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The Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) launched the third phase of Sharjah Sustainable City, Zawya reported on Monday. The residential development features water and energy-saving appliances and rooftop solar panels among other measures to reduce carbon footprint. Homes are built around a “green spine” that supports vertical farming, reusing water for irrigation, as well […]
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World Wide Fund for Nature issues ‘dire’ biodiversity loss warning
We need to get our act together before we have no more cute animal videos to watch (and earth systems fail due to lack of biodiversity): Animal populations have dropped nearly 70% on average since 1970, a new study published by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) reveals (pdf). The WWF issued a dire […]
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OCTOBER 16-21 October (Sunday-Friday): Arab Conference of Plant Protection, Le Royal Hotel, Hammamet, Tunisia. 24-26 October (Monday-Wednesday): International Exhibition of Renewable Energies Clean Energies and Sustainable Development, Centre Des Conventions Mohammed Ben Ahmed, Oran, Algeria. 31 October (Monday): Deadline for proposals for Jordan’s USD 2 bn Aqaba-Amman desalination project. Approval of EU draft document pushing […]
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TODAY: Is climate action a prerequisite for IMF loans? + Water scarcity hinders green hydrogen in North Africa + Healthcare gets a climate angle
Good morning, wonderful people. We hope you enjoyed the weekend, which on the news front was dominated by the same story that had pride of place last week: the IMF and World Bank meetings. They ended on a good note from a MNEA perspective as Tunisia reached an agreement with the IMF on a USD […]
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The UAE took important steps towards decarbonization over the weekend
SMART POLICY- Bye-bye, natgas plants. Hello, solar: The Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) wants to build 9 GW of solar plants and phase out conventional natural gas plants with a capacity of 7 GW in the coming 10 years, CEO Jasim Husain Thabet told Bloomberg on Thursday. His statements come as the company announced […]
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ACWA continues to grow its global portfolio + COP City gets a 20 MW solar plant
Saudi renewable energy powerhouse ACWA Power is eyeing investments of at least USD 10 bn in South Africa’s renewables in the coming five years, CEO Paddy Padmanathan told Arab News yesterday, in a conversation held on the sidelines of the Saudi-South African Investment Forum in Jeddah. At least USD 5 bn will be funneled into […]
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Egypt’s Sukari gold mine to get solar energy by end of year
A solar plant at Egypt’s Centamin Sukari gold mine is expected to be fully operational and connected to the grid in 4Q2022, the company said in a statement (pdf) on Thursday. The plant could potentially provide annual savings of some USD 20 mn, the statement adds. This will be the largest hybrid solar project at […]
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When climate activism goes very, very wrong
S(o)uper dumb: Two activists from Just Stop Oil were arrested for throwing the contents of two cans of soup on Vincent Van Gogh’s Sunflowers on Friday, according to the BBC. The protestors also glued themselves to the wall underneath the painting in protest of continued fossil fuel extraction. The painting, which has an estimated value […]