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    7 myths about global warming
    08 Jun 2021

    Spring, 2021, turned out to be cold in Europe, and in this regard, people started to call to memory global warming, or rather, about what happened to it and where it goes. But warming is not the essence of the climate problem. It’s much deeper. To understand it, we collected, thanks to the Green Portal […]

    “UAE national agenda is highly focussed on key topics” – Chairman of the Environment Agency

    The UAE’s environmental policies and initiatives have been playing a significant role in realising the country’s goals and meeting its international commitments, said H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in Al Dhafra Region and Chairman of the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD), WAM reports. In a statement he made today to […]

    ACWA Power signs MoU with neutral fuels to supply Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea project
    07 Jun 2021

    ACWA Power, a leading Saudi developer, investor and operator of power generation and desalinated water plants, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Neutral Fuels, the GCC’s largest biofuel producer, for future collaboration on the supply of its Net Zero Biofuel™ for Saudi Arabia’s most ambitious regenerative tourism project on the Red Sea coast. […]

    A computer game to develop sustainable development acknowledgement

    Introducing LinCity-NG – a computer game to strengthen sustainable development skills. LinCity-NG is a game that simulates the life of a real city. This is an improved version of the classic Lincity game. In the game you have to establish and maintain a city. You can win the game either by creating a sustainable economy […]

    Global business prepares for the post-pandemic climate crisis
    07 Jun 2021

    47% of the world’s top management believes that after the pandemic, businesses will face climate problems. This is stated in the Deloitte Global Resilience Report 2021, based on a survey of 2,260 top managers from Europe, America and the Asia-Pacific region. According to the respondents of the Deloitte company, in the current decade the business […]

    Germany will allocate €8 billion for the implementation of 62 hydrogen projects
    07 Jun 2021

    The German government has identified 62 large-scale hydrogen projects that will receive government funding in the amount of €8 billion under the European Union’s IPCEI program (important projects of European interest), Euraktiv reports. Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economics (BMWi) and the Federal Ministry of Transport (BMVI) selected 62 large-scale hydrogen projects this week, which are […]

    “A tanker rusts and can crack”: Greenpeace warns of the possibility of a disaster off the coast of Yemen

    The international environmental organization Greenpeace has called on the UN to take immediate action to prevent a possible environmental disaster off the coast of Yemen, where the abandoned FSO Safer tanker with 1.1 million barrels (140 thousand tons) of oil is moored. “The question is not if, the question is when. Moored six kilometers off […]

    10 seabins installed at The Pearl Qatar to prevent sea pollution

    United Development Company (UDC) inaugurated a new environmental Seabin project, the first of its kind in the State of Qatar, to prevent sea pollution and protect marine species at The Pearl-Qatar, The Peninsula Qatar reports. The event, which took place on the occasion of World Environment Day, 5th of June, was held in Porto Arabia […]

    How can each of us celebrate World Environment Day
    06 Jun 2021

    World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated annually on 5 June and is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for encouraging awareness and action for the protection of the environment. First held in 1974, it has been a platform for raising awareness on environmental issues such as marine pollution, human overpopulation, global warming, sustainable consumption and wildlife […]

    Let’s change our “industrial” lifestyle: Bolivian Indians’ brain atrophies 70% slower than other people

    In Bolivia, on the periphery of the Amazon jungle, the Tsimane tribe lives in isolation. They get old differently from other people. In 2017, scientists found they have the healthiest hearts in the world. Researchers have now learned that Tsimane’s brain volume decreases much more slowly with age than that of Americans or Europeans. The […]