UAE astronauts AlMatrooshi and AlMulla graduate in space program at NASA
Dubai, UAE - The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) on Tuesday announced the graduation of Emirati astronauts Nora AlMatrooshi...Science
Scientists launch hub to channel quantum power for good
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Scientists will work to channel the huge emerging power of quantum computers for the common good at a...Global Science Tech & Media
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
Saudi Arabia eyes zero carbon emissions by 2060
At the Saudi Green Initiative forum, the Gulf country has also vowed to join a global effort to reduce methane...Saudi Arabia has announced plans to reduce carbon emissions by 278 million tons annually by 2030
The country is also taking the Global Methane Pledge to reduce methane emission
New leaks rock Facebook
Internal documents seem to support the accusations.Facebook held back from doing all it could to stop users from being radicalized, say recent leaks
It is also accused of not doing enough to stop US election misinformation from flooding the social network
Egypt looks to raise renewable energies share to 42% by 2035
Egypt is looking to increase the share of renewable energies to over 42 percent by 2035, after the country reached...Mohamed Shaker, the minister of electricity and renewable energy, noted that Egypt has allocated 7,650 square kilometers of unused lands to new and renewable energy projects
He said that Egypt is the largest holder of electrical capacities in the MENA region and has the capacity to produce up to 90 gigawatts of wind and solar capacity
US climate envoy to take part in Middle East Green Summit
John Kerry, the US climate envoy, will be in Saudi Arabia on Sunday to participate in the Middle East Green...Kerry will “engage with government counterparts and private sector leaders on efforts to address the climate crisis”
Saudi Arabia will host the inaugural Saudi Green Initiative Forum and Middle East Green Initiative Summit in Riyadh on Oct. 23-25
Animal kidney works in human patient in ‘potential miracle’
The donor animal belonged to a herd that had undergone a genetic editing procedure to knock out a gene that...Critically, the organ was able to reduce the level of the molecule creatinine, a key indicator of kidney health
Montgomery carried out the surgery with several colleagues over the course of around two hours.
Rio Tinto to ‘halve’ emissions
Mining releases 4-7% of global greenhouse gas emissions.Rio Tinto said it would spend around $7.5 billion from now until the end of the decade to reduce emission
The cut would be to so-called scope one and two emissions — from mining operations and power consumption
