What’s the real difference between “phase out” and “phase down”? Let’s read the explanation by Reuters Asia Commodities Columnist Clyde Russell. *** This semantic exercise is receiving considerable attention in the wake of a compromise on coal reached at the weekend at the conclusion of the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow. For those committed to […]
More than 5.8 million people – including farmers, traders, students, teachers, doctors, patients, and people of determination – have benefitted from the work of 140 social entrepreneurs supported under Expo 2020 Dubai’s global innovation and partnership program Expo Live, WAM reports. The Expo Live grantees – named ‘Global Innovators’ – have committed themselves to making […]
World Health Organisation’s (WHO) deputy director-general Sowmya Viswanathan had hinted at the fact earlier this year that COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2 would transform from being a pandemic into an endemic disease, commented the English language daily ‘Gulf Today.’ Other medical experts, especially from Western countries, are talking about it now. As the outbreak of COVID-19 in […]
The future has moved from the “beautiful distant” to the foreseeable tomorrow. Robots and software have gone so far forward that we will see changes in the next five years. The main thing is not to learn about a breakthrough in science from the document about your layoff on redundancy. This means that you need […]
32 Amsterdam’s municipality adopted the Green Deal Timber Construction Agreement, according to which all new buildings in the city from 2025 will have to consist of at least 20% of wood or other biomaterials, such as hemp or cork, Dezeen reports. According to the project authors, the use of wood during construction will reduce the […]
A pink water body found in the north of Qatar has become a viral topic on social media after some Twitter users posted pictures and videos of the same. It was not clear yet why the water is pink in color, but officials from the Ministry of Environment have collected samples from the stream for […]
Marking its participation at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, the Gulf Organisation for Research & Development (GORD) announced the launch of Green Events Tool (GET) developed collaboratively by GORD, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) secretariat and UN Environment Programme (UNEP), The Peninsula Qatar reports. Green Events Tool (GET) is […]
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 […]
