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The big-picture narratives in the foreground of 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), November 30-December 12 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), provide necessary context to the intensively negotiated textual outcomes of COP28.
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The big-picture narratives in the foreground of 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), November 30-December 12 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), provide necessary context to the intensively negotiated textual outcomes of COP28.