Tag: Environment
Climate Report Is Code Red for Humanity
New York: Humanity's damaging impact on the climate is a "statement of fact", say UN scientists in a landmark study. The report says that...
Greece Faces “Nightmarish Summer”
Greece: Thousands have been evacuated from their homes in parts of Greece and more than 1,000 firefighters have been deployed to bring the flames...
Green Hydrogen Alliances’ Launch By Oman Underway
Muscat: Oman is preparing to create a group of like-minded investors, national and international, to add impetus to its ambitious aims of Carbon-Free Energy...
Omani Government Officials & GCC Counterparts Meet To Address Environmental Concerns
Muscat: Preceding the meet by Environment Ministries of GCC nations, The Undersecretaries of all the GCC Countries Environmental Ministries met on Monday.
Oman was represented...
IBM Research to Radically Accelerate Materials Discovery in 5 Key Areas
IBM today unveiled its annual “5 in 5” predictions about five significant changes driven by innovation in science and technology that will take place...
DFM Launches First-Of-Its-Kind ESG Index To Attract More Investments
Dubai Financial Market (DFM) on Wednesday announced the launch first-of-its-kind Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) Index with the objective of improve UAE market's competitiveness...
US$758mn Green Loan For World’s Largest Desalination Project in UAE
Taweelah Independent Water Project (IWP) has secured the first-ever ‘sustainable loan’ qualification for a water desalination project globally with Independent assessor Vigeo Eiris confirming that...
New Policy Sees Ban Of Single-Use Plastic Bags in Abu Dhabi by 2021
In the first-of-its-kind policy decision, The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi has announced that it plans to make Abu Dhabi free of single-use plastic...
‘Solar Dome’ To Power Sustainable Water Desalination At NEOM
NEOM, the flagship project of Saudi Arabia’s post-oil diversification plan, recently announced that it would be adopting a pioneering solar technology to produce cost-effective,...
Goldman Sachs Strengthens Environment Policy as Global Talks Falter
(Bloomberg) --Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has tightened its policy on fossil fuel financing in a move welcomed by environmental groups, just as global talks...