Flooding in UAE and Oman likely linked to warming: comment

“Nowhere is immune or protected from the realities of dangerous climate impacts, nor from the devastating human and economic costs they impose. The only solution to avoiding ever worsening impacts is for the world to get to net zero emissions by mid-century. That means rapid emissions cuts as we rapidly bring an end to burning fossil fuels.

"For major oil and gas producing nations like UAE and Oman, that means ramping up investment in clean energy to replace fossil fuels – renewable power, electric vehicles, and clean heating and cooling of buildings. For all nations, the evidence couldn’t be clearer that the costs caused by climate extremes are far higher than the cost of acting to speed transition to a clean energy future. Recent analysis shows climate change could cut global GDP by 17% by 2050, where the cost of tackling climate change is just a sixth of this." [2]