UAE’s Jaber urges Big Oil to join fight against climate change

  A top oil executive from the United Arab Emirates on Monday urged the energy industry to join the fight against climate change, borrowing a famous line from a U.S. astronaut aboard a damaged spacecraft during the Apollo 13 mission in 1970. “Houston, we have a problem,” Sultan al-Jaber, chief executive of Abu Dhabi National […]

Climate-controlled 93-km cycle track announced for Dubai

Dubai will have a 93-km “climate-controlled” cycle highway called The Loop as part of aims to make cycling and walking to work possible for 80% of residents’ by 2040. The project was unveiled by Dubai-based sustainable developer URB, which said the cycle and walking route will have a “climate controlled all-year environment” to make walking […]

UAE President to attend COP27 in Egypt

    President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will attend the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27), which is being held in Sharm El Sheikh in the Arab Republic of Egypt. The conference will welcome world leaders, heads of government, […]

UAE President’s announcement of $50bln investment is new milestone in climate action efforts: minister

    Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and the Environment, stated that the announcement made by President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of plans to invest an additional US$50 billion to scale up climate action through the deployment of clean energy solutions at home and abroad is yet another […]