Tag «climate change»

AUS fights back on climate change

Experts to collaborate on future green projects   Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 25 June 2018 – Following two years of research and development collaboration, Dubai Carbon and American University of Sharjah (AUS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to embark on a collaborative programme, working across water balance studies for irrigation and peer reviewed research …

African Development Bank takes landmark lead on formation of Africa Financial Alliance for Climate Change

Busan, Korea, May 25, 2018 – Scientific evidence shows that African economies are already reeling from the devastating effects of climate change, further exacerbating their development challenges. Of the 10 countries in the world that are most threatened by climate change, seven are in Africa. Cognizant of this situation, the African Development Bank led the way to what may turn …

Global Energy Transition Must Accelerate to Thwart Climate Change

The World Economic Forum launched today the Fostering Effective Energy Transition report, which ranks 114 countries on how well they are able to balance energy security and access with environmental sustainability and affordability The report finds that worldwide progress towards environmental sustainability has stalled, while energy prices have risen in real terms in more than …

The World Needs to Move Faster on Climate Change to Avoid Disaster

Extreme weather events and trends are becoming increasingly devastating and costly The Paris Agreement on climate change has provided hope but actions to meet its goals need to move faster The 48th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting is taking place on 23-26 January in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, under the theme Creating a Shared Future in a …

Message to World Leaders in New York: Climate Change Our Biggest Fear, Say 31,000 Millennials

Ahead of the UN General Assembly, millennials worldwide say that climate change is their biggest concern, according to the Global Shapers Annual Survey 2017. Amid climate scepticism, 91% of respondents agree or strongly agree that science has proven that humans are responsible for climate change The World Economic Forum will convene its first summit dedicated to the …

The Azure shades of Green

What does the World Environment Day mean to you? The question, in itself, may sound simple, but when it was posed to a wide cross-section of people, the answers were as baffling as they were callous. Members of the Azure team conducting the survey were naturally aghast by the sheer lack of awareness about the …

Greener, Cleaner World – Environment & Climate Change

The German Consulate General Kolkata has extended its support for a Project on ‘ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE DIALOGUES AND ACTION – City of Kolkata’ in cooperation with the NGO Centre for Contemporary Communication. The project will focus on creating Environment and Climate Change Dialogues about the Vulnerability of the City of Kolkata, its key factors …

The African Water Facility Supports Somaliland to Build Resilience to Water Stress and Climate Change

  Hargeisa, Somaliland, March 14, 2017 – The African Water Facility (AWF) held on February 21, 2017 a launching ceremony and workshop to officially kick-start the Water Resources Management and Investment Plan project for Somaliland. The AWF has provided a €3-million grant to support this project in the aim of building resilience to climate change …