This resort features artificial lagoons and encounters with dolphins as well as a stunning aquarium that houses sharks, stingrays, and schools of fish.
This is a stunning backdrop for a climate summit that aims to address the lack of water in the region and other urgent issues. The reason? Global warming from fossil fuels such as those produced by the Gulf Arab states and others. Dubai’s Arabian Peninsula is facing menacing sandstorms, high temperatures, and high humidity.
Major world power nations are pledging to switch to greener energy sources. Oil producers Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates have stated that they too will reduce emissions within their borders. However, they pledge to continue pumping oil and natural gas to export to fuel their economies.
The U.N. has announced that similar weeks will be planned this year for Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia-Pacific, and Africa.
As the host of the U.N. summits to evaluate progress on Paris climate agreement, which aims to keep global temperatures from reaching devastating levels, the Mideast will be even more prominent.
The COP27 global meeting will be held in Sharm el-Sheikh in November. Sharm el-Sheikh is Egypt’s Red Sea coast. Rising temperatures have caused coral reefs to bleach, threatening Egypt’s ecosystem and local tourism sector that millions of Egyptians rely upon. Dubai will host the event in 2023.
Since 2012, the region has not hosted a COP meeting. Qatar was the first Mideast country that hosted the event.