Iraq will only be able to meet 15 per cent of its water demands by 2035 if current trends continue, a top UN official said on Thursday, warning that water scarcity has become the country’s most critical environmental issue. The dire situation is made worse by the fact that 90 per cent of Iraq’s rivers are contaminated, leaving […]
A groundbreaking UAE green energy scheme has generated enough power to supply 2,000 homes, using household rubbish and industrial waste, in its first year in operation. The Sharjah Waste to Energy plant, the first such project in the region, offset 150,000 tonnes of carbon emissions. It processed more than 100,000 tonnes of waste — equivalent to that produced […]
Last month’s average temperatures across the world were the fourth warmest for April since records began in 1950. The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) found temperatures were above average over south-west Europe last month, with Spain and Portugal recording their highest April temperatures. The C3S, which is part of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts and […]
Funding for a UAE-US-led initiative to advance climate-friendly farming practices has grown to more than $13 billion, passing the $10 billion target set for Cop28, a US official said on Monday. The Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate, or Aim for Climate, was launched in 2021 and had achieved commitments of $8 billion by last November. “Climate change […]
It is a measure of how technology has advanced that a modern smartphone is now more powerful than the vast computer Nasa used to manage the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, which culminated in Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. This extraordinary progress in computing power is set to continue and even accelerate, because the […]
The Cop28 summit in the UAE could produce a new global battle plan to curb the worst effects of climate change, diplomats have said. A new “road map” could set out a way forward on switching to clean energy and helping vulnerable countries prepare for disasters. The idea was discussed at talks in Berlin this week jointly hosted by Germany and […]
Getting global climate goals back on track means the Cop28 summit in the UAE must rise to meet high expectations and overcome low levels of trust, especially in the countries hardest hit by change, said Dr Sultan Al Jaber, the meeting’s president-designate. Pointing to the latest report that the world was “off-track” to meet the […]
The leaders of Britain and Germany have been challenged to throw their weight behind a shake-up of global finance to pay for climate action in developing countries. The call comes as Germany hosts the three-day Petersberg Climate Dialogue, a summit laying the groundwork for Cop28 in the UAE. The developing world is lobbying for funds to deal with climate-related disasters that are […]
An Indian sailor who completed a gruelling 236-day solo race around the world with no technological support said he saw first-hand the devastating impact of climate change on our oceans. “I have been to the sea three times in the past 10 years in attempted circumnavigations. I can tell you that the sea is changing for the […]
Dr Sultan Al Jaber, President-designate of the Cop28 summit, has called for developing nations to be given access to funding to ensure they are not priced out of pursuing climate goals. The Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and special envoy for climate change said some countries face being “held up in bureaucratic red tape” when seeking financial […]
