Central banks use AI to assess climate-related risks 20/3/2024

Central bankers said on Tuesday they have broken new ground by using artificial intelligence to collect data for assessing climate-related financial risks, just as the volume of disclosures from banks and other companies is set to rise. ...more

COP28 Goal of Tripling Renewables Feasible Only with Urgent Global Course Correction 20/3/2024

Despite a record renewable growth in 2023, the energy transition remains off track due to persistent structural barriers and a notable shortfall in investment ...more

Lootah Biofuels and MOEI sign landmark MoU to accelerate development and adoption of Biofuels in UAE 20/3/2024

The Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MOEI) of the United Arab Emirates and Lootah Biofuels, a leading circular economy pioneer producing biofuel from cooking oil in the UAE, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This strategic partnership aims to solidify bilateral relations and foster collaboration in developing, promoting, and utilizing biofuels as a sustainable and alternative energy source for the nation. ...more

Death tolls mount as elephants and people compete for land in Sri Lanka 20/3/2024

Setting out from home to collect firewood on a cool spring morning last year, Harshini Wanninayake and her mother had no idea only one of them would come back alive. The pair were walking to a nearby forest from Eriyawa, a village in north-west Sri Lanka, when they heard a loud rustling close by. ...more

Dh50,000 prize for ‘Dubai’s Best Homegrown Produce’ 19/3/2024

Dubai Municipality on Monday announced ‘Dubai’s Best Homegrown Produce Competition’, one of the programs under Dubai Farms, which seeks to support citizen farmers who are productive agricultural entrepreneurs. ...more

Banks driving increase in global meat and dairy production, report finds 19/3/2024

Billion-dollar financing is driving unsustainable increases in global meat and dairy production, a report has found. ...more

Britain's emissions cuts hampered by slow heat pump uptake, watchdog says 19/3/2024

Britain's progress in cutting emissions in the home heating sector is being hampered by a slow uptake of heat pumps, a parliamentary watchdog said in a report on Monday. ...more

Storm brewing: How climate change could cause a coffee crisis and threaten other key crops 19/3/2024

Since agriculture developed in the Middle East about 12,000 years ago, farmers have been at the mercy of the weather when hoping for a good harvest. ...more

The 'insane' plan to save the Arctic's sea-ice 19/3/2024

Perched on sea-ice off Canada's northern coast, parka-clad scientists watch saltwater pump out over the frozen ocean. ...more

COP29 host Azerbaijan plans to upgrade climate target 18/3/2024

Azerbaijan, host of this year's U.N. climate change talks, hopes to upgrade its emissions reduction target in time for the event, the incoming president of the COP29 summit said on Thursday. ...more