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Denmark and the UAE, the Energy Transition
What would you say are the top 3 environmental issues that your country is handling? Denmark has made the energy transition its top priority, in addition to our commitment to ensuring high water quality, and the third environmental issue is reforestation. Also, Denmark has some of the most ambitious climate goals in the world, aiming […]
Interview with JinkoSolar’s General Manager for MENA
1. How has JinkoSolar contributed to the region’s clean energy endeavours and transformation? What would you say is the company’s biggest achievement in this regard? PV solar constitute a big part of the reason why market demand for renewables has increased, the rise of the global solar installations and the optimization of overall clean energy investment. […]
Polypipe Middle East Launches a New Noise Reducing Drainage System
Polypipe Middle East has launched Terrain Q, a polypropylene, easy-to-install high-performing drainage system incorporating multi-layer technology into the Middle East. Terrain Q can be used for a variety of commercial and residential high- and low-rise buildings, designed to offer a single-source solution for acoustic drainage alongside the region’s market leading Terrain drainage systems from Polypipe […]
Saudi’s First Desalination Plant Using Clean Energy
GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions has won a deal from Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction Co. Ltd., to build a turnkey substation that will power the Yanbu-4 independent water producer (IWP) plant. This is the first integrated, seawater reverse osmosis project in the Kingdom that uses clean energy. Scheduled to be operational in 2023, Yanbu-4 […]
Intersectional Environment Is The Future
By Hannah Pereira I first read about intersectionality when I came across Kimberlé Crenshaw who is a Black American lawyer, Civil Rights Advocate, Philosopher, and leading scholar of critical race theory. She coined the term Intersectionality as a theoretical framework that explains how someone’s identity (gender, sex, culture, race etc) can overlap and influence […]
TRSDC Publishes Inaugural Sustainability Report
The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC), the developer behind the world’s most ambitious regenerative tourism project, has unveiled its inaugural Sustainability Report detailing its pioneering approach to sustainable development and achievements to date, and commitment to transparency and accountability. The report, titled ‘Laying the Foundation for a Sustainable Destination’, contains a comprehensive overview of how […]
Mangroves, The Carbon Sequestration Heroes
By: Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan and Ahlam Bolooki, the co-founders of Mangroves 4 Mankind Here in the UAE, we are accustomed to working fast. A 10-year plan can be achieved in 12 months. It is deeply ingrained within us; we have grown up seeing our desert towns blossom into green […]
Developing the Green Sukuk Market
A Sukuk is an Islamic bond that generates returns to investors without contravening Shari’ah Law, a green Sukuk is one in which proceeds from the Sukuk investment can only be used for climate friendly investments. A green Sukuk can be invested in by both Islamic and conventional investors and provides a high degree of certainty […]
Green recovery business opportunities in the UAE – seven ideas
By Dr. Mari Luomi The UAE already has a roadmap in place for a green economy. How could it support post-Covid-19 recovery, and what business opportunities could a green and just transition offer? This article puts forward seven suggestions. In the UAE, many private sector companies are breathing a sigh of relief with the […]
Organisations shouldn’t fold on government’s sustainable paper initiatives
‘Going green’ will protect the bottom line for companies as eco-conscious consumers set the criteria for products of the future By Alexandria Robinson, Show Director, Paperworld Middle East Dubai, UAE: In the wake of the eco-conscious consumer, there has been a noticeable shift in the way products are designed, and it has been led […]
