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Deaths. 5. On 16 April 2024, heavy rains caused floods in the United Arab Emirates, affected cities of mainly Dubai and Sharjah, the northern Emirates, and different areas of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. [ 1 ] According to the National Center for Meteorology (United Arab Emirates) , this was the country's heaviest rainfall recorded in 75 ...
The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly known as COP28, was the 28th United Nations Climate Change conference, held from 30 November to 13 December at Expo City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The COP conference has been held annually (except 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic) [1 ...
From 15 June to October 2022, floods in Pakistan killed 1,739 people, [3] and caused ₨ 3.2 trillion ($14.8 billion) of damage and ₨ 3.3 trillion ($15.2 billion) of economic losses. [4] The immediate causes of the floods were heavier than usual monsoon rains and melting glaciers [5] that followed a severe heat wave, both of which are linked ...
Watch live as the Cop28 climate summit opens in Dubai on Thursday (30 November). The annual two-week UN convention on climate change is the biggest event of the year to tackle the climate crisis.
Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday is set to attend the COP28 global climate conference in the United Arab Emirates as she aims to tout American leadership on climate change at a key moment ...
Dubai hosted the United Nations' COP28 climate talks just last year. Rising temperatures and other effects of global warming long have been viewed as a threat to life in the already-baking region.
The average daytime high during January, the coolest month, is around 22 °C (72 °F) with overnight lows of 12 °C (54 °F). The lowest recorded temperature in Dubai is 5 °C (41 °F), reached on early mornings from 10 to 12 January 2021. [3] An urban heat island effect does exert an effect on Dubai as well, for example during the winter ...
There was no shortage of bleak climate news in 2023, already confirmed as the hottest on record. ... the COP28 climate summit in Dubai concluded in December with nearly 200 countries making an ...