CAIRO, EGYPT - Atlantic fishing nations have agreed to better protect sharks and rays by limiting the retention of several bycatch species, but advocacy groups warn progress is still lagging. At the conclusion of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) this week, countries agreed on "new measures...
Time won’t strip Palestinians of right to return
"While commemorating 75 years since the crisis, we remember with sorrow the crime against humanity the Palestinian people faced in 1948, when hundreds of thousands were forcefully displaced and were forced to stay away from their land and home for over seven decades," AlBannai adds
ADNOC sets Upstream Methane Intensity target of 0.15 percent by 2025
Abu Dhabi, UAE--- Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) announced on Monday that it has set a new Upstream Methane Intensity target of 0.15 percent by 2025, which is the lowest in the Middle East. ADNOC’s 0.15 percent methane intensity target means ADNOC will be ranked in the Gold Standard...UAE launches net-zero drive for firms
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.
Flood of net zero vows suffer ‘credibility gap’: report
While countries, cities and companies have massively ramped up net-zero emissions promises in recent months there remain "major flaws" in many plans, according to an analysis published Monday that raises fears of potential large-scale greenwashing by businesses. Faced with mounting urgency and public pressure as deadly and costly climate impacts...
G7 ‘will never recognize’ borders changed by force
The Group of Seven industrialized nations said Saturday they would never recognize the borders Russia is trying to shift by force in its war against Ukraine and pledged enduring support for Kyiv. The ministers were joined in the resort of Wangels by their counterparts from Ukraine and Moldova.
Russia says will scale down Kyiv offensive; Ukraine, West sckeptical
Vladimir Putin’s pledge to scale down military activity was met with skepticism in Ukraine and Western capitals, with the Pentagon saying Moscow had merely repositioned a ‘small number’ of forces near Kyiv, but could be preparing a ‘major offensive’ elsewhere.
COP26 leaders vow new drive to save forests
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,...
World airlines commit to ‘net zero’ CO2 emissions by 2050
The world's airlines made a joint pledge Monday to reach "net zero" CO2 by 2050, as the aviation industry ramps up efforts to curb its contribution to global warming. The new commitment comes 12 years after the IATA unveiled its first plan to reduce CO2 emissions.
