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Wednesday, 15 April 2020 20:13
By Maria Botros
Here's your daily podcast from the ARN News Centre with the latest updates regarding the novel coronavirus pandemic in the UAE.
After chairing the UAE Cabinet meeting at Expo City Dubai on Sunday, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, unveiled 10 green initiatives that will accelerate the country's "environmental goals".
Francisco Vera, a 14-year-old climate activist from Colombia, travelled to COP28 in Dubai with a clear message: put children and adolescents at the centre of climate policies and decisions.
Over $186 million of new financing for nature and climate towards forests, mangroves and the ocean was announced during COP28's Nature, Land Use and Ocean Day.
COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber called on countries on Sunday to work harder, be flexible and accept compromise to reach a deal on tackling climate change, including wording for the first time on the future of fossil fuels.