Slick videos, fake moons, glow-in-the-dark sand, and fake rain. Neom? Nightmare or a futuristic green fantasy? PR stunt or a serious step in building a new Middle East green city? The authors of the following article by the Green Prophet say that they’ve already read that Saudi Arabia wants to be the new Ibiza and […]
In the late 2010s, it became clear that plastic pollution is not just a horror story from the speeches of eco-activists: this problem affects everyone. The number of landfills and incinerators is growing, and microparticles of slowly decaying plastic, meanwhile, penetrate everywhere: scientists have already found them in the Arctic ice, at the bottom of […]
Green groups say that the COP26 climate conference due to be held in Glasgow in November should be postponed. They argue that vaccine inequity and unaffordable accommodation will lock out “huge numbers” of developing country delegates, BBC reports. But the UK government now says it will fund quarantine hotel stays for delegates, observers, and media […]
Global mean surface temperatures reached 1.2°C above the pre-industrial average in 2020. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned in its recent report that Earth could hit 1.5°C in as little as a decade. The 0.3°C separating these two temperatures makes a world of difference. Scientists believe that stabilizing our warming world’s temperature at 1.5°C […]
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has completed 92.4% of the Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant at Jebel Ali Power Plant and Desalination Complex, WAM reports. The Complex is the leading supplier of Dubai’s electricity and water services with a high level of reliability, efficiency, and quality. DEWA had awarded the implementation of the […]
Zayed Higher Organisation for People of Determination has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with RECAPP, a mobile application launched by Veolia Middle East regarding the participation of people of determination and their families in environmental awareness programs in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, WAM reports. The MoU was signed by Abdullah AbdulAlee Al-Humaidan, Secretary-General of […]
People learned to synthesize substances and materials that surpassed all known natural compounds in characteristics in the XX century. The cost of laboratory success turned out to be unexpectedly high. Due to the abundance of synthetic materials, we faced a garbage crisis and other severe consequences for the environment. There is only one way out […]
Ten women in Yemen’s Abs district have built and now run a solar microgrid. The project was set up in 2019 with the help of the UN Development Programme. It helped the women build the power station. The all-female team now runs a solar microgrid in Abs, Yemen, as their own business, providing affordable, renewable […]
The Arab Water Council is getting ready for the 5th edition of the Arab Water Forum (AWF) scheduled to be convened in Dubai. The Forum will kick off, in both hybrid and physical form, under the central theme “Arab Water Security for Peace and Sustainable Development” from 21st – 23rd September 2021, WAM reports. The […]
The massive national plan for the revival of Urmia Lake has nearly 100% progress, Director for Planning in Urmia Lake Revival Masoud Tajrishi said. Speaking in a national projects inauguration ceremony attended by President Hassan Rouhani, Tajrishi said that the Urmia Lake restoration project has absorbed over 15 billion tomans of investment in the last […]
