And now for your daily cuteness quota, we give you… an endangered giraffe calf born in Belfast Zoo: Newborn male Rothschild’s giraffe calf Ballyhenry — named after a town in Northern Ireland — was born in late-July, according to a tweet from Belfast Zoo. Dubbed Handsome Henry, he is the latest of 39 Rothschild’s calves […]
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AUGUST 29 August-2 September (Monday-Friday): Africa Climate Week is taking place in Gabon. SEPTEMBER 1-2 September (Thursday-Friday) UN Regional Economic Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean, Santiago, Chile 1-3 September (Thursday-Saturday): World Conference on Climate Change & Sustainability, Frankfurt, Germany (online attendance optional). 15 September (Thursday) UN’s Arab Regional Forum on Climate Finance, United […]
TODAY: Welcome to Enterprise Climate, the essential daily covering climate change in the Middle East and Africa | business, finance, investment
Good morning, wonderful people, and welcome to the first issue of Enterprise Climate, the essential regional publication for senior execs who care about what is fast becoming the world’s most important industry. Climate is one of those rare industries that cuts across every other sector of the economy, from banking and finance to infrastructure, real […]
Suez Canal Zone inks green projects worth nearly USD 32 bn
Egypt’s green hydrogen drive has drawn another USD 32 bn in investment pledges: Egypt’s Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) signed seven memoranda of understanding (MoUs) worth at least USD 31.75 bn to set up green hydrogen and ammonia production facilities, it said in a statement. The plants will have a combined annual production capacity of […]
Enterprise Climate sits down with Mariam Almheiri, the UAE’s climate change and environment minister
What the UAE hopes to see at COP27 — and expects from COP28, according to its Climate Change and Environment Minister, Mariam Almheiri: As the countdown to COP27 in November continues, all eyes are on host country Egypt to make good on plans to put implementation front and center during the two-week summit while simultaneously […]
A Romanian thermal power plant will get a renewable revamp courtesy of Iraq
Iraq’s Mass Group Holding to acquire a Romanian thermal plant green: Iraqi infrastructure and electricity developer Mass Group Holding acquired a 1.2 GW thermal power plant in Romania and will invest to ensure it begins sourcing power from renewable energy sources, according to a statement picked up by business intelligence publication SeeNews. Mass Group bought […]
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A rundown of some of our favorite MENA climate startups
MENA startups are starting to catch on to climate as a business: As the long-term effects of the climate crisis are being felt more acutely, there’s a growing need to respond with creative solutions, as a recent World Economic Forum opinion piece notes. Here are five MENA climate-focused startups doing just that, by using innovation […]
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As Wu-Tang says: “Protect your neck.” Just do it sustainably.
Eufy Security’s S40 solar-powered wireless home security camera is scoring well for power, performance and ease of use: The market for smart security and access systems for homes in MENA is seeing substantial growth, and is set to hit USD 332.5 mn this year, up from USD 255 mn in 2021, according to Statista. While […]