UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on governments to tackle "four burning issues" between now and COP27: greater ambition to keep the 1.5C possible; meeting financial commitments to the developing world; increasing support for adaptation measures, and the issue of "loss and damage."

Alerting five West African countries to the danger posed by climate change, the World Bank has urged them to diversify economies as they are extremely vulnerable to extreme weather patterns. The five countries in the arid Sahel region are vulnerable to droughts, floods, and heatwaves, according to a report.

On an eight-notch scale of rolling blackouts, the country has reached the sixth critical stage. Level six was seen in June in the middle of the southern winter amid an increase in energy consumption and pressure on production.

The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MoCCAE) Monday launched the UAE Climate-Responsible Companies Pledge. The pledge aims to increase the engagement of the private sector in the country’s decarbonization drive, in line with the UAE Net Zero 2050 Strategic Initiative.

In the Middle East, the UAE and Saudi Arabia have been leading the decarbonization conversation with pivotal government initiatives that encourage businesses to reduce their carbon footprint. Now, 2022 and beyond will be about delivering on and monetizing those ambitions despite all the challenges, he adds.

Japan Friday for the first time joined fellow members of the Group of Seven industrialised nations in pledging to end public financing for fossil fuel projects abroad by the end of the year to help combat global warming. "We commit to end new direct public support for the international unabated...

Boris Johnson's government will consult with local communities to host onshore wind farms in return for "guaranteed lower energy bills," after the UN warned that investing in fossil fuels would be equated with 'moral and economic madness'.

The COP28, to be hosted in Dubai in 2023, is at a convenient time frame away from the recently concluded COP26, which witnessed several nations — the UAE, India, and the KSA, among others — make net-zero pledges. Therefore, the 2023 summit will offer talking points based on visible progress...

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

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.

High fashion can be detrimental to the environment because of its large carbon footprint.

Biden emphasized the need for settling a relationship rocked by high-stakes disputes, including on trade and Taiwan.

The UAE, one of the world’s top crude exporters, said a recent UN climate summit in Glasgow was a “success” but that the world needs to keep investing billions in oil and gas. Nearly 200 countries at the COP26 summit pledged Saturday to speed up the fight against rising temperatures,...

While Brazil takes international pledge at COP26 to end deforestation by 2030, the destruction of the Amazon rainforest keeps rising in the country.

Rich countries stand accused of failing at the COP26 summit in Glasgow to deliver much-needed finance to vulnerable states at risk of drought, rising seas, fire and storms. The deal, the European Commission says, has "kept the Paris targets alive". However, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres stresses it was "not...

More than 30 top energy executives from around the world will come together at the 7th Abu Dhabi CEO Roundtable, hosted by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC).

UAE officials "recognise reality", delegation member and House of Representatives Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said after talks with Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum. "They know the world is working very hard not to be in a position to buy their product anymore, because they're going to alternative energy,"...

The company will support the UAE 2050 Strategic Initiative

The draft Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change report is scheduled for release early next year.

The UNFCCC confirmation of the UAE as the host for the 28th conference followed unanimous endorsement by the Asia Pacific Group of nations during COP26, where nearly 200 countries have gathered to take concerted action to cap global greenhouse gas emissions and unite against climate change.

More than 200 scientists told the COP26 summit Thursday to take immediate action to halt global warming, warning in an open letter that some climate change impacts were "irreversible" for generations. The central task of the Glasgow meeting is to implement the Paris Agreement, with its goal of limiting temperature...

Investing in low-carbon solutions in the energy sector will drive economic prosperity, says UAE Special Envoy for Climate Change Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber.

The text called for nations to "revisit and strengthen" their decarbonisation plans by next year and said that limiting heating to 1.5C "requires meaningful and effective action by all parties in this critical decade".

Finance is a crunch issue at the summit, with developing nations demanding rich emitters make good on decade-old promises to provide $100 billion a year to help them cope.

Demonstrations are expected across Glasgow against the disconnect between the pace of emissions reductions and the climate emergency.

Green hydrogen is envisaged to play a significant role in UAE’s domestic strategy to meet the UAE 2050 Net-Zero goals.

This is despite pressure from big consumer nations to open up the taps much more decisively amid soaring prices. The producers led by Saudi Arabia and Russia in the so-called OPEC+ will add 400,000 barrels per day in December, they said.

CO2 pollution this year will be just shy of the record set in 2019, according to the Global Carbon Project consortium.

During the UN talks in Glasgow, Scotland, the two countries launched the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate.

The SGTC will be headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and may open regional offices in other countries.

The UAE and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) on Wednesday announced the Energy Transition Accelerator Financing (ETAF), a new global climate finance facility to accelerate the transition to renewable energy in developing countries. The UAE committed $400 million in funding provided by the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD)...

LONDON: The United Kingdom will provide $68 million in funding to help the Middle East and North African countries' energy transition and development of green infrastructure, British Minister for the MENA region James Cleverly said. Cleverly made the announcement on the second day of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26)...

The summit's chair, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, said the agreement on deforestation was pivotal to the overarching ambition of limiting temperature rises to 1.5 degrees Celsius. "These great teeming ecosystems –- these cathedrals of nature -- are the lungs of our planet," he was expected to say in Glasgow,...

The world is at a turning point on climate change. IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva has urged world leaders at the COP26 summit in Glasgow to make strong policies and to cut global emissions to keep global warming to 1.5 to 2 degree Celsius.

Climate adaptation means adjusting to the current effects of climate change and preparing for its predicted impacts in the future.

Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said new processes enabling capture and reuse of carbon were key to the kingdom achieving net zero.

At the Saudi Green Initiative forum, the Gulf country has also vowed to join a global effort to reduce methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030.

Already in 2018, 3.6 billion people had inadequate access to water for at least one month per year, and only 0.5 percent of all the water on Earth is useable and available fresh water, according to the UN’s World Meteorological Organization. Meanwhile, water-related hazards have increased in frequency over the...

Rich countries must deliver on a promise to channel $100 billion a year in climate finance to developing nations, otherwise they may jeopardize November’s critical negotiations to limit global warming, said the head of the UN-backed Green Climate Fund.

The roundtable comes less than six weeks before a major United Nations climate meeting, COP26, in Glasgow.

The report will project global temperature changes until the end of the century under different emissions scenarios.

Alain Bejjani, CEO Majid Al Futtaim, among 79 signatories of open letter to world leaders

  A UAE climate negotiation team is attending the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) The meetings aim to pave the way for the discussions that will be presented during COP26         The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has highlighted carbon emission reduction strategies at climate...