climate change

The Middle East will be at the forefront of “environmental catastrophe” if the international community fails to get back on track with its efforts to curb climate change, Iraq’s prime minister said on Friday. Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani told…
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The US Treasury on Tuesday released new principles for “net-zero” financing commitments from banks and asset managers on Tuesday, saying they should align with goals to limit the global average temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius…
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Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan on Saturday stressed the Kingdom’s belief in working with a joint, integrative approach to achieve development, prosperity and stability. Delivering the Kingdom’s speech…
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The UAE will welcome more than 500 policymakers, business leaders and philanthropists from around the world when it hosts the Business and Philanthropy Climate Forum on Dec. 1-2 in Dubai. The aim of the meeting is to advance…
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Abu Dhabi will host a global summit for faith leaders on Nov. 6-7 to highlight the critical role of faith communities in combating climate change, Emirates News Agency reported on Wednesday. The two-day summit will take place ahead of…
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Adel Al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia’s climate envoy and minister of state for foreign affairs, headed the Kingdom’s delegation to the Africa Climate Summit. The summit, being held in Nairobi, Kenya, brings together heads of state and global…
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Already battling extreme heat, Bahrain is scrambling to ward off another environmental threat: rising seas that could swallow parts of its coast, the island nation’s oil and environment minister told AFP. By next year, the tiny Gulf…
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Sustainability remains at the heart of the UAE’s support for global climate action, the country’s president said on Tuesday. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed also emphasised the need to enhance international solidarity and cooperation in pursuit…
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Eight Amazon nations urged industrialized countries on Tuesday to do more to help preserve the world’s largest rainforest as their leaders met at a major summit in Brazil to chart a common course on how to combat climate change. They…
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Turkiye has said it cannot host a major UN biodiversity meeting in 2024 as it reels from a series of devastating earthquakes this year, according to the UN body that oversees the talks. The United Nations Convention on Biological…
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