‘Earth Day’ April 22nd, 2021, marks the fifth year since I first began documenting Israel’s world wonder, the Dead Sea – the lowest point on Earth; its receding water level as well as its breathtaking and enchanting landscape. Every year that goes by, the Dead Sea continues to shrink and is currently at its lowest […]

The OPEC Fund for International Development has announced the signing of a US$50 million term loan agreement with ACWA Power to support the construction and operation of a 1.5 gigawatt (GW) combined cycle gas-turbine power plant in Sirdarya, Uzbekistan. The new plant, located near the border with Tajikistan, will replace an ageing, less efficient thermal […]

Al Ain City Municipality has completed the “Al Hayer Oasis” project in the northern sector of Al Ain city on a total area of about 25,500 square metres, at a cost of AED1.7 million. The project includes recreational facilities such as walkways with a total area of 2,337 square metres, on the edges of which […]

Project STOP and its partners have celebrated several key milestones in providing waste management services to the people of Indonesia. From 2017 to the end of 2020, the programme has provided waste management services to over 133,500 people, built five material recovery facilities that collectively process 150 tonnes of waste per day, and contributed to […]

Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower), the world’s largest district cooling services provider, announced that it has awarded contracts worth AED217million in the first quarter of 2021 for various activities. The contracts were awarded majorly for the development of company’s district cooling infrastructure in Dubai, including the expansion of pipeline network, setting up semi-permanent plant […]