DUBAI: Dubai is set to enhance its status as one of the world’s leading Creative Cities, with the city publishing a new report that outlines its initiatives and accomplishments over the last four years and a four-year plan to enhance its creative design offerings. The report forms part of the process of renewing Dubai’s membership […]
Predictions for the future have not always been entirely accurate. If sci-fi author Philip K. Dick’s classic novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” had been prophetic, humanoid robots would live among us by now, almost indistinguishable from people. And if Keanu Reeves’ 1995 movie “Johnny Mnemonic” had come to pass, human couriers would, by […]
Zoona Naseem led nine children, some as young as eight years old, out towards the open waters of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean, rattling off a list of reminders: switch to regulators, inflate buoyancy control devices, adjust the masks. “If you have any problems with your ears, we are not going to go down. […]
DUBAI: A series of fun and creative puppet-making workshops, using recycled materials to raise awareness about the global challenge of waste generation and its direct environmental impact, are being hosted at the Spain Pavilion, Expo 2020 Dubai until December 27. Decorated with weird and wonderful puppets made from a variety of materials to spark creative […]
DUBAI: Consul General of India in Dubai and Deputy Commissioner-General for India at Expo 2020 Dubai, Dr. Aman Puri said that safeguarding the environment is our duty as the citizen of India and we must all strive to work together in doing so. “As India is home to 18% of the world’s population, it is […]
DUBAI: Dubai’s Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) and Dubai Municipality jointly organised a Mangrove Tree Planting initiative recently at Jebel Ali Wetland Sanctuary to mark the UAE’s Golden Jubilee and support sustainability efforts in line with the UAE’s Net Zero by 2050 Strategic Initiative. The Mangrove Tree Planting initiative took place as part of […]
DUBAI: An initiative that creates bioplastics from seaweed farmed off coastal India has been announced as the winner of the Hack for Earth Awards at Expo 2020 Dubai’s UN Hub. The winning team, VarunaBlue, was awarded USD 10,000, a study visit to Stockholm to connect with the Swedish innovation ecosystem, and the Hack for Earth Award […]
Engineers in China are working on a super-fast hypersonic plane that will be able to fly passengers anywhere in the world within an hour. A research team has tested a prototype of a hypersonic engine, which they hope will eventually power a 45-metre long plane capable of carrying up to 10 passengers at incredibly high […]
DUBAI: Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Vice Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, has announced that Dubai reduced its carbon emissions by 33% in 2020, exceeding the target of the Dubai Carbon Abatement Strategy 2021 by more than double. The Dubai Carbon Abatement Strategy aims to reduce carbon emissions by 16% by 2021. This […]
DUBAI: Al-Futtaim’s Trading Enterprises has unveiled its first fully electric car to the Middle East, the XC40 BEV, a compact SUV designed for modern urban living. The launch comes as another milestone in Volvo’s journey to a zero-emission future and as part of its overarching commitment to sustainability by only selling electric vehicles by 2030. […]
Another atmospheric river will be streaming into western Washington and parts of British Columbia, Canada, this week. While back-to-back-to-back systems for the region seem a bit like a broken record lately, the phenomenon is truly significant. Rivers in the sky have led to landslides blocking roads, rivers inundating towns, and in one case, returning an […]
