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In this IIEA webinar, hosted live from COP28 in Dubai, Alex White, Director General of the IIEA, and a panel of experts assess the progress of COP28 towards achieving global climate change mitigation and adaptation objectives. With the Summit due to conclude on 12 December, Mr White and the panel assess the state of play of ongoing discussions and negotiations, and if the Summit is likely to be successful in keeping hopes of a 1.5 degrees Celsius limit to global warming alive.\n\nAbout the Speaker:\n\nAlex White is the Director General of the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA), and a Senior Counsel at the Irish Bar. He was a TD from 2011 to 2016, during which time he held the positions of Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources (2014 \u2013 2016), Minister for Primary Care (2012 \u2013 2014) and Committee Chair of the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament) Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure & Reform (2011 \u2013 2012). Prior to serving as a TD, Alex was a member of Seanad Eireann (2007 \u2013 2011), a councillor with South Dublin County Council (2004 \u2013 2007) and a radio producer with RT\xc9 (1984 \u2013 1994). He is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin and of the King\u2019s Inns.