The UAE and Ghana have announced a $30 million partnership for nature-based community development and climate solutions. The agreement sets out six areas for investment including biodiversity, reforestation and agroecology – a type of sustainable farming – that can deliver climate and community benefits. State news agency Wam reported on Sunday the partnership also seeks to focus on gender equality and […]
Pesticides, heavy metals, micro- and nanoplastics in the soil and environmentally harmful chemicals can have a detrimental effect on the cardiovascular system, according to a review paper published today in Nature Reviews Cardiology. The article provides an overview of the effects of soil and water pollution on human health and pathology and discusses the prevalence of […]
Flying planes consistently higher or lower than current altitudes could help the aviation industry reach net zero faster, a report has found. The suggestion is among four goals the industry could adopt to help the sector – a major contributor to climate change – achieve net-zero emissions globally by 2050. “Aviation stands at a pivotal moment, much like the automotive industry […]
A Cop28 goal to vastly expand the world’s clean energy firepower is “within reach” but significant changes in electric car sales, cooking habits and coal use will be needed to achieve the wider aims of the UAE climate summit, a report has said. The International Energy Agency on Tuesday said a mixture of “favourable economics, ample manufacturing potential and […]
One million bottles of water are bought every minute around the globe, researchers say, raising concerns about the impact of microplastics on the health of humans and the planet. Around two billion people with limited or no access to safe drinking water rely on bottled water. However, many others consider it to be convenient and even potentially safer […]
Global investment in renewable energy must more than triple in the next six years to meet the 11,000-gigawatt capacity target by 2030 needed to keep 1.5°C within reach, Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, and Cop28 President, said on Tuesday. Tripling renewable energy capacity by 2030 was one of the key outcomes of the UAE […]
Stakeholders in Alterra, the UAE’s $30 billion climate fund, are actively investing and attracting additional investors to support renewable energy projects totalling more than 40 gigawatts, said Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and the fund’s chairman. Dr Al Jaber, who was also Cop28 President, was speaking at a high-level discussion during New York Climate Week, […]
As the UAE marches towards its national goal to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, several buildings across the Emirates are already operating at zero energy. But the SEE Institute, a hub for sustainable education and research in Dubai’s Sustainable City, claims to be the region’s first operational net-zero emissions building, producing 300 per cent of its own energy needs. “Several buildings and […]
An envoy for an Arab development bank has been named the first head of a climate fund set up at the Cop28 summit in the UAE. Ibrahima Cheikh Diong will run the politically sensitive “loss and damage” fund that pays out to countries hit by climate disasters such as floods and rising sea levels. About $800 million has been pledged […]
The melting of Antarctica’s vast Thwaites Glacier will increase “inexorably” this century, potentially destabilising the entire West Antarctic Ice Sheet, leading to its eventual collapse, scientists have warned. Thwaites, which is roughly the size of Britain and more than 2km thick in places, is nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier because it represents more than half a metre of global […]
