{"id":94281,"date":"2023-12-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jordannewsgazette.com\/?guid=8211c33f2e7522ef94b5feb0ba7c01dc"},"modified":"2023-12-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T00:00:00","slug":"environment-minister-talks-enhancing-resilience-against-climate-change-at-cop-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordannewsgazette.com\/environment-minister-talks-enhancing-resilience-against-climate-change-at-cop-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Environment minister talks enhancing resilience against climate change at COP-28"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n Environment Minister Muawiyah Radideh Sunday discussed enhancing global resilience against climate change and supporting vulnerable communities.<\/p>\n
Radideh discussed on the sidelines of the Twenty-Eighth Conference of the Parties (COP-28) in Dubai the impact of climate changes on Jordan, noting the rise in temperatures, decrease in rainfall and increased drought.<\/p>\n
He added that a third of Jordan’s population are refugees who have taken refuge from regional conflicts, which has led to a sharp population increase and strained the Kingdom’s “limited resources and fragile ecosystems.”<\/p>\n
He added that His Majesty King Abdullah launched the “Connected Climate-Refugee Initiative” COP-27 in Sharm El-Sheikh in 2022.<\/p>\n
Fifty-eight countries have supported the Initiative, which serves as one of the solutions for the Declaration on Relief, Recovery and Peace scheduled to be launched at COP-28.<\/p>\n
He noted the “need” to bridge the adaptation financing gap in developing countries and to focus on infrastructure projects, technol
\nogy and capacity building to counter climate change.<\/p>\n
Radaideh said funding adaptation efforts would create investments, job opportunities, innovation and entrepreneurship and achieve the climate and economic development goals of developing countries.<\/p>\n
He lauded the UAE for supporting the damage of climate change fund with $100 million.<\/p>\n
Source: Jordan News Agency <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Environment Minister Muawiyah Radideh Sunday discussed enhancing global resilience against climate change and supporting vulnerable communities.<\/p>\n
Radideh discussed on the sidelines of the Twenty-Eighth Conference of the Parties (COP-28) in Dubai the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n