Migrant workers toil in perilous heat to prepare for Cop28 climate talks in UAE

Report highlights evidence of workers from Africa and Asia labouring in 42C heat in Dubai to build conference facilities

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Am I missing something crucial here? Why does Dubai (or any country) need a specific conference building for that occasion when there likely are offices/buildings with the capacity already? For football, okay, you can't have a championship just on the concrete outside the city. But conferences just require seating, electricity and enough space to fit the attendants. That doesn't seem like a problem that would require a solution in Dubai.
- And it's doubly dumb knowing the conference's topic. All vapid posturing. I hope I can be proven wrong.