Dubai: The Swiss pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai is hosting a waste management exhibition entitled “No Time To Waste” to showcase circular economy solutions on managing and recycling waste to generate value. The exhibition is running until December 10, 2021. The exhibition serves as an opportunity to showcase Switzerland’s innovative solutions on how waste can […]
DUBAI: With a 70 per cent minimum target share of energy to be supplied from renewables, and 80 per cent of primary energy use to be generated locally by 2030, Tom Alweendo, Minister of Mines and Energy, Namibia revealed that his nation’s goals cannot be achieved by the government alone. The Minister was speaking at a […]
Gleaming airplanes have been returning to the empty blue skies above 30,000 feet in recent months, opening up travel possibilities as they skim the clouds on their way towards unfiltered sunshine. On board, safely behind face masks, many passengers have been shrugging off the old discomforts of plane travel in their excitement at being in […]
The most extensive nature & wildlife festival in Asia has just announced its winners. Nature inFocus, an exclusive platform for photographers to create online portfolios of their nature and wildlife photographs, organises an annual photography competition for a global audience. Participants of the event continue to push the envelope by submitting their images of the […]
DUBAI: The green centerpiece of Expo 2020 Dubai, the Sustainability Pavilion is dominated by a 440-feet-wide steel canopy that hosts over 1,000 solar panels, making it one of the most striking architectural designs of the event. It’s also one of the most technologically impressive, capable of producing its own energy, cooling and water. “We felt […]
The world’s first floating city could be completed as early as 2025. A breakthrough came though, when the South Korean city of Busan gave such a city the go-ahead, in collaboration with the project’s designer, OCEANIX, and the UN Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat). Reports claim it’s been proposed that the city will cover 75 hectares […]
Portugal shut down its last remaining coal plant recently, ending the use of the polluting material for electricity generation and becoming the fourth country in the European Union to do so. Environmental group Zero said the Pego plant in central Portugal had been the country’s second-largest emitter of carbon dioxide, adding that “freeing ourselves from […]
MEGHALAYA: A picture of River Umngot, also known as the Dawki River has been making the rounds of the internet. Why? Because it looks unimaginably beautiful, crystal clear as if the boat is gliding in the air. The river seems like a mirror, reflecting a river bed that is hanging in the sky. The picture […]
DUBAI: Estonia is proving that when its comes to creating a sustainable future, some solutions may lie in the past. Materials used for centuries can still help to shape the buildings of tomorrow. For example, clay is a natural material used for thousands of years to build homes, and even fortresses and castles. It still […]
DUBAI: The commanding voices of today’s youth were heard loud and clear across Expo 2020 Dubai as the World Expo, UNICEF and the UAE Ministry of Community Development celebrated World Children’s Day with a slate of youth-led festivities that culminated in a spectacular concert at Al Wasl Plaza. “We have the responsibility to take action. […]
BANGKOK: Thais flocked to rivers and lakes earlier this week released small floats adorned with flowers and candles in an annual festival honouring the goddess of water, with thousands of the tiny boats ending up clogging and polluting the country’s waterways. Within hours, workers began trawling the rivers to fish out the offerings, as paying […]
