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15% increase in air traffic at UAE airports during COP28
Dubai: Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi, Director-General of the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), said the UAE’s airports witnessed a 15 percent increase in air traffic during the 28th Conference of the Parties…
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COP28 at Dubai: India appeals for Paris Agreement’s full implementation
Dubai: India on Wednesday urged world leaders at the global climate talks COP28 to implement the Paris Agreement in letter and spirit through the Global Stocktake process while maintaining the focus on…
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Dubai: ‘Transition away from fossil fuels’ deal adopted at COP28
Dubai: The Global Stocktake text, a historic deal on a ‘transition away from fossil fuels’, has been adopted at the final session of the annual climate talks COP28 without any objection here…
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UK Climate Minister leaves COP28 as climate talks reach final phase
Dubai: UK Climate Minister Graham Stewart, who was attending the final phase of the two-week-long negotiations in the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) here, has left the talks midway and returned to…
- India
COP28: Industry transition challenges continue, says India
Dubai: Union Minister for Environment Bhupender Yadav on Sunday that there has been a significant shift in the global industrial landscape as industry transition has climbed higher on the international agenda since…
- Middle East
Carbon tax turns into climate fight at COP28
Dubai: The European Union’s plan to impose a tax on the carbon pollution emitted to make goods imported from countries like India and China has sparked a debate at the United Nations…
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Watch: Dubai witnesses largest demonstration at COP28 demanding Gaza ceasefire
Hundreds of climate activists staged a protest during a United Nations climate change conference (UNFCCC COP28) in Dubai, demanding an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Since the COP28 summit’s opening on…
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COP28: Close to USD 7 tn invested globally in nature-negative activities, says UNEP
Dubai: Close to $7 trillion is invested globally each year in activities that have a direct negative impact on nature from both public and private sector sources –equivalent to roughly seven per…
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New streaming service to provide free access to films on environment launched at COP28
Abu Dhabi: A new streaming service providing free access to a plethora of films on environmental themes, including one on the Bhopal gas tragedy, was launched at the ongoing COP28 summit here.…
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S.Korea asks UAE to correct nat’l flag image mix-up on COP28 website
Seoul: South Korea has requested the UAE correct the faulty posting of North Korea’s national flag as that of South Korea on the website of the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference…
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India refrains from signing COP28 health and climate declaration
Abu Dhabi: India on Sunday refrained from signing the COP28 Declaration on Climate and Health, with sources pointing out that curbing greenhouse gas use for cooling in the health sector, which is…
- Middle East
Grand Imam, Pope call for robust climate action at COP28
Dubai: His Holiness Pope Francis and the the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmed Al-Tayeb have signed a declaration of support for urgent climate action, giving video addresses to the UN Climate Change…
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COP28: Initiative to speed up energy transition, reduce emissions
Dubai: At the World Climate Action Summit, COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber on Saturday unveiled the Global Decarbonization Accelerator (GDA) — a series of landmark initiatives designed to speed up the energy…
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Himalayas need help, COP28 talks must respond: UN chief Guterres
Dubai: Warning of a potential catastrophe in the Himalayas where the glaciers are melting at an alarming rate, UN chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday said the ongoing annual climate talks here must…
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UAE pledges USD 200M for climate resilience at COP28
Dubai: The UAE on Friday pledged $200 million to help climate resilience in vulnerable countries. The announcement, which came during the World Climate Action Summit (WCAS), follows up from a previous pledge…