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As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine entered its second month, having triggered the biggest surge in food prices since the recession of 2008, the World Food Program warned that the world’s hungry simply “cannot afford another conflict.” It was no exaggeration.
With climate change at the forefront of consumer minds, global fashion brands are opting to shift towards sustainable fashion in a bid to reduce the amount of textiles going to landfill and the Middle East's fashion industry is taking notice . Currently, the fashion industry is responsible for 10 percent of the world’s carbon emissions and colossal amounts of waste.
Saudi Arabia said on Monday that Middle Eastern economies will be boosted by efforts to cut planet-warming greenhouse gases.
The UAE is dedicated to developing a health system that is resilient to the impact of climate change, it announced on Friday.
The statement by the Ministry of Health and Prevention, in co-operation with the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, comes two days before the start of the Cop26 summit in Glasgow.
SABB, Green Horizons to plant 10,000 trees to support Saudi Green Initiative in a tie up with the Green Horizons Environmental Association.
INEOS, Europe's largest Hydrogen producer, said on Monday it would invest more than 2 billion euros ($2.3 billion) on electrolysis plants to make zero-carbon green hydrogen across Europe.
Saudi Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar bin Ibrahim Alkhorayef on Monday approved the establishment of a sustainability council for the industry and mineral resources system.
The first green deposit issued in UAE dirhams is one of the first green deposits made by a financial institution in the Middle East, the banks claimed.
Saudi Arabia’s nationally determined contributions and net-zero carbon goals are important developments since the Paris agreement John Kerry, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, told delegates at the Middle East Green Initiative.