4 countries launch $134 m project to eliminate use of mercury in medical devices
The Governments of Albania, Burkina Faso, India, Montenegro and Uganda have teamed up to launch ...
Sustainable Development
Research: Carbon dioxide up 10 times faster in past 50,000 years
The Oregon State University unveiled in a recent research that today’s rate of atmospheric carbon ...
Ember report: World generates almost 40% of electricity from low-carbon sources in 2023
The world generated almost 40% of its electricity from low-carbon sources in 2023. As a ...
Earth Observation data to cut up to 2 gigatons of GHG emissions, its global value to hit $ 700bn
Earth observation (EO) data can catapult global growth and eliminate up to 2 gigatons of ...
Saudi Arabia’s planting of 50bn trees represents 5% of global afforestation goal
Saudi Arabia aims at planting at total of 50 billion trees; 10 billion in the ...
GRI joins Alliance for Sustainable Enterprises to promote SMEs sustainability reporting
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has joined the Alliance for Sustainable Enterprises and will lead ...
UNEP official: G7 can take concrete action in four key areas to address climate change
Ligia Noronha , Head of New York Office of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), ...
EBRD, EU, GCF allocate $4 m to boost green investments in Jordan
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the European Union (EU) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) decided providing a financing ...
Saudi Arabia, UNEP launch anti-desertification campaigns ahead of WED
Saudi Arabia and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) have launched campaigns to combat desertification, ...
UNDP official: We have ambitious moonshot to promote $1 trln investments for SDGs
Marcos Neto, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Director of UNDP’s Bureau for Policy and Program ...
UNEP identifies five ways to save planet
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has identified five ways to save the planet as ...
TPP to expand its activities to Saudi Arabia, UAE to promote innovative youth
The Potcast Productions Company (TPP), the leader in podcast production in the Middle East and ...
KPMG UK: 36% of senior leaders in financial sector use AI daily at work
More than a third (36%) of senior leaders in the financial services sector use generative ...
EBRD official: Circular economy key component of EBRD Green Economy Transition approach
Gianpiero Nacci, Director for Sustainable Business and Infrastructure of the European Bank for Reconstruction and ...
UN report: Trillions more in development investment needed to rescue SDGs
A new UN report said trillions more in development investment are needed to rescue the ...
‘Planet vs. Plastics’ on 2024 Earth Day
The Earth Day – which falls on April 22 – is held this year under ...
EU adopts rules to cut emissions of cars, industries, buildings
The European Union has adopted new rules to cut emissions of cars, industries and buildings. ...
World Bank developing new scorecard to track its impact under 22 indicators
The World Bank Group is developing a new corporate scorecard that will track results across 22 indicators ...
Sweden allocates 516mSEK to back UNDP efforts for green digital transitions
Sweden contributes 516mSEK to support work in the United Nations Development Program(UNDP) in over 100 ...
EEA: Processing, destructing returned or unsold textiles responsible for up to 5,6 m tons of CO2
Processing and destructing returned or unsold textiles can be estimated to be responsible for up to ...
CUAFC teams wear kits recycled from over 2,000 plastic bottles at Varsity matches
Men’s and women’s of Cambridge University Association Football Club (CUAFC) wore recycled kits made from ...