Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra met COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber in Brussels on Monday (13 November). In a joint statement, they expressed their shared belief that the climate summit must achieve the "highest possible ambition". “It must accelerate practical action on mitigation, loss and damage, adaptation and climate finance, and build a fully inclusive COP28 "that leaves no one behind," they said. A "significant financial contribution from the EU and its member states" to the loss and damage fund will be announced during the climate summit in Dubai, which will start at the end of November, according to the Commission. (Rosie Frost)