Sheikh Hamdan issues resolution regulating single-use products in Dubai
DUBAI, UAE - Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive...
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Oman to expand production of green hydrogen to boost non-oil economy
Hong Kong - The government of Oman’s targets to expand local green hydrogen production could support key credit metrics, such as...
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Turkey parliament ratifies Paris climate agreement
Nearly 200,000 hectares (around 480,000 acres) of forest have been scorched in Turkey this year -- more than five times...
- The vote followed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's announcement at the UN General Assembly in September that Turkey would implement the accord
- Turkey has felt the full force of climate change, with a rapid succession of floods and wildfires killing some 100 people in July and August
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Google lets users factor climate change into life
New features unveiled on Wednesday provide users with ways to help in the effort, whether it be driving routes that...
- Artificial Intelligence used in Google's free Maps service in the US shows people fuel-efficient routes.
- CO2 emission information is being added to a flights service for booking travel by air.
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Severe droughts dry up dreams of Turkish farmers
Agriculture accounts for around six percent of Turkey's GDP and employs 18 percent of the country's workforce.
- Drought is forcing some farmers to quit while others opt to grow different crops that demand less water.
- Turkey has said it would ratify the 2015 Paris Agreement in October before UN climate summit next month in Glasgow.
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Five billion could struggle to access water in 2050: UN
Already in 2018, 3.6 billion people had inadequate access to water for at least one month per year, and only...
- Over the last 20 years, the levels of water stored on land had dropped at a rate of 1 cm per year
- This includes water on the surface, in the subsurface, in snow and ice
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Nobel Prize in Physics rewards climate research
The Nobel Physics Prize has been awarded for ‘groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems.’
- Syukuro Manabe demonstrated how increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere lead to increased temperatures
- Klaus Hasselmann created a model that linked together weather and climate, thus explaining why climate models can be reliable
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Global warming kills 14% of world’s corals in a decade
Hardest hit were corals in South Asia and the Pacific, around the Arabian Peninsula, and off the coast of Australia.
- Hardest hit were corals in South Asia and the Pacific, around the Arabian Peninsula, and off the coast of Australia
- Oceans absorb more than 90 percent of the excess heat from greenhouse gas emissions, shielding land surfaces
Cyclone Shaheen: UAE state agencies monitoring weather conditions
According to the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) latest forecasts, the movement of Tropical Cyclone Shaheen will continue towards the...
- Dr Taher Al Ameri, the NCEMA spokesman, urged the public not to visit beaches and valleys during the upcoming period
- The spokesman urged those living in the eastern coastal areas to follow all procedures and measures as announced by the competent authorities at the local level
Tropical storm ‘Shaheen’ poses threat to many coastal areas in MENA
The tropical depression deepened to the Tropical Storm "Shaheen" in the northeast of the Arabian Sea along the Indian-Pakistani coasts...
- The tropical storm is expected to deepen into a category 1 tropical cyclone within the next 24 hours
- It is expected that the eastern coast will be affected from Saturday night with a Stromsburg, especially with the period of high tide at low areas
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Cutting fossil fuel use key to environmental protection: IMF
The 'right prices' must fully reflect both supply costs and environmental costs, especially carbon emissions and local air pollution, said...
- Global fossil fuel subsidies amount to around $6 trillion in 2020, which is 6.8 percent of global GDP.
- Emissions would fall by one-third if prices increase to fully reflect environmental and supply costs by 2025, IMF said.
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UAE reviews food systems transformation at UN
The world must act, and act now, if we are to reach zero hunger by 2030, the UAE’s Minister of...
- There is no more time for planning in the run-up to 2030, which is designated the Decade of Action
- The combined efforts of all actors is necessary for the world to meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
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Sheikh Hamdan issues resolution regulating single-use products in Dubai
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California firefighters use AI to battle wildfires
For several years firefighters have used a network of more than 1,000 cameras to monitor possible fire hotspots. Since the...
Derna counts the cost of Libya flood disaster
Derna was home to about 100,000 people, and many of its multi-storey buildings on the banks of the riverbed collapsed,...
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The death toll from freak floods in eastern Libya is expected to soar dramatically, with 10,000 people reported missing, the...
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150 dead in Libya after storm Daniel results in floods
"At least 150 people were killed as a result of flooding and torrential rains left by storm Daniel in Derna,...
- The storm struck eastern Libya on Sunday afternoon, notably the coastal town of Jabal al-Akhdar but also Benghazi, where a curfew was declared.
- Images filmed by residents of the disaster area showed massive mudslides, collapsed buildings and entire neighborhoods submerged under water.
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ENEC inks MoU with OSGE
Aim is to help in decarbonization of the Polish power sector.
- One of the aims of the agreement is exploring opportunities to invest in Small Modular Reactors.
- Nuclear energy is recognised by both the UAE and Poland as an essential clean energy resource.
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Countries must cooperate to battle sandstorm threat, say UN, Iran
Countries in the Middle East, Africa and Asia must work together to combat sand and dust storms made increasingly severe...
- According to meteorologists, sand and dust storms are expected to increase in countries most vulnerable to climate change.
- Iran, co-organizer of the two-day gathering, is one country where such storms are increasingly numerous.