UAE: No more COP28 Green Zone passes available for December 3

Posted on December 3, 2023 by Natalia No Comments

20231130 expo — An event banner outside the Al Wasl dome in the Green Zone at the COP28 climate conference at Expo City Dubai.
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Dubai: Owing to unprecedented interest from the public to visit the Green Zone at COP28 at Expo City Dubai, Green Zone one-day free passes for December 3 are now closed.

More than 400,000 Green Zone passes were issued as of November 29, it was earlier announced. On Sunday, at the Presidency press onference, Ambassador Majid Al Suwaidi, director-general of COP28, confirmed that Green Zone passes for December 3 were closed, while making other main announcements for the day.

“Due to the extraordinary demand, all Green Zone day passes have been issued and we closed our ticketing portal at 7pm last night [Saturday night] due to the exceptional interest,” Ambassador Al Suwaidi said.

suwaidi-1701598033034 — Ambassador Al Suwaidi at the press conference
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A statement on X was also put out by COP28 UAE confirming this. “COP28 Green Zone passes are sold out for December 3, Sunday. If you do not have a ticket, please do not travel to Expo City Dubai. COP28 is open until December 12 and we look forward to welcoming you another day. Tickets are currently available for all other dates via cop28.com/tickets,” the statement read.