Electric cars credited with lower CO2 emissions in US neighborhoods
LOS ANGELES, US – The booming use of electric vehicles in parts of California is reducing CO2 emissions in those areas,...
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Methane emissions under spotlight at global forum in Geneva
Methane emissions from the fossil fuel industry have risen for three consecutive years, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA),...
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4 bids for Al Ajban power project
There will be a process to select the best proposal.
- Al Ajban Solar PV is EWEC’s third world-leading solar power project.
- Abu Dhabi is home to world’s three largest single-site solar power plants.
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Global research collaboration will help achieve SDGs
“We need greater cooperation is scientific research and innovation. Research and innovation are not only imperative for national and global...
- UAE Minister of State Sarah Al Amiri believes achieving the SDGs, Paris Agreement goals, and Global Biodiversity Framework demands united efforts from research communities
- The UAE minister reaffirms the UAE's commitment to increasing R&D spend to 2% of GDP by 2031 and the formation of the Emirates Research & Development Council
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Saudi Arabia should ‘review’ emissions targets: French minister
France's energy transition minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher left the world's biggest oil exporter early Sunday morning after meeting with her Saudi counterpart....
- Saudi Arabia pledged in 2021 to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2060. Pannier-Runacher's trip came as the UAE prepares to host the COP28 climate summit.
- Largely state-owned energy firm Saudi Aramco, the kingdom's main revenue generator, is targeting "operational net-zero" carbon emissions by 2050.
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Dubai Solar event to focus on research in clean energy
DUBAI, UAE- Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) said the MENA Solar Conference (MENA-SC) which it organizes from November 15-18...
- Prominent experts, specialists and researchers worldwide will highlight the latest developments, technologies and scientific research in solar power.
- The four-day conference will discuss various scientific research in the solar energy sector to accelerate the transition towards renewable and clean energy.
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‘Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture likely to rise by 7.5% in next decade’
PARIS, FRANCE - Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture are expected to increase by 7.5 percent in the next decade, said...
- Projected greenhouse gas emissions are less than half the projected output growth.
- This output indicates a significant fall in the carbon intensity of agricultural production.
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Abu Dhabi frames new grazing regulations to protect rangelands
Abu Dhabi, UAE-- In order to protect natural rangelands and promote sustainable traditional grazing practices, the Environment Agency – Abu...
- The introduction of the new policy by the agency will ensure the recovery of vegetation cover and promote the sustainability of biodiversity
- The new regulation mandates that licensees should stay away at least 2km from protected areas, forests, residential, military and private areas
Global maritime sector improves carbon-reduction target: draft deal
Compared with 2008 levels, the United Nations' global shipping regulator has agreed to cut total annual emissions of greenhouse gases...
- The latest agreement comes at the end of a five-day meeting at the International Maritime Organization's headquarters in London
- The vast majority of the world's 100,000 cargo ships - which carry 90 percent of the world's goods - are powered by highly-polluting diesel
Climate change tests limits of Mediterranean wildfire strategy
In the northwest United States they say the average expanse of forest destroyed by wildfires annually doubled between 1984 and...
- In October 1970, 11 people perished near France's far southeastern border with Italy and then fifteen years later, a new inferno in the area killed five volunteer firefighters
- Many observers credit the fall in fatalities to the strategy adopted in the early 1990s in the arc from France's border with Spain to the frontier with Italy
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World saw hottest June on record, Tuesday hottest day ever
Petteri Taalas, secretary-general of the UN's World Meteorological Organization, warned on Monday that El Nino "will greatly increase the likelihood...
- "The month was the warmest June globally at just over 0.5 degrees Celsius above the 1991-2020 average, said EU monitor Copernicus.
- The tumbling records reflect the impact of global warming driven by greenhouse gases released from human activity.
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Climate change spells ‘truly terrifying’ future of hunger, suffering: UN
On current policy trends, the planet will be 2.8C warmer by the end of the century, according to the UN's...
- UN human rights chief Volker Turk told a debate on the right to food that extreme weather events were wiping out crops, herds and ecosystems.
- "Our environment is burning. It's melting. It's flooding. It's depleting. It's drying. It's dying," he said, evoking a "dystopian future".
Electric cars credited with lower CO2 emissions in US neighborhoods
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‘Private sector plays key role in climate resilience’
Private sector has the ability to mobilize resources and foster innovative solutions for vulnerable communities, Dominica's Environment Minister Cozier Frederick...
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NEOM launches ‘Topian’ to ensure climate-proof agriculture in Saudi
NEOM, Saudi Arabia: NEOM, a mega-city project in Saudi Arabia characterized by futuristic urban planning and advanced technologies, Sunday announced the...
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Progress but divisions persist as climate summit fights over fossil fuels
Colombia, whose left-leaning government has aggressively promoted environmentalism, warned that COP28 was also failing on raising financing for countries to...
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Protestors demand end of fossil fuels, Gaza war at COP28
The demonstrators chanted "Climate justice!" and "Ceasefire now!" as they held pro-environment banners painted in the colors of the Palestinian...
- The 'Blue Zone' where the COP28 talks are taking place is currently under UN control.
- At least 17,490 people, mostly women and children, have been killed in Israeli attacks
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UAE to tie up with ACSAD to achieve zero neutrality by 2050
Dubai, UAE--The Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands (ACSAD) will partner with the UAE's Ministry...
- ACSAD has offered at COP28 several solutions to the problem presented by climate change, including challenges like dealing with water scarcity and food security
- Dr. Homsi said that Arab summits had given ACSAD the task to implement a number of projects, such as the production of wheat varieties resistant to drought, high temperatures
OPEC chief says ‘single solution’ non existent for energy transition
Dubai, UAE - The OPEC oil cartel said Saturday there was no "single solution" to the energy transition as pressure grows...
- "There is no single solution or path to achieve a sustainable energy future," said a speech by OPEC secretary general Haitham Al Ghais
- "We need realistic approaches to tackle emissions, ones that enable economic growth, help eradicate poverty and increase resilience at the same time," he said