Climate Change

French Foreign Trade Minister Olivier Becht said France and the UAE share a vision of accelerating the transition to green energy to combat the dangers of climate change, Emirates News Agency reported on Friday. Becht said the two…

Wealthy nations finalized an overdue climate finance pledge to developing countries worth $100 billion on Friday and created a fund for biodiversity and the protection of forests, France’s president said, according to Reuters. Emmanuel…

We are urgently working to deliver more for people and the planet. Multiple, overlapping shocks have strained countries’ ability to address hunger, poverty and inequality; build resilience; and invest in their futures. Debt vulnerabilities…

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said Friday she was marking her last “school strike” as she was graduating high school, but said she would continue partaking in weekly protests. “Today, I graduate from school, which means I’ll no…

In the early years of the 21st century, humanity finds itself confronted with an unparalleled environmental predicament: an intensified greenhouse effect fueling global warming and precipitous alterations in the delicate fabric of the…

A new report on sustainability, based on interviews with 1,800 Arab government officials, offers numerous recommendations to authorities in the region, including the need to develop smart cities, encourage green financing, fully capitalize…

Moroccan youth are working to address their country’s dire environmental future amid drastic climate change, water scarcity and food production issues. Morocco is one of many countries that have been wrestling with the consequences of…

Deep in the Amazon, an experiment unfolds that may allow a peek into the future to see what will happen to the world’s largest rainforest when carbon dioxide levels rise. It is a simulation to see how the lungs of the world will endure…

COP28 President-Designate Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al-Jaber has called for a significant increase in public and private investment to help the African continent combat climate change. Addressing the African Development Bank Annual Meeting on…

Countries in Southeast Asia have ambitious plans to expand the use of gas, with 138 gigawatts (GW) of gas power plants in the pipeline, a report said on Monday. The total estimated cost of these projects is expected to reach up to US$102…