Rising rates of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are incompatible with keeping global warming below 1.5°C, a Met Office study has warned. Using measurements taken at Mauna Loa, Hawaii stretching back to 1958, concentrations of the key greenhouse gas rose at their fastest annual levels in 2024, exceeding Met Office predictions for the year. At Mauna Loa, a […]
Tadweer Group on Wednesday unveiled plans to cut emissions across its operations by 40 per cent by 2035 in support of the UAE’s sustainability programmes. The group announced the key environmental goal for the next decade during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. Ali Al Dhaheri, managing director and chief executive officer of Tadweer, told The National that the […]
An electric vehicle manufacturer based in Bangladesh was among the winners announced at the Zayed Sustainability Prize ceremony in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. President Sheikh Mohamed and several high-level guests attended the event at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (Adnec) to recognise 11 pioneering organisations and high schools from around the world. Sheikh Mohamed said the UAE remains steadfast in its commitment to fostering […]
Sylvia Earle, one of the world’s most famous oceanographers and marine biologists, has raised the alarm over the stark threat posed to ocean ecosystems by climate change and rampant overfishing. Dr Earle, 89, holds the record for the deepest untethered walk on the sea floor at a depth of 1,250 feet and was the first woman […]
Yeast and white rot fungus could have a small but ingenious role to play in the energy transition. Fungi could be used to power batteries in remote regions thanks to a new breakthrough by Swiss researchers. Their fungal battery invention is 3D-printed – with fungal cells mixed into the printing ink – and has the […]
President Sheikh Mohamed and his Azerbaijan counterpart Ilham Aliyev called for collective global action to combat the threat of climate change during high-level talks in Abu Dhabi on Monday. The two leaders explored ways to bolster collaboration in renewable energy and the environment during discussions held at Qasr Al Shati in the UAE capital. Mr Aliyev is on […]
Most species don’t have just one threat putting them at risk of extinction, but many threats acting together. Nearly a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with extinction, according to new research. “Huge rivers like the Amazon can appear mighty, but at the same time freshwater environments are […]
Experts say the world is now ‘teetering on the edge’ of passing the crucial 1.5°C warming limit. 2024 was the warmest year on record and the first calendar year where the global temperature exceeded 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). Scientists had suspected 2024 would clinch the record and […]
More than three quarters of the Earth have become irreversibly drier over the past three decades, according to a UN report which says there is an existential crisis that could affect billions more worldwide. About 77.6 per cent of Earth’s land was under drier conditions during the three decades up to 2020 compared to the 30 years […]
Severe storms that swept through the UAE last year unleashed the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in the UAE. But is the amount of rain increasing in the region year on year? New data has revealed an 18.8 per cent increase in rainfall across the six member countries of the GCC- Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE – between […]
