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His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has witnessed the signing of the UAE Government's Net Zero 2050 Charter, said the report.
The charter provides for the development of action plans, policies, and strategies for climate action.
A report says Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI), through its 1 Billion Meals initiative, announced its support for the United Nations UNITLIFE Trust Fund which aims to address chronic malnutrition across the globe.
As the region's largest food donation drive, 1 Billion Meals aims to provide food aid to the underprivileged in 50 countries, especially marginalised groups, including children, refugees, displaced persons, and victims of disasters and crises, as highlighted in the report.
Through its cooperation, MBRGI will allocate AED 5.5 million to UNITLIFE, whose governance is comprised of the Government of France, UN Women, the World Food Programme, and the Ecobank Foundation.
A report says Qatar Electricity & Water Company (QEWC) has signed a contract with GE Gas Power (NYSE: GE) to provide upgrades and maintenance services for three 9F gas turbines over a nine-year period.
The units are set up at the Ras Abu Fontas B2 (RAF B2) Cogeneration Plant, which is about 10 kilometres south of the capital, Doha.
The agreement was signed by Mohammed N. Al-Hajri, Managing Director and General Manager of QEWC, and Joseph Anis, President and CEO of GE Gas Power Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
A top World Bank official said that the combined GDP of the countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council could be more than $13 trillion by 2050 if the region uses green growth economic strategies well.
Issam Abu Suleiman, regional director of the GCC at the World Bank, noted that the combined GDP of the GCC countries will be $6 trillion if they continue to operate as usual without properly implementing a green growth strategy, according to the report.
The official said last year the combined GCC economy was valued at $2 trillion. "If they (GCC countries) continue business as usual, as they have for the last three or four decades, and grow approximately at an average of 4 percent, the combined economy of the GCC will be $6 trillion. If they go into a green growth strategy that will improve their productivity, then they will go above $13 trillion," Abu Suleiman told the news agency WAM.
Green growth strategies are meant to make sure that natural assets can reach their full economic potential in a way that is sustainable.
Through a signing ceremony, BioMap, a leading AI life science platform, announced its strategic cooperation with Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), a world-leading artificial intelligence research institution, in establishing a joint laboratory.
The report says that the lab will be the first place in the Middle East to do research on biocomputing innovations.The joint laboratory announced its research would be carried out in two distinct directions: the de novo design of oil degradation enzymes and mining for potential drug targets for the treatment of aging-related and rare diseases.
Using BioMap’s world-leading cross-modal bio-computing model, "xTrimo (Cross-modal Transformer Representation of Interactome and Multi-Omics)," the two parties aim to explore new technologies to advance large-scale life science models in protein generation, protein structure prediction, cell function prediction, and other life science tasks.
According to the news, a total of 28 companies from the French electricity industry are showcasing their solutions at Middle East Energy 2023, the largest event for the energy industry in the region, which opened yesterday (March 7) in Dubai.
In 2022, the post-pandemic edition was attended by 11 French exhibitors, who were able to meet and connect with new international prescribers and current buyers, said the organisers.
This increase in French attendance over one year is a clear indication that France is a major player in the Middle East energy landscape, and its strong presence at this three-day event serves as a reminder of the importance of the sector to the region, stated the report.
The French pavilion is run by Business France, the national agency supporting the international development of the French economy, and will display the unique branding of La Fab, representing the French industrial ecosystem, they said.
Dubai Police have upgraded their Swat fleet by adding a custom-built Ghiath Special Force Vehicle complete with weapon holders and mobile tracking, stated the report.
The latest addition to the Dubai Police fleet has a built-in tracking system that lets the operations room know where it is at all times.
"Ghiath has state-of-the-art technology, like advanced surveillance systems and a powerful engine that can handle any terrain," said Omar Al Kaja, head of engineering at Dubai Police's general department of transport and rescue.
A report says Al Habtoor Group, a leading UAE business conglomerate, has announced its strategic partnership with SirajPower, the region’s leading distributed solar energy provider.
The agreement is to deliver large-scale solar installations across eight projects in the UAE.
The largest and only locally owned and operated integrated distributed solar energy provider in the region, SirajPower, recently commissioned a 2.8 MWp solar project for Habtoor Motors.
A report says, "Cooperation towards enhancing safety, security, and sustainability of Iraq’s aviation sector was the focus of recent meetings between ICAO Secretary General Juan Carlos Salazar and the President of Iraq, Dr. Abdul Latif Rashid."
The Prime Minister of Iraq, H.E. Mr. Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, and the First Deputy of the Council of Representatives of Iraq, H.E. Mr. Mohsen Al-Mandalawi
These conversations focused specifically on the implementation of ICAO standards and recommended practices, alignment with ICAO’s global aviation safety, security, and air navigation plans, and regulatory reform around ICAO’s other guidance materials.
The report says that the global small and medium enterprises forum will be held again in Saudi Arabia on March 9 at the Riyadh Front Exhibition & Conference Center with the largest crowd yet.
Also referred to as Biban 2023, the event, which runs until March 13, is expected to witness the participation of over 350 speakers as well as an estimated 105,000 attendees from the Kingdom and all over the world.
Prominent international speakers scheduled to attend the forum include South Korea’s SMEs and Startups Minister Lee Young, YouTube CTO and Co-founder Steve Chen, Global Entrepreneurship Network board chairman Jeff Hoffman, and Chris Barton, founder and creator of Shazam.