The world is facing catastrophic declines in animals and plants that pose a twin threat to life on Earth with the interrelated menace of climate change.

This year’s summit has brought together 190 countries, over 500 speakers, and 4,000 participants worldwide to discuss the future of governments.

Speaking at the MENA Climate Week Dr. Al Jaber explained that the UAE is adopting a comprehensive, balanced and proactive approach to climate action.

WMO noted that extreme weather, water and climate phenomena have become more frequent and more severe in many parts of the world due to climate change.

All service station forecourts including Service Station of the Future at Expo 2020 Dubai remained dark for an hour.

Rapidly reducing methane emissions is the most effective strategy to limit global warming in the near term and keep 1.5 degrees Celsius within reach.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault will soon face his first major test in deciding on a new offshore oil project.

The analysis by London-based think tank InfluenceMap found the world's 30 biggest listed finance groups provided $740 billion to fossil fuel producers in 2020 and 2021.

Tropical forests cool the world by more than 1 degree Celsius, increase rainfall, and shield people and crops from deadly heat, researchers have said. It shows that the climate benefits of trees go beyond sucking planet-warming carbon dioxide out of the air. In a new study released on Thursday, they...

As Morocco withers under its worst drought in 40 years, experts warn that a combination of climate change and bad resource management could trigger severe drinking water shortages.

It is hard to balance sustainable developments and what people want in the market, especially when it comes to pricing, Zazen One CEO Madhav Dar tells TRENDS.

For a 50/50 chance of limiting the rise in global temperatures to 1.5C, 19 countries in which per capita GDP would remain above $50,000 without oil and gas revenue must end production by 2034. Included in this tranche are the US, Norway, Britain, Canada, Australia, and the United Arab Emirates.

Nearly 200 nations gathered Monday to grapple with a question that will outlive Covid-19 and Russia's invasion of Ukraine: how does a world addicted to fossil fuels prevent carbon pollution from making Earth unlivable?

The White House had earlier said that "federal policies are not limiting the production of oil and gas."

It calls on member states to "integrate the bicycle into public transportation, in urban and rural settings in developing and developed countries."

HSBC sponsors the program that provides open-source sustainability skills, ideas and solutions to all university and college students in the MENA region.

Plant-based base oils are made from sustainable feedstock sources, such as palm, soy, coconut, and rapeseed.

AGL Australia's largest energy company said its board had over the weekend rejected a joint bid of $8.25 (US$6) per share from Cannon-Brookes, founder of the tech firm Atlassian.

In the United State, it took more than a century to pass regulations governing record-keeping for wells and their sealing, or plugging, in many states.

The IPCC report will include a crucial 40-page summary for policymakers, expected to show that devastating scale of climate change impacts is just the beginning.

The findings, published by the Nairobi-based think tank Power Shift Africa, focus on the costs of warding off climate impacts.

More than 400 cities are impacted by the urban heat island effect and increasing energy consumption that makes cities less comfortable, says Abu Dhabi-based FortyGuard

The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) displayed its agri-food innovation and manufacturing capabilities to strengthen further its ties with the UAE at a dinner event held at the Australia Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. The event was led by Vish Padmanabhan, NSW Senior Trade Commissioner to India and...

The International Energy Agency said its latest annual Global Methane Tracker had found that emissions by the energy sector were about 70 percent higher than official government figures.

Governments across the world pay an estimated $640 billion in support to the fossil fuel industry.

DP World’s has announced ₤1 million investment to two Earthshot Prize Finalists, designed to scale their work in the UAE and Middle East. Revive our Oceans Earthshot Prize Winner Bahamas-based Coral Vita will receive ₤500k to develop a strategy for the deployment of large-scale reef restoration in the UAE, which...

Turkey wants joint cooperation with Iraq regarding the exchange of products, its Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli said. "Turkey is in the process of cooperating in all fields with Iraq, whether agricultural or other," said Pakdemirli to the local media. He noted that his country suffers during this...

The company aims to cut emissions by 50 percent by 2030.

From solar farms to wind energy, the infrastructure is being put in place at varying paces by GCC nations.

The approval came at a meeting chaired by the council’s chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum.

Ice on a glacier near the summit of Mount Everest that took millennia to form has shrunk dramatically in the last three decades due to climate change, a new study has shown.

A US judge on Thursday canceled the sale of oil and gas exploration leases of some 80 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico, after a coalition of environmentalist groups sued President Joe Biden’s administration to stop the drilling, citing major concerns.

The 18th annual Dubai International Humanitarian Aid and Development Conference and Exhibition - DIHAD 2022, will take place from 14th to 16th March, 2022.

Carbon transition policy must be tailored to each country’s needs and dynamics, Majid Jafar, the CEO of Crescent Petroleum, said.

The past seven years have been the hottest on record, the United Nations confirmed Wednesday, adding that 2021 temperatures remained high despite the cooling effect of the La Nina weather phenomenon. "The warmest seven years have all been since 2015," the UN's World Meteorological Organization said in a statement. And...

The net-zero target is only for its operations, not products.

Abu Dhabi's Blue Carbon Project is a promising initiative to prevent increased carbon emissions caused by the destruction of ecosystems, which ultimately leads to climate change, said a top official of the Environment Agency Abu Dhabi (AED). Dr Shaikha Salem Al Dhaheri, Secretary-General of the EAD, said Blue Carbon refers...

The development may bring significant geo-economic and geopolitical shifts in the energy market, which is currently valued at $174 billion.

The nine years spanning 2013-2021 all rank among the 10 hottest on record, according to an annual report by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) published Thursday, the latest data underscoring the global climate crisis. For 2021, the average temperature across global surfaces was 1.51 degrees Fahrenheit (0.84...

The last seven years have been the hottest on record globally "by a clear margin", the European Union's climate monitoring service reported Monday, as it raised the alarm over sharp increases in record concentrations of methane in the atmosphere. Countries around the world have been blasted by a relentless assault...

Amid the growing push away from climate-warming energy sources like coal, stockpiling green energy is key, experts say.

The researchers found that 92 percent of 165 countries studied will experience extremely hot annual temperatures every two years.

The fact that the European Commission quietly distributed the text of this proposal to member states late on Friday, in the final hours of 2021 after the much-delayed document had been twice promised earlier in the year, highlighted the rocky road to draft it.

Dedicated experts at COP26 hailed solid even historic advances in beating back the existential threat of global warming.

Each year, UK charity Christian Aid calculates the cost of weather incidents like flooding, fires, and heat waves according to insurance claims. In 2020, it found the world's 10 costliest weather disasters caused $150 billion in damage, making this year's total an increase of 13 percent.

The International Energy Agency warned in May that an immediate halt to new investment in fossil projects is needed if the world is to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and to stand any chance of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees C.

Flood devastation, heavy rainfall, and Drought in Canada cause severe damage to the food supply chain and agricultural production.

The forum was held in conjunction with the 38th session of the high-level Arab Ministers of Housing and Construction.

The United Nations says about one-third of Iraq's population lives in poverty, despite the country's oil wealth. The effects of low rainfall have been exacerbated as the levels of the country's two main rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, drop because of upstream dams in neighboring Iran and Turkey.

China abstained, while India voted against, arguing that global warming was chiefly an issue related to economic development, rather than international security.