The debate about the necessity to phase out fossil fuels continued at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai following the emergence yesterday of a recording of a heated exchange between Chair of the Elders Mary Robinson and President of COP28 Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber.
Huawei and etisalat by e& demo net zero 5G massive MIMO
UAE telecoms group etisalat by e& has announced a strategic alliance with Huawei to unveil what is described as the first net zero 5G Massive MIMO site deployment in the MENA region.
UAE invests in UK’s struggling wind farm market
The United Arab Emirates has snapped up a 49pc stake in one of the UK’s largest wind farms despite soaring costs throwing the industry’s future into doubt. Masdar, a company controlled by the Gulf …
Dubai attracts 101 digital startups as city becomes hub for tech companies
Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy has revealed that it attracted 101 innovative digital startups to the emirate during the first nine-months of the year. The achievement came as part of the chamber’s …
Dubai show orders nudge Airbus net total towards 1,400
Emirates’ order for 15 Airbus A350-900s and Air Baltic’s firming of 30 more A220-300s, both revealed at the Dubai air show, helped lift the airframer’s November activity. Airbus also separately …
UAE Banks Pledge USD 270 Bn In Sustainable Finance
The United Arab Emirates Banking Federation announced this Monday (04) that the country’s banking sector will mobilize AED 1 trillion (about …
UAE National Banks’ Pledge To Mobilise Over AED 1 Trillion In Sustainable Finance, Reaffirming UAE Leadership’s Goals: UBF
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Emirati Banks Top COP28 Green Finance Pledges
Climate finance is one of the hot topics of this year’s COP28 conference in Dubai. On Monday, the United Arab Emirates’ banking sector took center stage when it pledged to mobilize over $270 billion in green finance by 2030. “Banks in the region …
UAE’s First Abu Dhabi Bank commits $135bln in sustainable finance by 2030
The UAE’s largest bank, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), on Tuesday … and represents the “largest sustainable finance commitment made by any MENA bank to date”, FAB claimed in a statement on Tuesday. The bank will expand its target to include transition …
XRP Price at $0.6, Will XRP Follow Bitcoin Bull Run in December?
Although Bitcoin has outperformed XRP in 2023, there is the chance that XRP could follow in Bitcoin’s footsteps for a December bull run.
Leading News Outlets Are Doing the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Greenwashing
Seven of the world’s “most trusted” media companies produce and promote content touting the key talking points of oil and gas.
Putin to visit UAE as West fears it has become sanctions-busting hub for Russian oil and money
Vladimir Putin will travel to the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday amid concern in the West that it has become a sanctions-busting hub for Russian oil and money.
CO28 president hits back at climate denial claims
The president of the ongoing UN climate talks Sultan al-Jaber has hit back at claims that he denies a core part of climate science. It follows comments he made at an event in November that there was “no science” behind the global aim of limiting temperature rise to 1.
BEEAH highlights Sharjah’s zero-carbon footprint at COP28
BEEAH, the Middle East’s sustainability and digitalisation pioneer, made a worldwide impression during the COP28 summit at the Dubai Expo by announcing the opening of the world’s first waste-to-green …
Battle for runners-up spot heats up in Sharjah
The competition for the runner-up position in the Grand Prix of Sharjah, the final round of the 22nd edition of the UIM F1H2O World Championship, is heating up. Held under the patronage of His …
UAE to slash 93% of industrial carbon emissions by 2050
The UAE will cut industrial carbon emissions by 93 per cent by 2050, according to ambitious new targets. At COP28 the UAE announced the launch of the Industrial Decarbonization Roadmap with the aim of …
Business as usual: Record number of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP28
NGOs may have slammed the record number of fossil fuel lobbyists at UN climate talks in Dubai, but the industry won’t be browbeaten, with the OPEC cartel hosting a chat on “climate initiatives” and …