Dubai adapts plan to minimize Climate Change by 2°C

Dubai government has announced its intention to develop a plan to make sure that it meets the global goal to make all major cities carbon neutral by 2050 – part of the plan to restrict climate change to less than 2°C from pre-industrial levels, media reported on Tuesday.
The plan will involve studying the impacts of climate change in Dubai, in response to the Dubai Plan 2021 aspirations for Dubai to be a sustainable city, resistant to climate change, and help the city to adapt to the new conditions climate change is bringing about.
 The announcement was declared at day one of the C40 Dubai Adaptation Conference sponsored by the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group from 23rd to 25th January 2017 and in the presence of representatives of several world cities.
It will determine the extent of climate change in the Gulf, and in Dubai in particular. These issues include: the temperature increase in different urban and desert regions, sea level rise, the effect of rainfall decrease on the frequency and intensity of sand storms. Other elements of climate change are to be determined during the course of the study.
The first day of the conference was attended by representatives of the C40 cities, as well as a number of director generals and representatives of Government of Dubai bodies who will be responsible for developing and implementing the Dubai Climate Change Adaptation Plan.
In response to the study’s findings, the plan will announce initiatives designed to monitor desertification, increased salinity of the Arabian Gulf water, air quality, along with other initiatives related urban planning, environmental health, infrastructure, water and electricity supply, tourism and the economy.