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Over 70% of Gaza’s population trapped in high-risk climate zones
Climate and Health

Over 70% of Gaza’s population trapped in high-risk climate zones

The forced displacement of over 1.9 million people in Gaza confines them to areas with extreme exposure to climate hazards. By Marco Lopez There is no safe ground in Gaza. This is according to a report published earlier this month by SARI Global, a climate think tank that provides real-time climate risk analysis. Its report […]

Climate Spotlight StaffClimate Spotlight Staff
October 17, 2025
Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Jordan, Handout via Reuters
Action and Advocacy

Syria’s Assad invited to COP28 by host, UAE

Reports from Syrian state-run media SANA News says that President Bashar Assad was invited to COP28 by the leader of the UAE – Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The 28th Conference of Parties (COP) which are to be held in Dubai Expo City from November 30 to December 12 is already being criticized for […]

Climate Spotlight StaffClimate Spotlight Staff
May 16, 2023
COP28 president-designate says the world needs “course correction”
Action and Advocacy

COP28 president-designate says the world needs “course correction”

by Climate Spotlight Staff “The world is playing catch-up in keeping global temperatures below 1.5 degrees,” Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, COP28 president-designate, told participants at the World Government Summit, held in Dubai in February 2023. His home country, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), will host this year’s upcoming climate change conference. The UAE has the […]

Climate Spotlight StaffClimate Spotlight Staff
February 24, 2023
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