This week, Emerge, a joint venture between Masdar and the EDF Group, and Sharjah National Oil Corporation (SNOC) held a groundbreaking ceremony for a 60MWp ground-mounted solar PV plant located …
July 2024
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URB, a Dubai-based urban planning and development firm and research arm, EPIC Lab, have announced plans for the ‘Dubai Green Spine’ project. The project aims to transform Sheikh Mohammad Bin …
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Chinese electric car manufacturer BYD has signed a $1bn deal to build a manufacturing plant in Turkey, it has been announced. According to Turkish state news agency Anadolu, the facility …
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80+ Organisations Say Carbon Offsetting Undermines Climate Targets
In a joint statement, over 80 civil society organisations have outlined their opposition to the use of carbon credits for offsetting purposes, arguing it could delay climate action. In the …
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Mastercard, in partnership with the Ministry of Sustainable Development of Bahrain, has launched the Mastercard Challenge on Financial Inclusion for the SDGs under the theme ‘Solving for the Future’. Run …
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Health and security services company International SOS has released its Risk Outlook 2024 Report. On behalf of the organisation, Ipsos carried out an online survey among 675 business leaders and …
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The 2024 Law Firm Climate Change Scorecard, which grades law firms on their climate accountability, has been published by the Law Students for Climate Accountability. It noted that while “powerful …
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New data issued by the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has revealed that June marked the 13th consecutive month for record heat. It was also the 12th month in …
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Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has announced it has won the ‘3G Championship Award for Corporate Governance’ at the Global Good Governance (3G) Awards 2024. Presented by Cambridge IFA …
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Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar, has announced its partnership with Siemens to optimise its district cooling infrastructure. The company shared that the move was aimed at reducing electricity consumption …