No Comments

UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment Announces #ITAffectsYou Video Competition

Image for UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment Announces #ITAffectsYou Video Competition

On the sidelines of his participation in the UN Climate Action Summit 2019, His Excellency Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment, attended the UN Youth Climate Summit, the first such summit that aims to provide [...] 

Read More
No Comments

HP Launches Worlds First PC with Ocean-Bound Plastic

Image for HP Launches Worlds First PC with Ocean-Bound Plastic

Today, as the world continues to struggle with the more than 86 million metric tons of ocean-bound plastic, computer tech giant HP Inc. announced it is taking another step to keep plastic bottles out of the oceans.

According to the company, the HP Elite [...] 

Read More
No Comments

Al Zeyoudi to present UAE’s climate action model at UN Climate Action Summit in New York

Image for Al Zeyoudi to present UAE’s climate action model at UN Climate Action Summit in New York

Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment, arrived today in New York to participate in the UN Climate Action Summit, set to run in parallel with the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, UNGA 74.

Antonio Guterres, [...] 

Read More
No Comments

Growth in clean solar energy

Image for Growth in clean solar energy

There has been a global boom in the manufacture and usage of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels in recent times. Very soon, we will use PV in additional areas including in the infrastructure we use every day, as well as in our home and office windows, [...] 

Read More
No Comments

Coded Minds expands footprint in USA and Canada

Image for Coded Minds expands footprint in USA and Canada

Coded Minds, a leading education technology company, has taken a giant stride towards expanding its product as well as geographical footprint by acquiring an EdgeMakers STEM Learning Lab, an innovative education company in the United States and Canada. Alarabi [...] 

Read More
No Comments

Assessing the environmental impact of web mining

Image for Assessing the environmental impact of web mining

In 2018, web miners, applications that run in a user’s browser and mine cryptocurrencies for profit, could have consumed as much as 18.8 gigawatts of electric power, according to Kaspersky research on the economic and environmental impact of web [...] 

Read More
No Comments

NGO, Saving Our Planet, Aims 10-Point CO2 Reduction Plan at UNFCCC New York Action Summit

Image for NGO, Saving Our Planet, Aims 10-Point CO2 Reduction Plan at UNFCCC New York Action Summit

On 23rd September 2019, the world’s eyes will be on New York City as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) sits down for the Climate Action Summit.

The summit is to raise ambition and increase climate action, in line with [...] 

Read More