UN secretary-general António Guterres attacked the oil and gas industry attempts to justify fossil fuel expansion with carbon capture technology as “proposals to become more efficient planet wreckers”, in a speech that appeared to be take aim at the UAE hosts of COP28, the Financial Times reported. The industry’s stated plans to deal largely with […]
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UAE has ‘most competitive industrial sector in Arab world’: UN rankings
UAE ranked 30th globally in UNIDO index, climbing five places since 2020 and nine places in four years, helping attract interest of international investors
The UAE has the most competitive industrial sector in the Arab world, according to the latest UN global rankings. The country has reached 30th in the world in the 2021 United Nation’s Industrial Organization’s (UNIDO) Competitive Industrial Performance Index (CIP) report which tracks 152 countries. The UAE has climbed five places since 2020 and nine […]
Eni and UNIDO sign joint declaration for public-private cooperation on sustainable development goals
The declaration will see the pair cooperate to set up a model for private and public entities to work together to reach the UN’s sustainable development goals
UN Secretary General António Guterres to headline Abu Dhabi climate meeting
Over 1000 political leaders, heads of state, high level dignitaries and climate action advocates will convene in UAE capital to draft agenda for UN Climate Action Summit 2019 in New York
KSA, UAE and Norway release findings from oil tanker sabotage investigation
The investigation has revealed that the attacks were a sophisticated and coordinated operation, most likely carried out by several teams
Aramco to plant one million trees native to Saudi Arabia by 2025
The ‘Saudi Aramco Environmental Initiative for Planting One Million Trees’ follows the company’s successful project of planting two million mangrove trees along the shores of the Arabian Gulf coast, which was completed in 2017.