Climate’s call

Climate change is one of the major challenges of our time, putting great pressure on our societies and the environment (“All eyes on COP27 summit in Sharm El Sheikh”, Gulf Today, Nov. 7).

The global impacts of climate change are so extensive that they are unprecedented in scale; from changing weather patterns that threaten food production to rising sea levels that increase the risk of flood disasters. Coping with these impacts will become harder and more expensive in the future unless radical action is not taken timely.

People nowadays are becoming homeless because the global issue has affected their right to live, which means there is no place for them to live in so they become “migrants” in their own country.

The world is encountering the largest amount of uprooting ever. In the world, 59.5 million people have been displaced. Of these, there are approximately 20 million refugees, more than half of them under the age of 18, which also leads to more big problems like they will be considered uneducated generations which will affect their mental and physical health, leading to being deprived of health and education rights. 

With its unique capabilities, the United Nations system is trying to help Africa with its crucial aspect of coordinating assistance.

The United Nations exists along a broad horizon ranging from encouraging the development of democratic institutions to peace between belligerent nations, as well as their contribution in the fields of support for economic and social development and the promotion and protection of human rights.

I feel the media assumes a noteworthy job in the environmental change issue. With correct guidance the media can play a positive job as an atmosphere moderation procedure.

Massa Al Masri,

Dubai