Live. COP28: 'Make COP28 count' says UN chief as negotiations enter crunch time at climate summit

Welcome to our live coverage of COP28. Keep up to date with the latest news from Dubai from the UN climate conference.

UN chief Antonio Guterres has also spoken to reporters this morning after returning to Dubai from the Doha forum in Qatar. 

With COP28 scheduled to wrap tomorrow, Guterres said there are "still large gaps that need to be bridged". 

He asked negotiators to aim for "maximum ambition" on two fronts:​ reducing greenhouse gas emissions and delivering climate justice. 

The UN chief also said that the next two years are vital, meaning governments must leave Dubai with a "clear understanding" of what is needed between now and COP30 in Brazil. 

"So as we approach the finish line for COP28, my main message is clear:

"We must conclude COP28 with an ambitious outcome that demonstrates decisive action and a credible plan to keep 1.5 alive and protect those on the frontlines of the climate crisis," Guterres said. 

"We can’t keep kicking the can down the road. We are out of road – and almost out of time."  

Head of the UN climate change body, Simon Stiell, has told reporters this morning that the remaining negotiations have "narrowed significantly" with two issues now at the head of the table.

Stiell said these were the level of ambition on mitigation and willingness to back the transition with the proper means to support it. He said the highest level of ambition was possible for both. 

"I repeat – the highest levels of ambition are possible on both.  But if we reduce on one, we reduce our ability to get either. 

"So that leaves us with the question: how do we get, from here, a meaningful deal?"

Stiell called out "tactical blockades" which were holding up progress and "strategic landmines that blow it up for one, blow it up for