His Excellency Dr Sultan Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Special Envoy for Climate Change said the UAE believes that inclusive climate action can accelerate economic growth for all nations. He said climate action is an opportunity to diversify economies and the energy mix creating new growth sectors in clean energy […]

Africa is facing a critical shortfall in funding for climate adaptation according to a new report, State and Trends in Adaptation in Africa 2022 (https://bit.ly/3fvKTzk), launched by the Global Center on Adaptation (https://GCA.org/) today. The report reveals that cumulative adaptation finance to 2030 will come to less than one-quarter of the estimated needs stated by African countries […]

Emerge, a joint venture between Masdar and EDF, and Khazna Data Centers, the largest network of hyperscale data centers in the Middle East and North Africa region, have signed an agreement to develop a ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV)plant to power Khazna’s new data center in Masdar City. The plant, which has obtained Abu Dhabi’s Department […]

By Tom De Waele, Middle East Managing Partner, Bain & Company, AkramAlami, Partner & Middle East ESG Lead, Bain & Company and Truc Mai Dupont Vohong, Vice President, Bain & Company Coming out of Bain’s participation this year at Future Investment Initiative’s (FII) 6th edition in Riyadh where experts came together to have in-depth conversations […]

Blue Carbon, recently founded in the UAE with an aim to support carbon removal projects around the world, hosted a four-day workshop for Angola’s Minister of Agriculture and Forestry delegation in Dubai. Commenting on the visit, Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum, the Founder and the Chairman of Blue Carbon said, “We see great potential in […]