Qatar Sustainability Expo 2012 ends on a high note
Held in parallel with the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2012 (COP 18/CMP 8) in Doha from the 27th of...
Renewable Energy
Saudi Arabia and UAE to lead MENA’s renewable energy generation
Saudi Arabia and the UAE are the new entrants from the MENA region to Ernst & Young’s Renewable Energy Country...
Qatar pledges to cut emissions
Four GCC countries -- Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates -- together submitted a concept paper at...
10% of power from renewable energy in Oman
Latest reports show that the Sultanate made extensive efforts to increase the proportion of renewable energy in the production of...
New commitment period to Kyoto Protocol is among the achievements of COP18
At the UN Climate Change Conference in Doha, Qatar (COP18/CMP8), governments have taken the next essential step in the global...
COP18 conference leaders hail Gateway after agreement
The President of COP18/CMP8 has hailed the agreement reached after two-weeks of grueling negotiations as a “Gateway to the future”....
‘Green’ cars given away at Qatar Sustainability Expo
Five thousand people entered, but only five were lucky enough to win brand new electric cars on the closing day...
COP18 /CMP8 ends on a positive note
The Doha Climate talks, the longest UN Climate summit to date after Durban, concluded offering a balanced “Doha Package” that...
Plans for carbon capturing and storage in GCC to cut carbon emissions
The UAE plans to invest in Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) to use carbon dioxide for oil extraction, to both...
Arab world warned of rising sea level at COP18
Global warming and the projected sea level rising will have serious consequences for the Middle East and North Africa (Mena)...
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