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Tickets for Emirates Airline Festival of Literature 2021 Go on Sale
Tickets are on sale from 12:00 tomorrow, Thursday 14 January for the region’s premier literary event, the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature (29 January-13 February). Nobel prize winner Malala, Booker nominees Avni Doshi (Burnt Sugar) and Oyinkan Braithwaite (My Sister the Serial Killer) will be among the authors taking to the stage. Programme highlights also […]
Memorization to Innovation: Sustainability in Schools
By Yasmin Gulamhusein, Student In high school we develop the tools that we need in order to go out into the world. We learn to analyze literary texts so that we can comprehend. We learn mathematical equations so that we can manage our finances. We learn different languages so that we can converse with […]
GE Commits to Carbon Neutral 2030 Goal
GE aims to achieve carbon neutrality across its own operations by 2030. The company’s commitment covers more than 1,000 facilities worldwide and will focus on new operational investment, waste elimination, and smart power sourcing. The move will support the continued generation of reliable power while at the same time aligning to the important sustainability and […]
Listening to Nature’s Whisper
By Anees Rahman Cheratta. Me: What’s wrong with you? First Corona, then murder hornets, and now locusts? Why are you giving us such a hard time? Nature: What’s wrong with me! Listen deeply. You never had authority over me. Yet, you inflated my lungs with pollution and chocked my breath……you filled my blood with […]
Secretary General EAD Participates in Israel Environment Conference
The Secretary General of the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD), Her Excellency Dr Shaikha Salem Al Dhaheri participated in an Environmental Conference hosted by Israel. “The UAE and Israel are leaders when it comes to technology, innovation and artificial intelligence and we can come together to find efficient solutions to some of the […]
Depleting inventories: Learning to Safeguard the Supply Chain
By Francesco Antoniola, Supply Chain & Operations Network Lead – Accenture Middle East. The supply chain has always been an essential lifeline for people, getting goods and services to all types of customers everywhere quickly, safely, and securely. Never has this been truer than in the current unprecedented times of global restrictions due to […]
Webinar: Carbon Pricing in the EU and GCC
Putting a price on carbon is the most economically efficient way to reduce CO2 emissions and is an important mechanism under article 6 of the Paris Climate Agreement. The EU has the largest carbon market in the world and plans to implement a border carbon tax adjustment for goods coming into the region. The GCC […]
Let’s Make This Summer Green
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) continues its annual ‘Let’s Make This Summer Green’ campaign, which includes a number of simple tips that society members can follow to reduce electricity and water use. This is part of DEWA’s strategy to encourage society members to adopt sensible practices, which help protect the environment and reduce the […]
One Step Closer to the 2050 Renewable Energy Strategy
Sharaf DG Energy has successfully completed a lighting retrofit project at Drydocks World-Dubai, with the aim of deploying energy saving measures and tackling the pressure on natural resources. The project is expected to result in annual savings of AED 600,000 for three years and involved replacing 5500 fluorescent, metal halide and conventional lights with high […]
Can sustainability be intrinsic part of our work life?
Over the last half century, one of the key focus among various working white collar professionals across industries is to explore significant increases of productivity leading to increase in total output value. From a macro economic perspective, such productivity is primarily linked to technology based automation and various innovations. However, we often forget the human […]
