Environment/Science

Heavy rains and floods disrupt normal life in Dubai, flights diverted

Normal life in Dubai City was disrupted and air traffic was badly hit after heavy rains, the highest recorded in 75 years, triggered flooding in the UAE on Tuesday, a region which mostly experiences dry and arid climate. more

COP 28 Dubai Summit: Bhutan urges world to take immediate, robust global action to tackle climate crisis

A top Bhutanese official has urged the world to take immediate and robust global action to address the escalating climate crisis.

Dubai: Our voices and needs must be put first in climate talks, young people tell COP28 Summit

Young climate advocates at COP28 in Dubai on Friday said they will not sit idly by while climate change threatens their futures. They said their voices and ideas can help rescue the plane ...

COP28 Dubai Summit moving towards final week amid discussion over negotiations on emissions cuts and fossil fuels

After a break, COP28 continues its work on Friday, also the day talks on an outcome text kick into high gear. Negotiators are aiming to agree on how to bolster emissions-cutting targets s ...

As ‘humanity’s fate hangs in the balance’, UN chief Antonio calls for urgent action to prevent planetary crash at COP 28 Dubai Summit

Earth’s vital signs are failing and to prevent planetary crash and burn, “we need…cooperation and political will”, UN Secretary General António Guterres sa ...

Science points to ‘climate collapse’ as UN chief calls COP28 to action

The world is heating up at an unprecedented pace, new climate data shows, and leaders gathered for the COP28 conference which opened in Dubai on Thursday must get us out of “deep tr ...

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