Leaders from the G7 have finished their three-day meeting agreeing to boost clean energy and resilience through new initiatives, comprising its commitment toward Just Energy Transition Partnership with India. They have committed to achieving a fully or predominantly decarbonised electricity sector by 2035. Consuming one billion tonnes of coal annually is about 16 per cent […]
New York: UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged the international community to commit and unite around the protection and preservation of our seas, during his participation at the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon. Speaking at the high-level opening of the Conference, Guterres outlined four recommendations to ensure that the tide is reversed. Among them, the UN […]
Abu Dhabi: Emirates Global Aluminium announced that the company is to develop a project to manufacture silicon metal in the UAE, securing supplies of key raw material for ‘premium aluminium’ and unlocking potential new industries in the UAE in line with the goals of Operation 300bn and Make it in the Emirates. Silicon metal is […]
Launched by HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, in March 2022, Dubai Can is a sustainability initiative to drive awareness of plastic alternatives and sustainability The initiative resulted in saving 104,220 500ml plastic water bottles and 52,110 liters being consumed from […]
Dubai: ENOC Group, announced that it has banned single-use plastics across its operations as well as in its head office, to align with the UAE’s vision of promoting an inclusive green economy. In March 2020, the Group announced that it will begin a phase-out of single-use plastics and it has achieved a 100 per cent […]
Dubai: On the occasion of World Oceans Day on 8 June, ‘Dubai Can’, a citywide sustainability movement launched to inspire people to make a difference, has announced that the initiative has resulted in a reduction in usage of more than one million 500 ml single-use plastic water bottles with the help of residents, visitors, communities […]
New species are discovered and go extinct all the time. Unfortunately, these events are happening at an accelerated rate, between 1,000 and 10,000 times higher than the natural extinction rate, according to the WWF website. In response to this troubling trend, zoos collect DNA samples of animals before they go extinct. Although efforts must be focused […]
DUBAI: Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and the Environment (MOCCAE) inaugurated UAE’s first waste to feed project that will upcycle organic waste into high-quality products. The venture by innovative homegrown startup Circa Biotech farms black soldier fly (BSF) larvae, fed by food leftovers before being turned into animal proteins, organic fertilisers, and […]
Rising fuel prices have led to a significant shift (52%) in UAE residents’ attitude towards hybrid and electric vehicles (EVs), according to a survey commissioned by Audi Abu Dhabi. Petrol prices in the UAE continued to progressively rise from February to April, as global oil prices surged beyond $100 (AED367) a barrel. While residents’ intent to […]
DUBAI: dnata, a global provider of aircraft ground handling, cargo, travel and flight catering services across five continents and part of the Emirates Group, is pushing sustainability to the core as it is targeting to replace all its vehicles, diesel units, and GSE equipment with electric ones to become carbon neutral, reduce general cost and […]
DUBAI: Once a yogi turns into an environmentalist, he has so many ways and reasons to join the cause other than only scientific data. When Sadhguru was interacting with Emirati people, members of the Diplomatic Corps, and Indian Community businessmen and members at the office of the Consulate General of India in Dubai, he was […]
