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28-10-2021
KUWAIT CITY: The Middle East is warming faster than much of the world, and Kuwait is careering towards unbearable temperatures.
With the mercury topping 53C, three Kuwaiti citizens – an influence, a weather forecaster and a retired civil servant – raise the alarm.
They urge that Kuwait must not be allowed to get any hotter – and one of them has a solution to offer.
With 2021 set to be one of the hottest recorded years on Earth, Life at 50C presents the human impact of our changing climate.
More on the climate summit
The COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow in November is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control. Almost 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions, and it could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.
Meanwhile, the UK is hosting a summit that is seen as crucial if climate change is to be brought under control.
The meeting in Glasgow from 31 October to 12 November could lead to major changes to our everyday lives.
The world is warming because of fossil fuel emissions caused by humans.
Extreme weather events linked to climate change including heatwaves, floods and forest fires are intensifying. The past decade was the warmest on record, and governments agree urgent collective action is needed.
For this conference, 200 countries are being asked for their plans to cut emissions by 2030.
They all agreed in 2015 to make changes to keep global warming “well below” 2C above pre-industrial levels and to try aim for 1.5C so that we avoid a climate catastrophe.
This is what’s known as the Paris Agreement, and it means countries have to keep making bigger emissions cuts until reaching net zero in 2050.
Most countries will set out their plans to reduce emissions before the summit starts – so, we should get a sense of whether we are on track beforehand but during the two weeks we can expect a flurry of new announcements.
Many are expected to be very technical including rules still needed to implement the Paris Agreement, for example but some other announcements could include:
Making a faster switch to electric cars
Speeding up the phasing out of coal power
Cutting down fewer trees
Protecting more people from the impacts of climate change such as funding coastal defence systems.
Up to 25,000 people are expected in Glasgow, including world leaders, negotiators and journalists.
Tens of thousands of campaigners and businesses will also be there to hold events, network and hold protests. Extinction Rebellion, for example, are calling for an immediate end to the use of fossil fuels.
At the end of the conference, some form of declaration is expected.
Every country will be required to sign up and it could include specific commitments. (Int’l Monitoring Desk)
