Sustainable mobility rises as GCC turns to hydrogen
MENA countries, adopting ambitious clean energy and transportation strategies, aim for significant hydrogen production by 2050, led by UAE's National...
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Turkmenistan worried as Caspian Sea continues to shrink
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan - On the Caspian Sea coast in Turkmenistan, Batyr Yusupov can no longer ferry his passengers between two ports....
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GCC region’s cloud seeding experiments a boon or bane?
UAE is among the first countries in the Middle East to use cloud seeding technology for a project whose trials...
- UAE is among the first countries in the Middle East to use cloud seeding technology for a project whose trials started in late 1990s
- A large-scale desalination plant producing about 100,000 cubic metres of water per day costs US$100m
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HSBC offering Saudi’s first climate-focused investment fund
DUBAI: HSBC Saudi Arabia has said it is offering the first environmental initiative investment fund in the kingdom, which will...
- The fund will provide customers participation and direct access to investments that help reduce the impact of climate change.
- SABB’s Corporate & Private Banking clients among suitable clients in the kingdom.
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Climate change could turn Gulf cities unlivable
A new report by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change showed unequivocally that the climate is changing faster than...
- Daily temperatures in Dubai regularly top 40 degrees Celsius for several months of the year and are exacerbated by high humidity.
- Calls to reduce carbon emissions pose major economic challenges for oil and gas-rich Gulf countries.
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Kuwait to transform ‘tire graveyard’ into new city
After 17 years of accumulation of end-of-life tires, the dump was spread across 2 sq km, with 40 million tires...
- Three massive fires between 2012 and 2020 sparked environmental concerns, prompting the authorities to shut it down for good
- In past months, trucks loaded with tires had made more than 44,000 trips from the landfill to the Al-Salmi region, near Kuwait's industrial area, where they would be temporarily st
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Drying Euphrates threatens disaster in Syria
Reputed to have once flown through the biblical Garden of Eden, the Euphrates runs for almost 2,800 km (1,700 miles)...
- Syrian Kurds accuse Turkey of choking the river’s flow but Ankara says it releases the agreed upon amount of water.
- Among five million people depending on the Euphrates for drinking water, more and more families are ingesting liquid that is unsafe.
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Researchers discover world’s ‘northernmost’ island
The new island is 780 metres (2,560 feet) north of Oodaaq, up until now the northernmost island on the planet
- The new island is 780 metres (2,560 feet) north of Oodaaq, up until now the northernmost island on the planet
- Researchers came upon the landmass on an expedition in July
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Ocean surface climates may disappear by 2100: study
The world's seas have absorbed around a third of all carbon pollution produced since the Industrial Revolution
- The world's seas have absorbed around a third of all carbon pollution produced since the Industrial Revolution
- With atmospheric CO2 levels increasing, there are fears that ocean surface climates may become less hospitable to the species it hosts
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African mountain forests store more carbon than thought: study
An international team analysed data on carbon stored in trees across 44 highland sites in 12 African countries
- An international team analysed data on carbon stored in trees across 44 highland sites in 12 African countries
- Writing in Nature, the team found that Africa's montane forests contain an average of 149.4 tonnes of carbon per hectare
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Mena region needs water resilience: World Bank
Without water resilience, the MENA region may see a loss of 6-14 percent of the collective GDP by 2050, says...
- A drought can reduce the economic growth of a city anywhere in the world by up to 12 percent, says the World Bank
- The MENA region, it says, has over 60 percent of the population living in areas with high water stress, compared with 35 percent globally
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Troubled land: The Sahel’s ‘three-border’ region
The vast arid region, along with central Mali, has become the worst-hit area in the jihadists' nine-year-old campaign
- The vast arid region, along with central Mali, has become the worst-hit area in the jihadists' nine-year-old campaign
- As elsewhere in the Sahel, the birthrate here is high and climate change has sharpened competition over scarce resources
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Syria’s ancient adobe houses threatened by war, displacement
"Village Umm Amuda Kabira in Aleppo once had 3,000 to 3,500 residents and some 200 mud houses," said Mahmud al-Mheilej,...
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Abu Dhabi, UAE - A global summit for faith leaders from around the world will take place in Abu Dhabi...
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Climate change worsening heatwaves, air quality: UN
The wildfire smoke recently suffocating cities from Athens to New York may be the most visible sign of air pollution...
- Fine particulate air pollution from things like vehicle and industrial emissions but also sand and wildfires, is greatest external threat to public health, a recent study said
- On Wednesday, the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service said the Earth had just had its hottest three months on record, with last July the hottest month ever recorded
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World inches step closer towards plastic pollution deal: UN
Some 175 nations are working to reach a landmark agreement by end-2024 that will curb plastic pollution, which ends up...
- Global plastic production has more than doubled since the start of the century to reach 460 million tons and could triple by 2060 if nothing is done. Only 9% is currently recycled.
- The draft deal, published by the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, will form the basis of fresh talks in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on November 13-19.
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UAE and Africa strengthen carbon market collaboration
"Our collaboration with the Africa Carbon Markets Initiative provides carbon market buyers in the UAE and wider region with access...
- The UAE Carbon Alliance has signed a Letter of Intent for a US$450 million purchase of African carbon credits by 2030
- Collaboration with Africa Carbon Markets Initiative will provide UAE with access to high-quality carbon credits from Africa