Negotiating a big breakfast can help at talks

Getting up early for a large breakfast was often part of the daily routine for Wang Tian, a Chinese negotiator at the COP28 United Nations Climate Change Conference.

A substantial breakfast was a key preparation for the long days at COP28 that could see her have to skip lunch and dinner as fierce and sometimes tedious negotiations took place on the content and wording of statements on transparency issues.

Negotiations at the conference, which was held in Dubai from Nov 30 to Dec 13, would often go long into the night, and with agreements requiring the signatures of all parties, a consensus was difficult to achieve.