A pre-Cop28 UN report suggests that to combat the climate crisis effectively, global fossil fuel exploration should cease by 2030, and funding to assist impoverished nations in mitigating the climate’s impact should reach between $200 billion to $400 billion annually by the same target year. According to this report, countries are still falling significantly short of meeting the objectives outlined in the 2015 Paris climate agreement, necessitating more substantial actions to achieve the goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. This report, known as the UN’s synthesis report on the global stocktake, serves as…
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On Monday, the United States Department of Defense escalated its rhetoric regarding Iran, stating that it would ultimately hold Tehran accountable for a series of recent drone and rocket attacks on American troops in the Middle East. While the Pentagon did not have explicit information that the Iranian government ordered these attacks on U.S. forces in the past week, it asserted that the responsible groups were backed by Iran, according to DOD spokesperson Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder. The attacks, which occurred over several days and targeted bases in Iraq and Syria, resulted in injuries to several U.S. troops. Additionally, an…
On Tuesday, Turkey’s Parliament voted to extend the mandate granting its security forces the authority to conduct cross-border operations in Syria and Iraq for an additional two years. The decision received 357 votes in favor and 164 against in the 600-seat Turkish Parliament, allowing Turkey to deploy troops to Syria and northern Iraq. This extension follows Turkey’s recent large-scale air offensive in northern Syria, targeting prominent Syrian Kurdish groups. President Erdogan’s ruling coalition largely supported the bill, and some opposition parties, including the nationalist Good Party and liberal-leaning DEVA, also backed it. However, the pro-opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and…
The 2023 UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP28, will be held between Nov. 30 and Dec. 12 at Expo City, Dubai. The conference has been assembled every year since the first UN climate agreement in 1992. It is the diplomatic meeting of governments with the aim of reaching understandings and making accords regarding policies that aim to limit the global rise in temperature and apply measures to protect the environment from the negative consequences of human-induced climate change. Setting the tone for COP28 is a recently released report by the UN called the “Technical dialogue of the first global…
Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) on Sunday admonished individual Liberal Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) for what he considered “unforgivable and awful” remarks after Hamas went after Israel.Torres charged Tlaib, the House’s just Palestinian American, of misrepresenting the attack as “obstruction.” Furthermore, he disagreed with Tlaib and Missouri Liberal Cori Shrubbery’s clear supplication for the US to stop subsidizing for Israel.Different administrators like Reps. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) joined Tlaib and Shrubbery in communicating distress for the pattern of brutality in the area. Bowman likewise censured the barricade of Gaza, yet Tlaib and Shrub’s supplications for the U.S. to keep its…
Supported by a barrage of rockets, Hamas militants launched a brazen attack from the blockaded Gaza Strip into neighboring Israeli towns, resulting in the deaths of dozens and the abduction of others in a shocking and unprecedented assault during a major Jewish holiday on Saturday. Israel, in response to the attack, launched airstrikes in Gaza, with its head of state declaring that the country is now at war with Hamas and vowing to exact an “unprecedented cost.” In a sweeping and terrifying offensive, Hamas fighters infiltrated more than 22 locations outside the Gaza Strip, including towns and communities situated up…
Sultan Al-Jaber, the President-Designate of this year’s UN Environment Summit, has delivered a significant message to the oil and gas industry. He emphasized the industry’s need to prepare for an inevitable “phase-down” of fossil fuels while urging them not to be perceived as obstructing decarbonization efforts. In an interview with the Financial Times, Jaber, who also heads the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), one of the world’s largest oil and gas conglomerates, revealed that he is engaged in discussions with fossil fuel producers to launch an initiative focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This initiative is expected to be…
Envoy Hamad Al Kaabi, the UAE’s Delegate to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), emphasized the importance of developing the country’s peaceful nuclear power sector as a crucial component of its net-zero strategy, showcasing its commitment to diversifying its energy mix and reducing reliance on fossil fuels. He made these statements during his address at the 67th meeting of the IAEA General Conference in Vienna. Al Kaabi mentioned that the UAE’s nuclear power program, along with renewable energy sources, aims to provide 14 gigawatts of clean energy for the UAE by 2030. This program is a significant part of the…
According to Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich), the decision by the Biden administration to include Israel in the Visa Waiver Program is seen as condoning and endorsing what she considers to be discriminatory practices by the Israeli government towards Americans seeking entry, including instances of prolonged detention and interrogation. On Wednesday, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that Israeli citizens would no longer require a visa to visit the United States. However, on September 8, fifteen U.S. lawmakers called on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to delay Israel’s entry into the U.S. Visa Waiver Program.…
According to the U.S. Navy Headquarters, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) shone a laser at a U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter in what they describe as a “reckless and unprofessional” incident in the Arabian Gulf. The event occurred while the helicopter, belonging to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit and deployed with the amphibious assault ship Bataan, was conducting routine operations in international airspace. Cmdr. Rick Chernitzer, spokesperson for U.S. Navy Headquarters, stated, “IRGCN vessels shone a laser multiple times at the aircraft while in flight. Fortunately, no injuries were reported, and the aircraft was not…
