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John Dennehy

John Dennehy

Senior Reporter
John is a senior reporter based in the UAE and has reported extensively across the country and Middle East - from the UN climate change talks to stories about abandoned Soviet-era planes in the Northern Emirates. He is particularly interested in documenting how major issues affect people's everyday lives. John has hosted a podcast at The National and frequently appears on its weekly online show, A Closer Look. He has also written a book on the First World War.
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Majid Al Suwaidi, director general of the UAE-hosted Cop28, speaks at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week in October. Victor Besa / The National
World leaders 'must deliver' at Cop27, says lead UAE official

Majid Al Suwaidi, director general of next year's summit, said there must be results in Egypt

Cop27November 07, 2022
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi speaks during the opening session of the COP27 climate summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt November 7, 2022. REUTERS / Mohammed Salem
El Sisi opens climate summit with plea for flexibility

Nearly 50 heads of state and prime ministers will address the summit in Sharm El Sheikh on Monday

MENANovember 07, 2022
Alok Sharma, president of the COP26 climate summit, speaks at the COP27 U. N. Climate Summit, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo / Peter Dejong)
'How many wake-up calls does the world need?' Cop27 opens in Egypt

Summit begins in Sharm El Sheikh with early win for poorer nations as key funding item is added to agenda

Cop27November 06, 2022
A handout picture released by the Egyptian Presidency of the 27th UN Climate Change Conference shows the illumination of Khafre Pyramid, one of the three ancient pyramids of Giza, on November 5, 2022. - Expectations are running high as leaders and diplomats from nearly 200 countries are set to gather for the November 6-18 COP27 conference, in a world justifiably anxious about its climate-addled future as deadly floods, heat waves and storms across the planet track with worst-case climate scenarios. (Photo by Egyptian Presidency of COP27 / AFP) / == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / EGYPTIAN PRESIDENCY OF COP27" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==
Cop27: here's what success would look like at the Egypt climate summit

Finance and compensation expected to dominate two weeks of tough talks in Sharm-El-Sheikh

Cop28November 06, 2022
Steam rises from the coal-fired power plant Niederaussem, Germany, as the sun rises on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. The COP27 U. N. Climate Summit is set to take place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, beginning Sunday, Nov. 6. (AP Photo / Michael Probst)
Cop27: Four things to watch out for at Egypt's climate summit

Leaders are battling soaring food and energy costs ahead of key gathering

Cop27November 05, 2022
A drone shot of the recently uncovered monastery in Umm Al Quwain. Photo: Umm Al Quwain's Department of Tourism and Archaeology
Ancient Christian monastery discovered in Umm Al Quwain

Site included a church, dining hall, cisterns and cells for the monks where they spent time in solitude

HeritageNovember 03, 2022
Abu Dhabi's city check-in resumes as travel demand increases. Photo: Abu Dhabi Airports
Abu Dhabi airport reopens bag drop service in city centre

Passengers can receive boarding pass and check in their bags at Zayed Port Cruise Terminal the day before their flight

TransportOctober 30, 2022
Chris Kaye, second left, at an aid distribution point after severe flooding swamped the Sindh Province of Pakistan. Photo: World Food Programme
Pakistan's year of devastation scares me, says senior UN official

Chris Kaye has never seen anything like the trauma suffered by the country's most vulnerable people — and says climate change is to blame

ClimateOctober 27, 2022
Event to mark UN Day at the Dubai Knowledge Park Conference Hall. Ms Fairuz Taqi-Eddin, Chief of Partnerships & Resource Mobilization UNICEF Gulf Area Office. Antonie Robertson/The National
From climate change to vaccines, work of the UN celebrated in Dubai

More than 30 UN agencies operate in the UAE working on everything from humanitarian aid to protecting the environment

UAEOctober 24, 2022
Trenches bringing to light the layout of the Portuguese church discovered inside the Omani fort. (Credit: Tim Power)
UAE-led team's groundbreaking finds in Zanzibar's Stone Town

Archaeologists shed light on Portuguese legacy of cultural site and its Gulf links

HeritageOctober 20, 2022
Can we expect to see avatar police officers on patrol in the metaverse? Illustration: Nick Donaldson / Getty Images
Does the metaverse need its own police force?

It may be only a virtual world - but crimes committed there could be very real indeed

WeekendOctober 14, 2022
The Imperial Airways Hannibal Class Handley Page HP42 passenger plane Hanno, during a refuelling stop at Kuwait in the 1930s. Photo: Fox Photos / Getty Images
The day the first aircraft landed in Sharjah

New exhibition in Sharjah showcases how the emirate joined the age of international aviation ninety years ago this month when the first commercial airplane landed at its new airport

UAEOctober 09, 2022
Sophie Huet-Trupheme, global editor-in-chief at AFP, at the Arab Media Forum in Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
Newsrooms must tell the truth on climate change, AFP chief says

Coverage may be depressing but facts are facts, Sophie Huet-Trupheme says

EnvironmentOctober 06, 2022
Dr Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the UAE President, addresses the Arab Media Forum in Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
UAE's Gargash calls for political solution in Ukraine as conflict escalates

Presidential adviser and former foreign minister says the 'law of the jungle' is not acceptable in any conflict

UAEOctober 05, 2022
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Reporter: N/A: A metro train pulls into Sharaf DG metro station. Wednesday, March 25th, 2020. Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
UAE then and now: how Dubai Metro transformed life in the emirate

Use our interactive slider and scroll through the picture gallery to explore the birth of a new era for public transport in Dubai

UAEOctober 05, 2022
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