Climate change

The 2023 UN Climate Change Conference from Nov.30 to Dec.12 December 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, will bring a solid mechanism to deal with climate change and save the world from its disasters (“Climate change may push up to 158.3m women, girls into poverty,” Oct.21, Gulf Today website).

According to the report, if unchecked, climate change will significantly increase women’s vulnerability to poverty and hunger, undermining hard-won development gains, according to a UN report. “Globally, by mid-century, under a worst-case climate scenario, climate change may push up to 158.3 million more women and girls into poverty (16 million more than the total number of men and boys). “A recent review of national climate action plans, known as nationally determined contributions, found that only 55 have specific climate adaptation measures referring to gender equality and only 23 recognise women as agents of change in accelerating progress on climate commitments. Multi-sectoral plans and efforts to respond to climate change must prioritise women and girls most at risk.”

Slowly and gradually climate change is gripping the world with its horrible disasters and it’s the need of the hour to act unitedly against the global warming for the best interest of present and coming generations

Kareem Ahmed,
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