Dubai: More than half (58%) of Arab youth are ready to support calls to boycott brands that damage the environment, rising to about two-thirds (65%) of youth in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states followed by North Africa (58%) and the Levantine nations (51%). This comes amidst increasing worry among Arab youth about the impact […]
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: Sustainability Education should be multi-cultural, multi-dimensional, and multi-disciplinary and should transcend the boundaries of the classroom and furthermore the school. The Core Values of GEMS Education support the leaders and citizens of the future, to responsibly shape the world in which we live, by creating an institutional culture, which collectively works to continually improve the […]
DUBAI: Dubai Municipality said that it has added 2.83 million square metres of green areas to the city by planting more than 170,000 trees in various locations, as well as along roads and squares in Dubai in 2021. An average of 466 trees were planted per day, 130% higher than the initial target, increasing the […]
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. […]
