Head of the upcoming UN climate talks in Dubai sent to world leaders  comprehensive plan a two-week meeting that will begin in approximately 40 days.

Why is this important: The program includes everything from details about the world leaders' summit portion to potential landing zones related to climate emissions reduction goals by 2030.

Yes, but: The letter comes amid instability in the Middle East, which could weaken leaders' focus and increase tensions between delegations at the summit.

Zoom in: In a letter, Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber, the summit's president-designate, presents the summit as an "inflection point" and a "test" of the international community's willingness and ability to dramatically accelerate and scale up its action to combat climate change.

• The first sentence refers to the “climate shocks” around the world in recent months and uses them to create a sense of urgency.
• Al-Jaber is pushing for countries to come up with new pledges and plans to address the lack of funding to help hard-hit countries and the need to commit to more ambitious emissions reductions by 2030, along with other steps. (Andrew Freedman, author Generate Axios)