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As the COP28 summit gets under way in Dubai to discuss climate change, the results of a Greek public opinion poll conducted after the devastating Storm Daniel in September has shown that that young people in Greece are skeptical about climate change. 

DUBAI - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, who is attending the COP28 climate change summit in Dubai, said on Friday the event was being held against the backdrop of global conflicts and turmoil while the challenges of conserving the planet, the only home to all humans, were growing steadily.

Greece will be represented in the 28th UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Minister of Environment and Energy Theo Skylakakis, Minister of State for Economic Diplomacy and Extroversion Costas Fragogiannis and Minister of State for Environment and Energy Alexandra Sdoukou.

World leaders take centre stage at UN climate talks in Dubai on Friday, under pressure to step up efforts to limit global warming as the Israel-Hamas conflict casts a shadow over the summit.

The COP28 conference kicked off on Thursday with an early victory as nations agreed to launch a "loss and damage" fund for vulnerable countries devastated by natural disasters.

It has already caused a "deafening cacophony" and temperature records, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced today, according to Reuters.
"We are living and going through a climate collapse in real time," said United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the opening of the COP28 summit in Dubai, the Guardian reported.

As global leaders gather in Dubai for the world's U.N. climate conference, delegates hope to clinch an early victory on a disaster fund on Thursday before the summit turns its focus to fossil fuels and other divisive topics.

The United Arab Emirates planned to exploit meetings with foreign governments arranged due to its COP28 hosting role to strike fossil fuel deals, according to leaked documents obtained by the BBC.

The leaked briefing notes were prepared by the UAE's COP28 team for summit president Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber ahead of meetings with foreign governments between July and October this year.

Just days before the crucial COP28 summit in Dubai on November 30, scientists are predicting that 2023 will be the warmest year ever recorded after the new record in October. The trend is also evident in Greece's weather conditions, as this fall has been characterized by unprecedented heat, mosquitoes and fires. 

The Supreme Court of Appeals has decided to file criminal complaints against members of the Constitutional Court over a profound disagreement on the case of imprisoned Workers' Party of Türkiye (TİP) lawmaker Can Atalay, in a first and unprecedented legal dispute in the history of the Turkish judiciary.

Türkiye's top court has ruled in favor of Can Atalay, the imprisoned lawmaker from the Workers' Party of Türkiye (TİP), declaring a "violation of rights in terms of the right to be elected and the right to personal liberty and security" in his case related to the 2013 Gezi Park protests.