"The UAE will be hit by the evening; the eastern and northern areas are most at risk. We expect very strong winds and heavy rain at the east coast of Fujairah."
The UAE meteorological office has issued a warning for cyclone Gonu for the eastern and northern areas of the country, particularly around the emirates of Fujairah and Al Ain. Thunderstorms and winds of up to 40 knots have been forecast.
"We've not sat down with China, India, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa. We have not sat down with Australia, South Korea and a number of the other major emitting countries on this issue and so until we've got everyone in the room and until we have consensus among all of them you won't see a collectively stated goal on that yet but it's coming."
The Group of Eight summit final communique will not set long-term targets for cutting the emissions that cause global warming, a top US official said Wednesday. Jim Connaughton, chairman of the White House-run US Council on Environmental Quality, said the United States could not agree to long-term targets being fixed because all nations have to be involved in any accord.
Updated: June 6, 2007
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