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World Bank to fight climate change

26 Feb 2023

US President Joe Biden’s choice of Indian-origin Ajay Banga to head World Bank is significant because Banga is one those few successful CEOs who has shown interest in climate...

VIDEO: Dubai Can initiative cuts single-use plastic bottle usage by over 7m

19 Feb 2023

Dubai Can, the citywide sustainability movement launched on Feb.15, 2022, has successfully reduced the use of an equivalent of more than 7 million 500 ml single-use plastic water bottles...

Dubai Cares joins COP28 UAE on climate action education

19 Jan 2023

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter The incoming Presidency of the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Dubai Cares have...

EAD plants a million mangrove seeds using drone technology

12 Jan 2023

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) has successfully planted one million mangrove seeds using drones, as part of the first phase of a drone...

UAE to completely ban single-use plastic bags from 2024

10 Jan 2023

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter As part of the UAE efforts to enhance the environmental sustainability nationwide, it issued the Ministerial Resolution No.380 of 2022 regarding regulation of the use...

Abu Dhabi environment agency imposes Dhs328,000 fines on eco law breakers

30 Dec 2022

The Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD) has imposed 32 administrative fines, totalling Dhs328,000, since the implementation of the decision issued last April by Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al...

Cyclists brave Lahore smog to convince drivers to ditch their cars

26 Dec 2022

Cyclists in Pakistan's smog-smothered Lahore are enduring hazardous pollution levels, abuse from drivers and social stigma in a campaign to get people to ditch their cars. Each week around...

Landmark biodiversity deal at Montreal

20 Dec 2022

The United Nations biodiversity summit at Montreal on Monday reached a landmark deal where it was agreed with a few murmurs of protest from African, Latin American and Asian developing...

India, UAE projects among World Restoration Flagships

20 Dec 2022

The 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) brought together governments from around the world. Participants were expected to set out new goals...

UN summit aims for global pact to protect nature

07 Dec 2022

Countries gathered on Tuesday for the start of a key UN nature conference in Montreal, aiming to broker a new global agreement to protect what’s left of Earth’s wildlife and...

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