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Mental health and climate change: Understanding youth eco-anxiety

We are still unraveling the effect of climate change on the mental health of individuals, particularly in the form of eco-anxiety felt by young people wondering if they will be able to to repair the extensive damage caused by their planetary predecessors. At COP28, the UN hosted the event’s inaugural Health Day and made a public declaration that sounded the alarm about the health implications of climate change. It promised “a comprehensive response to address

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COP26 pledges and how the climate crisis will impact the UAE 

Media coverage of COP26 over the last three weeks has been almost relentless and often  confusing. But what does it actually all mean for those of us who live in the Middle East, and particularly, in the UAE? How will the climate crisis affect our daily lives and how might the pledges made as part of the summit’s Glasgow Pact at the summit actually impact our future health and wellness? First, we need to understand

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Middle East is ready to respond to IPCC climate change challenge, say UAE experts

Regional experts reacting to the recent, dire report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) say the Middle East is more than up to the job of responding to its red alert for humanity.  The report confirmed that human influence has indisputably warmed the climate system, raising global surface temperature. It also confirmed that there is no going back from some changes already affecting the climate system. With contributions from 750 authors, citing

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Egypt’s farmers struggle to adapt to climate change

This story by Rahma Diaa originally appeared on climatetracker.org and is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration of more than 400 news outlets committed to better coverage of the climate crisis.  After losing more than half of his tomato crop in a long heatwave, Egyptian farmer Muhammad El-Desouki  no longer thinks about climate change as a future problem. His farm lies north of Cairo, in Menoufia, a region that has suffered several bouts

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