It’s a lengthy journey from Dubai’s original city center to the Expo City Dubai grounds, which hosted the UN Climate Change Conference known as COP28. One can either hire a car and fight Dubai traffic for 40 minutes, or take the elevated train for an hour and half.
Exhausted but determined, COP28 negotiators worked through the night, sleeping on sofas and shuttling between meeting rooms and the warm Dubai night. But by early morning, high-fives in the hall signaled an achievement that was unthinkable just 24 hours earlier…
Last month, Architecture 2030 sent a robust delegation to COP28 and tapped a talented crew as virtual delegates. Altogether, the NGO was represented by 21 people representing multiple disciplines and perspectives. I asked several of them to share their impressions after the event closed.
