Mohamed Al Hammadi, Chairman of the UAE Journalists Association (UAEJA), has called on local and regional media institutions to take COP28 as an ideal platform and opportunity to launch environmental journalism in the Arab media with a scientific approach and field experience resulting from dealing with the current edition of the UN climate summit.
Speaking to Emirates News Agency (WAM) on the sideline of COP28, Al Hammadi noted the global media interest in the activities of the COP28, which began yesterday in Expo City Dubai and continues until 12th December of this year, attributing the increased pace of international media coverage of the climate conference to the fact that its outcomes will affect all the people of the planet Earth, especially after the exacerbation of climate crises.
Al Hammadi called on the media to spotlight on the core issue of the conference, which is ‘addressing climate challenges and working together as individuals and governments to save the planet from global warming waves and
the dangerous repercussions on life due to the rise in the Earth’s temperature.’
He indicated that the UAE’s hosting of COP28 confirms the international community’s confidence in the outcomes of the conference, pointing out the need for the most polluting countries to lead the world towards reducing carbon emissions and reaching a limit to temperature rise by 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Source: Emirates News Agency