The Asia Pacific Group of nations endorsed the UAE’s bid to host the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) in 2023, BNA reports. The endorsement was made at the COP26 summit in Glasgow that has brought nation states together to accelerate action on the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on […]
A study conducted by a team from the Sultan Qaboos University on the areas in Oman most prone to cyclones can help plan for future adverse weather events, Times of Oman reports. Published in July, the research studied the effect of cyclones in the governorates of Muscat, Al Batinah and Al Sharqiyah, which are at […]
News from COP26 is coming faster and faster. This article will summarize what politics said on November 2 about the Gulf countries at the conference in Glasgow. *** Kuwait to adopt national low carbon strategy until 2050 – Amir’s Representative His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad AI-JaberAI-Sabah’s Representative, His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh […]
The Paris Climate Agreement had become a significant achievement of the world community in the fight against global warming over the past quarter-century. However, there are still many obstacles to achieving the objectives of the document. We’ve found a brilliant review on this issue written by DW. The UN Climate Change Conference (COP), which takes […]
Prolonged heat has ruined agriculture and dried up rivers in Madagascar. The starving population feeds on cacti and livestock feed, The Independent states. Such a drought on the island happened for the first time in the last 40 years. In the south of Madagascar, some people died of hunger. The UN named them the first […]
Media indicate that the 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-26) is the most prominent summit of its kind since the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, which resulted in the Paris Climate Agreement. What happened at Cop26 On November 1 – day one at a glance Let’s take […]
Extreme heat, in addition to rising sea levels, is having an impact on antiquities and cities overlooking the Mediterranean in Egypt. Egyptian archaeologists are sounding the alarm over the threat climate change and pollution are posing to the country’s unique ancient heritage, with an increasing number of wildfires and rising sea levels presenting a risk […]
Alok Sharma, the president of the Cop26 climate summit, has called on global leaders to “banish ghosts of the past” and step up with new pledges to lower emissions as the world is running out of time to keep warming below 1.5° C. As leaders prepared to fly in for the conference in Glasgow, Sharma […]
Dubai has developed a roadmap and unveiled a practical path to transform itself into a carbon-neutral economy by 2050, GDN online states. For this, Dubai Future Council on Energy has conducted an in-depth study on how the Emirate of Dubai can achieve carbon neutrality (Net-Zero Emissions) by 2050, a WAM report said. The study was […]
In Scotland, protesters gathered on October 29 near the site of next week’s COP26 summit, demanding countries take real action to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Dylan Hamilton said Democracy now: “We have to try and remind world leaders what’s happening with the crisis. The world is literally on fire, and it’s […]
