Razan Al Mubarak optimistic Cop28 will yield collective solution to climate change – The National

Razan Al Mubarak optimistic Cop28 will yield collective solution to climate change – The National

Real action on climate change must be the legacy of Cop28 if the world is to unite to deal with the urgent issue of rising global temperatures, environmental leaders have said.

After the world’s fourth warmest April since temperatures were first monitored in the 1950s, a report from World Meteorological Organisation scientists revealed the planet is rapidly approaching the critical global-warming threshold of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.

Decades of mismanagement of the natural world must be rectified to address the associated issues of a warming planet and its effects, but there is cause for optimism, according to Razan Al Mubarak, managing director of the Environment Agency Abu Dhabi and president of the International Union for Conservation of Nature.