As the United Arab Emirates gets ready to host this year's COP28 from November 30 to December 12, final preparations are underway. While this year's climate summit will be reviewing countries' progress on implementation of the Paris Agreement, the UAE have also set four themes focusing on the energy transition, climate finance, climate management inclusivity and people, their livelihoods and nature. Despite being a small country of only nine million inhabitants, the UAE emitted 237 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) in 2021, according to the Global Carbon Atlas. The Gulf state ranks at 25 tonnes of CO2 emitted per person. In contrast, African countries have an average of 1 tonne of CO2 emitted per person.

Source: Ethiopian News November 28, 2023 15:58 UTC