Nearly 65% of adults in the Arab region remain excluded from formal financial systems, according to a new report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). The Annual SDG Review 2025 paints a sobering picture of persistent financial exclusion that is undermining the region’s ability …
The Union Cabinet has been apprised of a General Framework Agreement (GFA) on renewable energy cooperation between India and UAE. "The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was apprised of a General Framework Agreement (GFA) on Renewable Energy Cooperation between India and United Arab Emirates (UAE)," the Ministry …
The rooftop solar firm Green Energy Tomorrow — launched in 2012 by the Dubai-based international solar firm Phanes Group — has signed a new agreement with DP World that will see the firm deliver the first phase of what will be the biggest rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) project in the …
ABU DHABI // The UAE was battered by fierce winds, torrential rain and thunderstorms on Wednesday morning. The skies darkened as the storm hit Abu Dhabi at about 11.30am, blowing down trees and lampposts and causing severe flooding. Dramatic videos of the storm and its aftermath quickly spread on social …
India and UAE on Thursday signed seven agreements spanning cyber security, infrastructure investment, renewable energy and space cooperation as Prime Minister Narendra Modi twice met the visiting Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The two had a tete-a-tete in the morning which was followed up later …
As climate change makes the desert nation hotter and drier, and a growing economy uses more water, the United Arab Emirates is giving $5m to researchers finding ways to wring more moisture out of clouds A pilot and a United Arab Emirates official check salt flares on a plane. They …
Enviromena Power Systems, builder of solar power plants, sees contracts rising tenfold in 2016 as countries from Oman to Morocco push ahead with renewable energy projects, its chief executive said on Thursday. Abu Dhabi-based Enviromena, set up in 2007 with local and international investors including venture capital firms, has built …
The oil price slump below $30 barrel is spurring some of the world’s biggest oil exporters to curb domestic consumption of fossil fuels and invest in wind and solar power, according to government officials meeting in Abu Dhabi. A month after the historic climate agreement in Paris, Saudi Arabia, Russia, …
Finally, the people of the land-locked Lesotho in South Africa got their drinking water, thanks to Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), which has granted Dh77 million in concessionary loan towards the construction of Metolong Dam. The government of Lesotho has completed the construction of the dam, which provides 71,000-cubic …
The political leader of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, recently announced the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050, which includes a number of renewable energy targets. Perhaps most notable is that all rooftops in the city will have solar panels by 2030. Some might say, however, it’s the goal of solar …
Paris // Rising investment from China will be the next big catalyst for the Middle East’s renewable energy ambitions as firms eye opportunities in the fast-growing sector. Sultan Al Jaber, the UAE Minister of State, will travel to Beijing next week to sign agreements to increase bilateral ties with China, …
The Gulf in the Middle East, the heartland of the global oil industry, will suffer heatwaves beyond the limit of human survival if climate change is unchecked, according to a new scientific study. The extreme heatwaves will affect Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Doha and coastal cities in Iran as well as …
The Abu Dhabi City Municipality (ADM) has constructed a state of the art seismic risks monitoring network comprising 50 observation stations. With this, the civic body has completed all phases of its Seismic Risks Monitoring and Management Project. Musabbah Mubarak Al Murar, acting general manager of ADM, said: "Despite the …
A leading environment agency in Sharjah has rejected the recent findings of the World Bank in its Little Green Data Book identifying the UAE as the "country with the most polluted air". In a Press statement, Bee'ah asserted that contrary to the World Bank claim, the UAE is making remarkable …
ABU DHABI // If Charles Darwin had a smartphone he would probably have downloaded the Collector for ArcGIS, a free app being used by the Environment Agency Abu Dhabi (EAD) to help record species of wildlife in the UAE. The app is created by Esri, a US-based supplier of geographic …
RIYADH: The Riyadh municipality has intensified its efforts to rationalize energy consumption in street lighting by increasing reliance on energy-saving (LED) systems and expanding the use of solar energy. This comes as part of the governorate's plans to decrease the consumption of the electric power that is used for lighting …
Dubai Municipality has inaugurated its first experimental solar-powered park in the emirate that will run independently from the power network operated by the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, as part of a community power-saving initiative. Engineer Mohammed Mashroom, head of the Public Projects Department at the Municipality, said the idea …
Rising population and dwindling water supplies will affect millions of people and exacerbate conflict in the region Water supplies across the Middle East will deteriorate over 25 years, threatening economic growth and national security and forcing more people to move to already overcrowded cities, a new analysis suggests. As the …
Israeli water firms head to California to help combat drought New British ambassador announces water research programs for UK, Israeli scientists Of the 33 countries and regions likely to be most waterstressed by the year 2040, 14 of them – including Israel – are located in the Middle East, according …
Nearly half of 33 countries expected to face extremely high water stress by 2040 are in the Middle East, where surface water is limited and demand is high, said experts who ranked 167 nations. Thirteen Middle Eastern countries plus the Palestinian Territories are projected to face extremely high water stress …
ABU DHABI // Residents of a Bosnian village are to benefit from a US$186,000 (Dh683,000) clean water project launched by the Emirates Red Crescent. About 1,000 families in the village of Travnik will have access to safe water as part of the UAE Suqia Initiative, state news agency Wam said. …
