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But rising temperatures is only the beginning of the story. Because the Earth is a system where everything is connected, changes in one area can influence changes in all others. The consequences of climate change include, among others, intense droughts, water scarcity, severe fires, rising sea levels, flooding, melting polar ice, catastrophic storms and declining biodiversity. And what makes it all worse is that the Earth is now about 1.1°C warmer than it was in the late 1800s. GENERAL RISKS OF CLIMATE CHANGE Climate change can affect our health, ability to grow food, housing, safety and work. Some of us are already more vulnerable to climate impacts, such as people living in small island nations and other developing countries. Conditions like sea-level rise and saltwater intrusion have advanced to the point where whole communities have been forced to relocate, and protracted droughts are putting people at risk of famine. In the future, the number of “climate refugees” is expected to rise. RISKS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN UAE The UAE is classified among the categories of countries with highest rate of vulnerability to the potential impacts of climate change. This will result in warmer weather, changes in precipitation patterns, droughts, higher sea levels and more storms. The consequences of these impacts are intense on infrastructure, human health and natural habitat, which then affect various development sectors and policies including socio-economic, health and environment.

The edge of an iceberg melting in the Austral summer. © Noaa / Unsplash

The Abu Dhabi skyline. ©Enviroment Agency Abu Dhabi

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W hen I sat down to write this column, I immediately knew that I wanted it to be about climate change. I admit that it could be perceived as an over exhausted topic, and it is – but unfortunately it is still extremely relevant and extremely important. There are several prominent climate change activists and advocates who have lost their voices yelling about this phenomenon that we just cannot ignore anymore, that its effects are real, that every single soul on this planet is being exposed to it and that we all need to do something about it – collectively and quickly. On that note, at the beginning of August 2023, the Secretary General of the United Nations referred to ‘global warming’ as ‘global boiling’ as July witnessed the hottest 3-week period on record, the hottest three days and the highest ever ocean temperatures for this time of year. WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE? Climate change refers to long-term and sometimes radical changes in temperatures and weather patterns. These shifts may be natural, such as variations in the solar cycle, however, since the 1800s, human activities have been the main trigger of climate change, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels that generate greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions that act like a blanket wrapped around the Earth, trapping the sun’s heat and raising its temperatures.

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A ‘rotating thunderstorm’ in Burlington in the US state of Colorado – the least common of the various types of thunderstorm and potentially the strongest, able to dominate local weather up to more than 30km distant. © Guillaume Hobam / WMO 2021 calendar winner

Calafate, Argentina. © Luuk Wouters / Unsplash

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