Al Daayen Park’s design draws inspiration from the Arabic word Al-Daayen, which implies camel beauty and the resting place of caravans, said Maryam Al Kuwari, project design manager at the Supervisory Committee of Beautification of Roads and Public Places in Qatar. Decades ago, Al-Daayen had been a resting spot for caravans coming from the north […]
Transport chiefs in Dubai are leading the charge for the UAE’s sustainability drive by rolling out a trial of two cutting-edge electric buses, The National News reports. The Volvo 7900 vehicles will operate on designated paths in both directions between La Mer South, King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Street and Al Sufouh Tram Station. Transport […]
We’ve found for you a lovely review of the AI perspectives written by the Knife journalists. Enjoy it! “I now know why you cry, but it is something I can never do.” – T-800, “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” Who invented robots Karel Čapek managed to look into the future when in 1920 he […]
More than 90% by weight of the Airbus A380 can be repurposed in one form or another, analysts estimate. An A380 Airbus superjumbo sits on the tarmac where it is dismantled at the site of French recycling and storage aerospace company Tarmac Aerosave in Tarbes. Emirates, the biggest customer of the Airbus A380, said earlier […]
The UAE has endorsed the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use that commits countries to working collectively to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030 while advancing sustainable development and promoting an inclusive rural transformation. Over 90 countries have supported the declaration at the COP26 Leaders’ Action on Forests and […]
A new international body will oversee companies’ environmental policies to ensure investors are not being duped by false sustainability claims known as ‘greenwashing’. The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) was revealed at the COP26 Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, and is expected to commence work next year. It will have offices in Montreal, London and […]
The Gulf region faces extreme climate and health repercussions from global warming, with some parts of Saudi Arabia among the most vulnerable to regional temperature increases, according to a new study whose release coincides with the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. Fatal heat waves, increased atmospheric pollution, and previously unknown diseases could be among the […]
U.N. climate talks ended Saturday with a deal that for the first time targeted fossil fuels as the key driver of global warming, even as coal-reliant countries lobbed last-minute objections. While the agreement won applause for keeping alive the hope of capping global warming at 1.5° C, many of the nearly 200 national delegations wished […]
Saudi Arabia’s Tanmiah Food Company aims to plant one million trees by the year of 2025, in support of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030. The company started the second phase of its One Million Tree Initiative, launched in March 2019. It had already planted 200,000 trees in the Shaqra region, it said in a statement. The […]
Within the framework of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change COP26, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the Government of Panama, and the business group NOAH agreed to work together to implement the United Nations Fund for Climate Neutrality of Tourism. The Fund represents an innovative financing instrument promoted by UNWTO to respond to threats […]
