Madaline Dunn

A new Oxfam report published this month outlines significant issues with the World Bank’s contribution to climate financing. The report ‘Climate Financing Unchecked: How much does the World Bank know…

The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), a commodities exchange and free-trade zone in the UAE, has signed a cluster of agreements to expand the services available through its recently launched…

Multinational payment card services corporation Visa has expanded its partnership with environment charity Emirates Nature-WWF this week to launch the Shu’a project. According to Emirates Nature-WWF, Shu’a, or Arabian Moringa,…

Governments, experts, environmental activists and Indigenous groups are convening in Cali, Colombia, this month for the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological…

In a bid to scale up climate action in the MENA region, the Middle East Green Initiative (MGI) welcomed 11 new member countries this month, including Algeria and Lebanon. The…

According to the latest Gartner forecasts, 85 million electric vehicles (EVs) will be on the roads by the end of 2025.  The technological research and consulting firm projects that the…

This month the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) launched the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Research Programme, which aims to support “Plant the Emirates,” a national initiative geared towards strengthening the…

On Sunday, Egypt’s Petroleum Minister Karim Badawi announced that the country had cut its 2040 renewables target to 40 per cent to prioritise natural gas.  In June 2024, the COP27…

Three new companies specialising in clean energy technology have joined the UAE’s NextGenFDI programme, an initiative aimed at attracting global digitally enabled businesses to launch and scale in the country. …