Goumbook, a social enterprise dedicated to accelerating sustainability and climate action, has announced the launch of the Regenerative Agriculture Venture Programme. The programme is aimed at empowering and upskilling researchers …
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Innovation, collaboration and climate action: Taiwan Excellence at WETEX
The need for green solutions has never been greater as the world battles against one of the biggest challenges of our time, climate change. Time and again, innovation is underscored …
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First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) has become the first bank globally to join the COP28 Net-Zero Transition Charter, it has announced. Launched in November 2023 by the COP28 Presidency, the …
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Schneider Electric has launched the nationwide “UAE Youth Green Challenge” in partnership with the Arab Youth Center (AYC). The initiative encourages UAE-based university students to create innovative solutions for decarbonising …
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The Paris climate agreement, concluded in 2015, has been instrumental in rallying countries around the world to commit to reducing greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions. But setting ambitious climate targets has not …
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Tabreed shares results from “world-first” district cooling nanofluid pilot study
Tabreed in partnership with Ireland-based HT Materials Science (HTMS), has concluded what it says is believed to be the world’s first pilot project of its kind. Applied across Tabreed’s current …
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Honeywell shares findings from its latest Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)
The ESI gauges movement in corporate sentiment and investment on the sustainability front and is compiled quarterly by Honeywell and The Futurum Group. Now, in its fifth edition, the ESI …
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Developing storiesEnergy
IEA report says clean energy transition “unstoppable,” but urges action & cooperation
The International Energy Agency’s recently released World Energy Outlook 2023 shared optimistic forecasts for clean energy, alongside a warning that emissions are still too high to prevent temperatures from rising above the …
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Veolia and partners inaugurate Oman’s largest solar PV systems for desalination in Sur
H.E. Eng. Salim bin Nasser Al-Aufi, the Minister of Energy and Minerals, Sultanate of Oman, recently inaugurated the 17-megawatt peak (MWp) solar photovoltaic (PV) farm producing green energy to power …
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The leaders’ declaration that emerged from the recent G20 summit in New Delhi highlighted the urgent need for collective action on climate change and sustainable finance. Central to the group’s Green Development Pact is …