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Emirati youth ambassadors to pave the way for change at Cop28

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For Cop28, energy transition diplomacy must be a global priority

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Cop28's inclusive approach to fighting climate change

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With all its climate problems, South Asia will be a battleground for Cop28's success

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UAE names Cop28 President-designate and climate champions

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MULTIMEDIA

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - January 16, 2023: HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (R), presents the 2023 Zayed Sustainability Prize for South Asia Global High Schools, to a representative from Dhaka Residential Model College (Bangladesh), during the opening ceremony of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW 2023), at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC).

( Hamad Al Kaabi / UAE Presidential Court )
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Zayed Sustainability Prize winners on a mission to improve the world

Everybody welcome at Cop28, says director general of climate conference

Everybody welcome at Cop28, says director general of climate conference

Al Ula's reserves span more than 12,400 square kilometres. Photo: Royal Commission for Al Ula

Saudi Arabia to release 1,500 endangered animals at Al Ula

The UAE plans to plant 100 million mangrove trees by 2030. Photo: Environment Agency Abu Dhabi

Adnoc to use drones to plant mangrove seedlings in Abu Dhabi

ROAD TO NET ZERO

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, at the China Development Forum in Beijing. Reuters

Financial stability risks rise, but 'green shoots' emerging, IMF says

Economy

Traffic at Orchard Road during evening rush hour in Singapore. The country aims to phase out combustion car sales by 2030. Bloomberg

Why Singapore needs to change mindsets as it moves towards all-EV market

Business

European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevicius in Brussels on Wednesday. EPA

EU takes greenwashing fight to T-shirts, milk and air travel

Road to Net Zero

Al Dhafra Solar Photovoltaic will be the world’s largest single-site solar power plant once operational. AFP

How the UAE can tap into its solar assets to change the future of energy

Comment

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, at the China Development Forum in Beijing. Reuters

Financial stability risks rise, but 'green shoots' emerging, IMF says

Economy

The aurora borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, glows on the horizon at St Mary's Lighthouse in the UK's Whitley Bay. PA

Northern Lights seen as far south as England

UK

Mariam Al Mheiri, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, addressing the UN 2023 Water Conference. Photo: UN

Collective action needed to address global water scarcity, says Al Mheiri

Environment

A coal-fired power plant belches out emissions in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. AP

World needs 'deep, rapid and sustained' emissions reductions

Climate

FOOD SECURITY

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrives for the EU summit in Brussels on Thursday. AP

UN chief discusses food security and Ukraine with EU leaders

World

UN chief visits Brussels to discuss grain deal with EU leaders

Europe

Russia using grain talks in bid to reverse Swift banking system ban

World

World hunger is not ‘inevitable’, says David Cameron as food insecurity doubles

UK

UK salad shortage hits leeks while vegetable shelves full in Europe

UK

SUSTAINABILITY

Armenian artist Jean Boghossian's work in Monte Carlo's Jardins des Boulingrins. Photo: Studio Jean Boghossian

Artist Boghossian takes over Monte Carlo with plea for sustainability

Art & Design

UAE-reared lambs highlight future of sustainable livestock farming

UAE

ADQ's AgTech Park begins operations with opening of vertical farm

Technology

Dubai's Gayo Aviation orders 10 amphibious aircraft from Jekta

Aviation

Farmers use new tech to shake up UAE's food industry

UAE

GLOBAL WARMING

Keep in mind that, once something breaks, it’s likely to be headed for the landfill, where — depending on the materials used to make it — it could remain for several hundred years. AFP

Simple things we can do now to help stop climate change

US

Biden administration approves Alaska oil drilling project

US

Doomsday Glacier's melting worsened by warm waters, scientists say

World

Scientists' alarm at unusually mild European winter

Europe

Fog in UAE now more common because of climate change

UAE