A new socio-technology platform developed under the Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI) aims to fast-track environment assessments and save governments around the world thousands of staff hours reporting environmental conditions and performance contributing to sustainable development. Launched today at the World Urban Forum in Abu Dhabi, the Indicator Reporting Information System-3 (IRIS-3) is […]

Technology Innovation Pioneers (TIP), a leading initiative developed by the UAE Ministry of Economy and the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED), has announced that it has joined the World Green Economy Organization as one of the founding members under its private sector platform. The move aims to reinforce efforts to engage Small and […]

Under the motto of ‘Donations instead of Gifts’, Brigitte Vöster-Alber, Chief Executive Officer of GEZE GmbH in Leonberg, delivered a donation cheque for 200,000 trees to the organization Plant-for-the-Planet on 11 December 2019. As in recent years, GEZE decided to give its customers a very special gift: contributing to protecting the environment by planting trees. […]

Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, UAE Minister of Climate Change and the Environment, inaugurated the Al Sidr Environmental Film Festival, ASEFF, at Manarat Al Saadiyat on Thursday, 6th February. Dr. Shaikha Salem Al Dhaheri, Secretary-General of the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, EAD, delivered the opening remarks, which was followed by a presentation by […]

The UN General Assembly has declared the period 2011-2020 as United Nations Decade on Biodiversity. In lieu of the same, experts who gathered at the 21st Sharjah International Conservation Forum for Arabian Biodiversity (SICFAB), which is organised by the Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA) repeatedly sounded the alarm on biodiversity breakdown and climate emergency. […]