Dealing with Climate Change
UAE will be hosting annual meeting of COP28 from November 30-December 12 to take stock of the progress achieved on the measures agreed at COP27 and the commitments made by the participating nations to deal with the existentialist challenge of climate change with greater focus on ways and means to keep the temperature down to 1.5 Centigrade.
The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the main decision making body of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. It holds annual meetings to assess the progress made on commitments made by the industrial nations in regards to reduction in the emissions of green house gases and extending financial assistance and transfer of technologies to countries that are severely affected by this phenomenon. But the things have not moved the way they are desired to progress. At the COP 27 the creation of a Loss and Damage Fund to the tune of $100 billion was agreed to help and compensate poor countries affected by the climate change but it remains only a pledge till now.
Regrettably no credible and concrete steps have been taken by the global community to ward off the debilitating effects of phenomenon of climate change. Two international protocols have been signed according to which the industrial nations have made commitments to reduce the emissions of green houses gases and also help the poor nations who have been affected by climate change to deal with the impact of climate change. But the major pollutants are even showing reluctance to cut down on the green-house emissions preferring industrial growth over it. While it is acknowledged that fossil fuels are the........
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