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Ministry of Climate Change and Environment launches national dialogue for food security

By Third party content on March 21, 2023
The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) launched the first session of the National Dialogue for Food Security with the aim of facilitating constructive discussions among stakeholders from the government and private sectors to enhance food security in the UAE. The event was inaugurated by Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and […]
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3 ways prefabrication doubles as a sustainability strategy

By Third party content on March 21, 2023
In recent years, we’ve seen an accelerated shift towards the use of prefabrication in new construction. Prefabricated building elements can help shorten construction schedules, improve quality control, and provide safer working conditions, making them an attractive option. Furthermore, prefabrication can help organizations achieve their own sustainability goals related to waste, energy reduction, and healthy environments. […]
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Abu Dhabi issues new livestock grazing regulations to conserve vegetation, grazing areas

By Third party content on March 21, 2023
Abu Dhabi has issued new regulations for livestock grazing in order to conserve natural grazing areas, with livestock owners and breeders required to have grazing licences under the law. The regulations - Executive Regulations of Law No. (11) of 2020 regarding grazing in Abu Dhabi - have been issued by the emirate’s environment sector regulator, […]
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First 100% plant-based meat factory in Middle East opens in Dubai

By Third party content on March 21, 2023
The IFFCO Group, one of the UAE’s largest producers of food products, has opened the first 100-percent plant-based meat factory in the region, in Dubai. Located in the Dubai Industrial City, the THRYVE factory will catalyse the move towards a more sustainable and healthy food chain in the Middle East, actively supporting the United Nations’ […]
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Saudi farming: RedSea and PIF to build sustainable greenhouses across Kingdom

By Third party content on March 21, 2023
RedSea, the Saudi AgTech business whose one-of-a-kind technology enables commercial farming in hot environments globally, has agreed a deal with PIF-owned Saudi Downtown Company (SDC). The new partnership allows the two parties to discuss designing, building and operation of RedSea greenhouses at SDC locations across the Kingdom, allowing the deployment of sustainable agriculture technologies everyone can benefit […]
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The Art of Upcycling: A New Frontier in Aviation Sustainability and Home Décor

By Third party content on March 16, 2023
The average life span of a commercial jet is about 25 years, and something like 12,000 of them and other aircraft are expected to reach the end of life in the next two decades. That’s an average of about 600 airplanes each year. What happens to all those planes when they are no longer economically […]
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The key to sustainable cities may lie in increasingly sophisticated digital twins

By Third party content on March 15, 2023
Dynamic computer models of cities known as ‘digital twins’ could help drive sustainable development across the world’s urban areas, an international team of authors argues in the journal Nature Sustainability. Digital twins are more than just static models. They incorporate near-real-time data from sensors and other sources to produce “virtual replicas,” the authors explain—“in silico equivalents of […]
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Designing innovations for the circular economy

By Third party content on March 15, 2023
Many product innovations today aim to solve our world’s most pressing issues. Photovoltaic modules, for example, allow us to exploit solar energy to accelerate our decarbonisation efforts and achieve net zero. Like photovoltaic modules, all product innovations have a definite shelf life and eventually become waste, unless they participate in the circular economy. Unfortunately, with a […]
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How insurance is tackling the energy crisis to support India’s energy sustainability goals

By Third party content on March 15, 2023
Recognizing that electricity is a key enabler of socio-economic development, India adopted the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of ensuring access to affordable, sustainable and clean energy for all, by focusing on increasing the share of renewable energy in the country’s energy mix substantially. Ranking 4th globally in terms of installed renewable energy capacity, India is […]
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ALEC Energy partners with Solar Earth to bring pavement-integrated photovoltaic solution to the GCC

By Third party content on March 12, 2023
ALEC Energy has partnered with Solar Earth as part of its drive to advance innovation in clean energy production in the region and beyond. Canada-based Solar Earth has developed what’s billed as the world’s most rugged pavement integrated photovoltaic (PIPV) solution, touted by the firm as the ‘Toughest Solar on Earth’. Solar Earth’s PIPV solution […]
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