How COP28 aims to unlock trillions for businesses offering climate solutions

Green Climate ambassador Alice Wanjiru(in maroon blazer) with other children prepare seedlings ready to plant during the World Children's Day celebration at Afro-Sayari, Nairobi on November 22, 2023. [Jenipher Wachie, Standard]

Over 70,000 delegates from around the world are about to converge in Dubai for COP28. In the lead-up, the UAE's COP28 Presidency has made no secret of its ambition to make this the most consequential COP.

While much of that effort has elevated historically underrepresented communities, and rightly so, a lesser-known determination of the COP28 Presidency is about transforming how the COP process engages with the private sector.