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Wadi Wurayah – UAE’s Biosphere Reserve
In July 2018, Wadi Wurayah in Fujairah was designated a ‘Biosphere Reserve’ by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco). The prestigious accolade is awarded for protected areas that demonstrate a balanced relationship between people and nature and promote sustainable development. Biosphere Reserves are areas comprising terrestrial, marine and coastal ecosystems. Each reserve […]
Green Financial Support for Green Drivers
Strong Local Commitment The Middle East, and especially the UAE – which aims to reduce carbon emissions by 2020 – are active early adopters of EVs. Dubai will spend millions of dirhams on incentives to have 42,000 EVs on its streets by 2030. Agencies across the board are supporting the transition to EVs, such […]
e-UAE
In 2018, online shoppers represented 62 per cent of the population in the UAE. As e-commerce is being driven by young consumers, fast adaptation from big companies and governmental focus on transitioning to the digital economy, it is becoming a hard-to-ignore topic for businesses who wish to remain relevant. According to the United Nations Conference […]
ACWA Power signs strategic agreements with three Chinese entities during the second Belt and Road Forum
ACWA Power, a leading developer, owner, and operator of power generation and water desalination plants has signed strategic agreements with three renowned Chinese entities on the sidelines of the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF). The agreements with PowerChina, China Gezhouba Group Company (CGGC) and Bank of China will lay the ground […]
WFES 2019
The 12thedition of World Future Energy Summit took place in Abu Dhabi between January 14thand 17th, at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, and was held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces. The event, an integral […]
GFS EXPO ABIA
May 8th, 2018 was definitely not another school day on the campus of GEMS Founders School (GFS) Al Barsha: the gym had been transformed into an exhibition space where students as young as eight years old were showcasing their ideas for transforming the world into a better place. The GFS EXPO Adam Burfield Innovation Awards […]
Evoteq, Announces the Appointment of Jihad Tayara as its new CEO
Evoteq, a key subsidiary and digital transformation catalyst under the Bee’ah group of companies, has recently announced the appointment of Jihad Tayara as its new Chief Executive Officer. Evoteq, is quickly cementing its position as the region’s premier technology management partner developing impactful and disruptive technology solutions for customers to facilitate operations by increasing efficiency, […]
Smarter City: Intra-Connected Cities Streamlines Wellness
By: Caspar Herzberg, President of Middle East & Africa Region, Schneider Electric Today, cities represent only 2 percent of the planet’s surface but houses approximately 50 percent of the world’s population. Generating 80 percent of the global CO2 emissions, they consume 75 percent of our energy. According to the United Nations, there will be 2.5 […]
GERD LEONHARD: TECHNOLOGY VERSUS HUMANITY
Q. Has the point of no return – where technology has clearly taken over humanity – been reached? A. Not at all. We are still 20-30 years away from truly intelligent machines ie AGI – artificial general intelligence. If you equate that with what is called the Singularity – when machines become limitlessly powerful – that would […]
RICHARD BALDWIN: THE GLOBOTICS UPHEAVAL
Q. What should humans do to prepare for the globotics upheaval? A. The jobs of the future will be doing things that software robots cannot automation – experts think that the most human tasks like creativity, empathy, motivating and managing groups of people, applying ethics, dealing unknown situations and such things will be very hard for […]
