Jordan’s king sheds light on humanitarian crisis in Gaza during Cop28

Jordan’s King Abdallah shed light on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza after Israel resumed the bombing of the Strip on Friday after the temporary truce came to an end. 

Speaking from Dubai, he told the United Nations Cop28 climate talks: “we cannot talk about climate change in isolation from the humanitarian tragedies unfolding around us.”

“In Gaza, over 1.7 million Palestinians have been displaced from their homes. Tens of thousands have been injured or killed in a region already on the front lines of climate change,” he said.

“The massive destruction of war makes the environmental threats of water scarcity and food insecurity even more severe. In Gaza our people are living with little clean water and the bare minimum of food supplies, as climate threats magnify the devastation of war,” he added.