The UN Development Programme (UNDP) and partners announce the winners of the 12th Equator Prize, recognizing local and Indigenous communities worldwide. The winning organizations showcase local, innovative, nature-based solutions for tackling biodiversity loss and climate change and achieving their local development goals even during a pandemic. Year of the establishment of the Prize: 2002. Location: […]
Vertical landscaping has emerged in response to climate challenges in densely populated cities, often lacking trees and parks. On the ground, trees perform many other functions, in addition to carbon sequestration: drainage and soil strengthening, shading for the street, and so on. Green facades and roofs have become increasingly popular – for example, in New […]
Previous urban planning decisions, such as the priority of the car, have led to the emergence of cities, which are usually separated from nature, in addition to individual parks. The creation of vertical forests, landscaping, and ecological buildings, and other similar measures help strengthen the resilience of cities to climate change, improve biodiversity, and even […]
The General Women’s Union (GWU) has launched the “Farmhouses Project” in various correctional facilities, in cooperation with the Abu Dhabi Police and with the representation of the Al Wathba Prison, the Al Mifraq Juvenile Care Centre, the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA), the Al Dahra Agricultural Company and Green Carpet Co. The […]
The spread of hunger on the globe contributes to five factors: COVID-19, climate variability, conflicts, cost and availability of healthy eating, and slowing the economy and its recession. Only through the COVID-19, another 140 million people were below the poverty line. This during events dedicated to the World Food Day, within the framework of Expo-2020 […]
Dr. Abdulla Al Mandous, Director-General of National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) and President of the Regional Association II (Asia) of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), has participated in a panel session titled ‘Reengineering Planet Earth’ hosted by the World Majlis at Expo 2020 Dubai as part of the Climate and Biodiversity Week, WAM reports. In […]
The Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA) announced the launch of the first edition of the “Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Security Week”, from 21st to 25th November at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), WAM reports. The event will be held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al […]
US Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack has said a US-UAE plan to fight hunger by driving research into new farming techniques was growing fast and would likely be launched at crucial climate talks in Glasgow starting next month. Mr. Vilsack said the number of countries involved in the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate had tripled […]
The first thing that catches your eye is the paradox between the declared environmental friendliness and the very idea of building a city from scratch, even in the middle of the desert. In September, 50-year-old billionaire Mark Laurie, founder of Diapers.com and Jet.com, announced the construction of a futuristic metropolis called Telos. The city will be […]
European eco-settlers released on Youtube a unique project – a series of 40 short films “From Seed to Seed.” This series allows anyone to learn how to produce vegetable seeds. It provides the basics of theory and practice, an “alphabet” of seed production, and shows all the necessary steps for producing seeds of 40 vegetable […]
