07/03/2023
Bold policies needed to tackle unsustainable urban growth, climate change
In the last 50 years or so, the number of people living in cities has almost quadrupled and the earth’s surface temperature climbed by nearly 1.2C
Planet SOS
06/30/2023
ADNOC awards $700m contract for gas compressor plant
The new gas compressor plant is expected to substantially increase ADNOC’s gas output from the Habshan Complex
06/29/2023
Saudi Arabia launches sustainable agricultural challenge to optimize global crop yield
We have introduced initiatives (such as) the Saudi Green Initiative
06/28/2023
Bahrain says committed to national energy transition plan
Bahrain is dedicated to its transition to sustainable energy and its commitments in COP26, by investing in renewable energy resources and ultimately reducing carbon emissions to net-zero by 2060: official
06/27/2023
UAE Launches Sustainable Fintech Pledge in Effort to Build a ‘Sustainable and Resilient Future’
The pledge looks to support fintech firms in the Middle East on their sustainability journeys by helping them to integrate sustainability principles into their operations.
06/27/2023
Dubai Supreme Council of Energy reviews performance of Building Retrofit programme
The meeting discussed elements related to AC, lighting, building structure and rooftop solar power systems. Dubai aims to retrofit 30,000 buildings by the end of 2030
06/14/2023
Saudi Arabia collaborates with Kazakhstan to improve energy partnership
The agreement was signed by Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman and his Kazakhstani counterpart Almasadam Satkaliyev at a meeting in Riyadh.
06/14/2023
Masdar plans first green bonds sale ‘within weeks’
The green bonds sale will help fund an effort to boost renewable energy generation capacity five-fold by the end of the decade
06/12/2023
HSBC official underpins need for global shift in fossil economy
The current “one-to-one” investment ratios for renewables to fossil fuels must evolve rapidly
06/09/2023
COP28 president says fossil fuels phasedown is inevitable
"As we have learned from past experience, the more progress we make in Bonn, the higher the likelihood of success in December," al-Jaber said
06/09/2023
UAE’s Masdar inks land agreement for Africa’s biggest wind farm in Egypt
The project will save the North African nation an estimated $5 billion in natural gas costs a year.
06/08/2023
'Promising opportunities for Qatar in sectors including aviation and energy'
Reviewing various possible trade opportunities between the two countries in the field of agricultural products, fruits, meat and forest products, he said his country has organic, natural products that can be exported to Qatar.
06/08/2023
Alba Chairman highlights the Company’s decarbonisation drives at the 26th Arab-German Business Forum
Several ongoing initiatives which Alba has embarked on to reduce its carbon footprint and support the Kingdom’s ‘Net Zero Emissions by 2060’ objectives
06/07/2023
UAE's Masdar consortium closes deal for $10bln mega Egypt wind project
The landmark wind project will produce 47,790 GWh of clean energy per year and reduce around 9 percent of Egypt’s annual carbon emissions
06/06/2023
Boursa Kuwait joins fight to beat plastic pollution on World Environment Day
Company strengthens partnerships with UNDP, UNEP, Kuwait Dive Team and Omniya Collection System to support sustainability initiatives
06/02/2023
UAE is a leader in renewable energy competitive auctions – IEA
A new report said the emirates, along with European countries, India, the UAE, Korea and Brazil, is among the leading participants in auctions for clean power supplies
05/26/2023
Internal Auditors told to embrace sustainability and environmental protection
Abdulqader’s statement and recommendations to internal audit professionals in the UAE came at the conclusion of the three-day 21st Annual Regional Audit Conference
05/23/2023
UAE has repeatedly shown climate leadership, says OPEC Secretary General
Reality is that oil and gas will continue to be an integral part of the energy mix for the foreseeable future
05/23/2023
NEOM firm exploring ‘uncharted territory’ to make world’s largest green hydrogen plant a reality: CEO
He acknowledges that projects of this scale come with challenges but “we have already hired some great talent.”
05/18/2023
20% reduction in nitrogen oxide emissions in UAE: Study
The findings were based on data from 2020, highlighting a noteworthy decline in nitrogen oxide emissions compared to the recorded data from 2015