Four young Emiratis will help lead the charge towards a more sustainable future as the UAE prepares to host the crucial Cop28 climate summit in November. The eco-conscious quartet — including a girl aged 12 — will serve as Emirati Youth Sustainability Ambassadors at the international gathering in Dubai as the Emirates seeks to shine a light […]
Dr Sultan Al Jaber, the President-designate of Cop28 and UAE Special Envoy for Climate Change, has held talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, as preparations continue for the UN environmental talks later this year. The leaders met in Paris, where the pact to limit global warming to 1.5°C was agreed in 2015. Dr Al Jaber and Mr Macron […]
Developing countries could miss out on the economic opportunities resulting from green technologies if governments and international bodies do not take decisive action, a UN body said. There is a risk of increasing economic inequalities as developed countries stand to gain the most from green technologies such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and electric vehicles, […]
A leading youth climate advocate said fossil fuel companies need to be part of climate talks if people want them to switch to renewable energy. Jan Kairel Guillermo, youth engagement officer at the Water and Climate Coalition ― a collection of 10 UN agencies to tackle water and climate issues ― said that did not mean decarbonising the economy […]
Climate change will lead infectious diseases such as malaria to spread across more parts of the world, experts at an Abu Dhabi conference said on Tuesday. Speaking at the Forecasting Healthy Futures summit, scientists revealed the wider health impact of an increase in temperature, with more people exposed to infectious diseases such as malaria, cholera, dengue fever and tuberculosis. “This […]
International efforts are needed to find solutions to Iraq’s water crisis, the UN envoy to the country has said. Iraq is the fifth most vulnerable nation to climate breakdown, impacted by high temperatures, droughts and frequent dust storms, presenting a serious threat to the livelihood, according to the UN. “There is a feeling that there is an […]
Oil and gas are still an important part of global energy systems, no matter how much one might hope otherwise, but the world needed to switch from them to tackle climate change, a renewable energy official has said. Gauri Singh, deputy director general of the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena), said the two fossil fuels had always […]
UN member states have reached agreement on the first international treaty to protect the high seas following years of talks, a step that environmental groups say will help reverse marine biodiversity losses and ensure sustainable development. “The ship has reached the shore,” conference chair Rena Lee announced at the UN headquarters in New York on Saturday […]
Business as usual in climate finance is not enough, said Reem Al Hashimy, the UAE’s Minister of State for International Co-operation, on the second day of the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi. Ms Al Hashimy said funds are not being allocated efficiently to countries that are transitioning or in need of capital for development, especially when it comes […]
Mobile and digital technology can help cut about 40 per cent of the required carbon dioxide emissions within the industrial world’s top emitters in the next 10 years, London-based industry body GSMA has said. If deployed at scale, digitalisation, considered a key enabler of the decarbonisation transition, can help the manufacturing, power and energy, transport, and building sectors […]
