‘Game changer’: Gene therapy offers hope for children born deaf
Paris, France - A gene therapy that has allowed several children born deaf to hear for the first time is being...Science
Deaf boy can now hear after gene treatment
The US hospital which carried out the treatment said the milestone represents hope for patients around the world with hearing...Health Science
IMF head urges COP26 to ramp up climate action
The world is at a turning point on climate change. IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva has urged world leaders at the...The IMF chief has urged world leaders to make strong policy on climate change, calling it a grave threat
Kristalina Georgieva said in a blog that global policies will leave 2030 carbon emission far higher than needed to achieve current goals
Dubai to plant more mangrove trees to preserve coastline
Dubai Municipality has begun a new drive to plant mangrove trees in Dubai’s natural reserves as part of its efforts...Dubai Municipality will start planting mangrove trees in its marine reserves in Ras Al Khor and Jebel Ali
These trees will be planted in areas that are not exposed to waves, such as shallow areas and creeks, where the tidal rate does not exceed 1-2 meters
Qatar plans to reduce 25% greenhouse emissions by 2030
The 25 percent reduction would equal to a dip of 37 Mat CO2 eq by 2030, according to national figures,...The reduction said to be part of the National Climate Change Action Plan to reduce emissions in Qatar
The plan is expected to take Qatar closer to achieving its sustainable development goal by 2030
Saudi Arabia joins space-based climate monitoring effort
The move comes barely days after the country announced during the Saudi Green Initiative forum that it aims to achieve...Saudi Space Commission has signed the joint international statement on space monitoring of the climate
The signing took place at the headquarters of the Saudi pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai
TII of Abu Dhabi partners with top institutes on mesh projects
Technology Innovation Institute (TII) has announced that its Secure Systems Research Centre (SSRC) has partnered with three universities on secure...Mesh network is a network topology in which the infrastructure nodes connect directly, dynamically, and non-hierarchically to as many other nodes as possible
The project is set to strengthen the security of the Mesh network technology that TII is currently developing
Pyypl, Ripple launch on-demand liquidity service in Middle East
ODL uses XRP for instant, low-cost cross-border payments.ODL is the process of buying and selling XRP in originating and destination countries
XRP is the native cryptocurrency of products developed by Ripple’s creator Ripple Labs
Iraq to cut out carbon emissions in full by 2025
In order to cut out carbon emissions completely, Iraq will stop burning associated gas permanently in 2025.He said that Iraq will stop burning associated gas permanently in 2025
"At this summit, we seek to start developing plans to transform the future of our countries and all their economies to a green future free of emissions”
Greenhouse gas levels reach new record high: UN
The UN's blunt report comes as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the COP26 host, said he was "very worried" that...The World Meteorological Organization said that continued rising greenhouse gas emissions would result in more extreme weather.
Concentrations of all three major greenhouses gases --CO2, methane and nitrous oxide--have risen alarmingly.
China aims to cut fossil energy use to below 20% by 2060
China is targeting an ambitious clean energy goal of reducing fossil fuel use to under 20 percent by 2060, according...The document follows a pledge by President Xi Jinping to wean the world's biggest polluter off coal
But the country has been criticized for pushing ahead with opening dozens of new coal power plants
Aramco sets 2050 net-zero target
The company acknowledged that this would have its challenges.Saudi Aramco chief Amin Nasser has said the company will achieve net-zero emissions by 2050
He was speaking at the Saudi Green Initiative forum, where Saudi Arabia pledged to become net-zero by 2060
