the COP28 climate summit in the United Arab Emirates starting on Nov.
