COP28 in Dubai enters final week, negotiations ramp up on emissions cuts, fossil fuels

COP28 in Dubai enters final week, negotiations ramp up on emissions cuts, fossil fuels

On Wednesday, UN climate chief Simon Stiell told a press conference that the text is “a grab bag of wish lists and heavy on posturing.” He added: “All governments must give their negotiators clear marching orders. We need highest ambition, not point scoring or lowest common denominator politics.” UN chief António Guterres has said the…

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COP28 gets underway in Dubai with call for ‘terminal decline’ of the fossil fuel era

COP28 gets underway in Dubai with call for ‘terminal decline’ of the fossil fuel era

“We are taking baby steps and stepping far too slowly to work out the best responses to the complex climate impacts we are faced with,” Executive Secretary of UN Climate Change Simon Stiell told delegates gathered for COP28.  The 28th annual meeting known as ‘COP’ after the Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention…

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Arrival of more than 40 million passengers at Dubai International Airport in the first 6 months of the year

Arrival of more than 40 million passengers at Dubai International Airport in the first 6 months of the year

Dubai International Airport says that 4.16 million passengers arrived here in the first half of this year. The record of passenger arrivals in 2019 has been broken for the first time before the corona epidemic. The number of passengers at Dubai Airport increased by 100% during the first 6 months of 2023 compared to the…

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Sheikh Hamdan, Crown Prince of Dubai, announced more than 3 thousand residential plots

Sheikh Hamdan, Crown Prince of Dubai, announced more than 3 thousand residential plots

Under the plan, Emirati homes will be upgraded over the next 20 years. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai announced more than 3 thousand residential plots for Emirati citizens. Sheikh Hamdan said that Dubai Municipality has distributed 3,200 residential plots to the citizens of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This residential project is…

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Dubai;  The company has been fined crores of rupees for not paying the salaries of the employees for 2 months

Dubai; The company has been fined crores of rupees for not paying the salaries of the employees for 2 months

Dubai’s Labor Court ordered workers to pay Dh5,000 each; Photo: File Dubai: The owner of a construction company in the United Arab Emirates has been fined 200,000 dirhams (Pakistan 83.8 million and 54 thousand) for not paying salaries to employees for two months. According to Arab media, the Dubai construction company was fined by the…

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