Top Story Image by batavia60510 from Pixabay 8 creative ways that cities are redesigning for extreme heat From Phoenix to Abu Dhabi, city planners are taking new measures to try to cool cities and keep residents safe.
Newslettercommons.wikimedia.org New Cop28 president is CEO of oil company The President of Cop28 is the CEO of one of the world’s largest oil companies and has been branded a ‘climate criminal’ by Green MP Caroline Lucas.
www.nytimes.com Cloud wars: Mideast rivalries rise along a new front As climate change makes the region hotter and drier, the U.A.E. is leading the effort to squeeze more rain out of the clouds, and other countries are rushing to keep up.
Politics undark.org Amid a pandemic, transit authorities turn to technology As COVID-19 rages on, cities are eyeing microtransit to create a responsive system. But experts say there are tradeoffs.
Solutions The UAE is investing $100 million in indoor farming With little water, scorching temperatures, and not much arable land, the UAE currently imports 80% of its food. Can it go local?
Impacts www.thenational.ae WHO official: Where is outrage over seven million air pollution-related deaths? Maria Neira calls for urgent action on the second day of the Abu Dhabi Climate Meeting.
Impacts www.thenational.ae A third of Arabian Gulf marine life could be extinct by 2090, researchers warn Conservation expert at the World Government Summit says humankind is 'doomed' if urgent action is not taken to protect oceans
Op-ed: “I’m sorry, I can’t hear you” — disabling environments in Cancer Alley and the Ohio River Valley
Nike investors seek changes on climate, labor and gender equity policies, but their proposals face rejection
