UAE increases its greenhouse gas emission reduction target to 31% by 2030 14/9/2022

The United Arab Emirates said on Monday it has raised its greenhouse gas emission reduction target to 31% by 2030, from 23.5%, in an updated version of the oil producer's second Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement. ...more

Climate impacts heading to 'uncharted territories of destruction' -UN chief 14/9/2022

The impacts of climate change are “heading into uncharted territories of destruction”, U.N. secretary-general António Guterres warned on Tuesday on the release of a multi-agency scientific report reviewing the latest research on the subject. ...more

Investors with $39 trillion urge governments to plan fossil fuel phase out 14/9/2022

Investors managing $39 trillion have called on governments to raise their climate ambition, including setting plans to phase out fossil fuel use and forcing companies to set out science-based transition plans. ...more

Africa losing up to 15% of GDP growth to climate change, African Development Bank says 14/9/2022

Africa is losing 5% to 15% of its per capita economic growth due the effects of climate change and is facing a gaping climate finance shortfall, according to the African Development Bank (AfDB). ...more

Abu Dhabi cleaner after processing 1.86 million tonnes of waste 13/9/2022

Abu Dhabi Waste Management Centre (Tadweer) on Sunday announced it has processed more than 1.86 million tonnes of waste, including 88,382 tonnes of medical and hazardous waste, and handled 50,000 pest control requests during the first half of 2022. ...more

Europe's warm summer shatters records 13/9/2022

This summer was the hottest on record in Europe, according to data from EU satellite monitoring. ...more

Soaring energy costs could threaten future of electric cars, experts warn 13/9/2022

Soaring energy costs are threatening the future of the electric car, industry bosses in Germany have warned. ...more

Indonesia, Norway ink deal to reward rainforest protection 13/9/2022

Protecting trees is key to meeting climate goals but environmentalists blame Indonesia -- home to the world's third-largest rainforest area -- for a deforestation free-for-all by allowing companies to clear land for new plantations. ...more

A focus on beaver restoration to fight climate change 13/9/2022

Officials at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife have embarked on a mission to restore the population of North American beavers. They say that the beaver is a resourceful engineer that can help against wildfires. Further, the rodents are hailed for their ability to increase water storage in the soil when they create dams in the land. ...more

Cancer breakthrough is a ‘wake-up’ call on danger of air pollution 12/9/2022

Scientists have uncovered how air pollution causes lung cancer in groundbreaking research that promises to rewrite our understanding of the disease. ...more