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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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The Dubai Can initiative was launched in 2022 and has played a key role in efforts to install water fountains across the city to cut down on plastic waste. Photo: Dubai Media Office
How a Dubai hotel eliminated use of one million plastic bottles

Climate Future Week hears about the success of the Dubai Can initiative

UAESeptember 27, 2023
Hotel rooms are rapidly being booked up as Dubai prepares to welcome thousands of visitors to Cop28. EPA
Dubai hotel rates rocket amid high demand for Cop28 stays

Hoteliers say emirate will be buzzing with activity when climate change conference kicks off in November

Cop28September 26, 2023
Princess Alia Al Senussi is a member of the Libyan royal family ousted by Muammar Qaddafi in 1969. Pawan Singh / The National
EXCLUSIVELibyan princess describes sadness and anger over Derna flood catastrophe

Alia Al Senussi says an 'absolute disregard' for the dignity of human life is endemic among officials in her homeland

UAESeptember 20, 2023
Emirates Palace under construction in June 2004. Photo: Alamy
Emirates Palace, the hotel that introduced Abu Dhabi to the world

Close to 20,000 construction workers turned a dream into a reality

UAEAugust 26, 2023
Demonstrators pictured at Cop27 in Sharm El Sheikh last year. World leaders will be put under pressure to deliver firm action on climate change. AFP
100 days to Cop28Negotiations over emissions and finance to take centre stage

With just over three months to go, the battle lines for the crunch talks are being drawn

Cop28August 22, 2023
Archive of Stanka Lozanova-Dundakova and Kano Dundakov, accessed by Elena Balabanska.
The Eastern Bloc origins of Abu Dhabi's striking bus station

The modernist building of sweeping curves and white concrete heralded a new era in public transport

UAEAugust 18, 2023
Eretmocera hafeetensis is distinguished by a distinctive X marking. Photo: Huw Roberts
New species of moth discovered on Al Ain's Jebel Hafeet

The find underlines how Abu Dhabi's tallest mountain is a biodiversity hotspot

UAEAugust 18, 2023
Construction at the Dubai Creek Golf Club. Photo: Godwin Austen Johnson
The story behind Dubai Creek Golf clubhouse

The dhow-inspired building on the city's historic waterway remains an architectural gem

HeritageAugust 10, 2023
An Emirati walks past the logo of COP 28 UAE during the official launching of COP 28 UAE logo during the World Future Energy Summit 2023 (WFES) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 17 January 2023. The 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the UNFCCC will convene from 30 November to 12 December 2023 in the UAE. EPA / ALI HAIDER
Climate activists will 'make voices heard' at Cop28

Call for increased participation from young people, local communities and indigenous people

Cop28August 01, 2023
Iraq is one of the most vulnerable nations in the world to the effects of climate change, including water and food insecurity, according to the UN. EPA
Food crisis is closely linked to climate crisis, says senior UN official

Kaveh Zahedi says that answers to the world's problems can be found during Cop28 in Dubai

Cop28August 01, 2023
December 27th, 2014 -- The Al-Ibrahimi Building by Farouk El Gohary and built in the 1980's is seen in Abu Dhabi, Saturday December 27th, 2014. For use with story on book "The Abu Dhabi Guide: Modern Architechture 1968 - 1992 Edited by Pascal Menoret" (Brian Kerrigan / The National) *** Local Caption *** bk122714-Buildings-3.jpg
Abu Dhabi's protected buildings celebrate legacy of progress

Decision to put 64 sites on a protected list praised as a possible template for other Gulf states

UAEJuly 27, 2023
Thai police officers seize two tiger cubs after arresting a wildlife trafficker in May 2022. EPA
UAE joins forces with UN and Interpol to tackle environmental crimes

Initiative will help train 'climate observers' to go to areas hit by extreme events

UAEJuly 24, 2023
Curved buildings and an observation deck are planned for the mall at the Aljada megaproject in Sharjah. Arada
Inside Aljada - the megaproject that is going to wow Sharjah

The National was granted rare access to a development that will be home to 75,000 people

UAEJuly 22, 2023
Cop28 takes place at Expo City Dubai from November 30 to December 12. Ruel Pableo / The National
Dubai's Cop28 hotel demand set to eclipse New Year's Eve

Data shows demand is surging as official booking portal opens

UAEJuly 19, 2023
Abu Dhabi's bottle-return programme aims to recycle about 20 million single-use plastic bottles a year. Getty
One discarded plastic bottle for every two metres of beach in Abu Dhabi

Monir Bou Ghanem says single-use plastic items are the issue

UAEJuly 18, 2023
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