UAE Global Warming

I was interested in how global warming relates to my country so I did some research. In the first article I found, at 7days.ae/news, I read that Abu Dhabi will soon create a new energy source called solar system. Solar system is a system which uses the sun’s heat to make machines work like cars and factories. Abu Dhabi is trying to reduce gas emissions. A recent research shows that Abu Dhabi is one of the cities who produce huge amount of carbon dioxide. For example, here in Abu Dhabi we have at least 500,000 cars which produce carbon dioxide. Moreover, we have many factories which produce methane and carbon dioxide too. The government is planning to use solar system energy as an alternative solution and by next year the project will be completed. If this project goes far, the government will force all the factories in the UAE to use the solar energy instead of using oil and gas which cause global warming.


The second article is about the Environment 2007 Conference which happened last MAY. I think it was the most important conference that happened in Abu Dhabi. Many people from different countries attended this conference. The main subject of the conference was about the new energy sources and how the UAE are trying hard to stop Global warming. One of the new energy sources is gas. In Sharjah His Highness Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohamed Al Qasimi make a new gas station for new cars which use gas instead of petrol. The UAE Government is trying to make this new source popular for everyone in the next few years. However, it is focusing on reducing the emissions which are the main cause of global warming.

Individual Action

Here are some individual things in the UAE that can do to solve global warming. Read it carefully and try to think about it and you will find that it’s a part of the solution.

There are many ways we can contribute in this issue. Some of these are:

• Encourage people to use public transportation instead of using their own cars.

• Recycle metals, papers, plastics, glass, etc.

• Use recycled materials.

• Use energy saving electrical appliances.

• Replace incandescent bulbs with fluorescent bulbs.

• Use renewable energy like gas and oil.

• Calibrate your car air and fuel system regularly to have pure air.

• Reduce the usage of air conditions in the winter.

• Reduce the usage of heaters in the summer.

There are many other ways to reduce the emissions which may cause the global warming. So, just use your common sense generally and you’ll know that you can be one of the people who reduce Global Warming in the UAE.

Note: I got these points from the following sites.

· http://archive.gulfnews.com/2search/search_result.aspx?q=Global+warming+UAE&Homepage_dropdown=no&index=Offline+Gulfnews&field=title&field=content&field=channel
· http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/05/19/10126404.html

Review about the blog

I have learned many things from this project. To be honest, before I started writing my project I had no idea about global warming. But now I understand what the global warming is and how dangerous it is. There are many facts that could cause this serious problem. Also I understand what affects the earth and what makes it hotter and hotter. Countries in the entire world should stand up and put their hands together and give it full attention to solve this problem; because global warming is getting bigger and bigger. These days we can see the effects of global warming, for example; a change in the world’s climate; rising sea levels; a reduction in water supplies; a change in the world’s agricultural systems; changes of the world’s natural areas (cold areas will decrease) and an increase in disease. If we leave this situation and we don’t give it any attention, we will face all this problems after it gets bigger in the future. So we must work hard to have a good life. Finally, I would like to thank my teachers for trying their best to increase my knowledge in understanding global warming. Also special thank to Miss Ruth who teach me how create a blog. It was very interesting and I enjoyed my project.