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The Middle East plays host to its second straight United Nations climate conference over the next two weeks. It is expected that member countries will agree on new ways to keep the planet from heating too much by the end of the century
The Middle East plays host to its second straight United Nations climate conference over the next two weeks. It is expected that member countries will agree on new ways to keep the planet from heating too much by the end of the century.
Thousands of attendees are there for the 28th “Conference of the Parties” of the U.N. climate conference which started yesterday (Thursday) and will continue until December 12. Amidst these developments, there are doubts about how far the oil-rich country would go to help end a climate crisis driven largely by fossil fuel use as the world has gotten hotter since last year’s conference in Egypt.
The northern hemisphere had record highs this summer, and Brazil – where it’s not summer yet – this month saw all-time high heat and humidity. Signs are growing that the world – especially developing countries – is increasingly ill-prepared: This year’s monsoon season in India caused nearly US$1.5 billion in property damage. Tropical storm Daniel in September caused deadly floods in Libya.
Last month, Hurricane Otis devastated Mexico, raising fears that the government would spend more money to rebuild than to help people cope. The world is heading for considerably less warming than projected a decade ago, but that good news is overwhelmed by much more pain from current climate change than scientists anticipated, experts said.
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The United Nations talks will include a first-ever assessment of how well the world is doing in its battle against global warming. It’s also a conference where one of the central topics will be whether fossil fuels should be phased out. It is another matter that the summit will be run by the CEO of an oil company.
