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Dubai Municipality gears up for Clean Up The World campaign

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Dubai Municipality’s Waste Management Department is gearing up for the 24th Clean Up The World campaign, which is being launched this year on 19th November under the theme, “Our Place, Our Planet, Our Responsibility,” with the support [...] 

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Dubai Carbon and Bit.b to Help Boost Dubais Green Economy Efforts

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Dubai Carbon Centre of Excellence (DCCE) and Innogy International Middle East, the advisory arm of Germany’s largest power provider, have launched collaboration as part of the ongoing intensive sustainability and green economy efforts in Dubai.

Bit.B, [...] 

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Integrated technologies to recover metal and plastic from electronic waste

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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a new electronic waste recycling concept that combines a range of technologies and reduces waste. One of the technologies included in the concept is gasification, which is used to recover not only [...] 

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WWF to participate in UN climate talks at COP 23

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The World Wide Fund for Nature, WWF, has announced that it will participate in meetings in Bonn to highlight key issues that go to the heart of the implementation of the Paris Agreement; keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees C.

Close to a year after [...] 

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UAE Holds Smart Cities Forum To Promote Culture Of Sustainability

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Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammed Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Minister of Infrastructure Development and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sheikh Zayed Housing Programme, expressed his willingness to provide advanced residential units as a means to create advanced [...] 

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TheGreenEcostore.com Introduces Swell Hydration bottles in UAE

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TheGreenEcostore.com has for the first time in the region, launched the S’well range of designer eco-friendly bottles that are good for the planet. Compared to the majority of bulky, plastic reusable water bottles, S’well’s smooth, rounded [...] 

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Jury Selects 2018 Zayed Future Energy Prize Winners

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The Jury of the Zayed Future Energy Prize convened to deliberate and select nine winners across its five categories today. The winners will be announced at the Prize awards ceremony on 15th January 2018 as part of  [...] 

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VTT to develop new enzymes found in Indias wildfire-prone areas for biorefineries

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Micro-organisms found in the wildfire-prone rainforests of India are an exciting prospect for biochemical production, as they are accustomed to the challenging conditions following a forest fire. The enzymes they produce are likely to also have a higher-than-normal [...] 

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The current state of the worlds energy sector

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Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) hosted a series of seminars and panel discussions, with leading experts and specialists from multinational organisations working in the water, energy, technology, sustainability, and environment sector. [...] 

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