<p>Today, nearly 55 million people in the Arab States, 13.2 percent of the population, are hungry and the situation is particularly worrying in countries affected by conflicts and violence: Iraq, Libya,
The Abu Dhabi City Municipality (ADM) has constructed a state of the art seismic risks monitoring network comprising 50 observation stations. With this, the civic body has completed all phases of its Seismic
A leading environment agency in Sharjah has rejected the recent findings of the World Bank in its Little Green Data Book identifying the UAE as the "country with the most polluted air". In a Press statement,
ABU DHABI // If Charles Darwin had a smartphone he would probably have downloaded the Collector for ArcGIS, a free app being used by the Environment Agency Abu Dhabi (EAD) to help record species of wildlife
RIYADH: The Riyadh municipality has intensified its efforts to rationalize energy consumption in street lighting by increasing reliance on energy-saving (LED) systems and expanding the use of solar energy.
Dubai Municipality has inaugurated its first experimental solar-powered park in the emirate that will run independently from the power network operated by the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, as
Rising population and dwindling water supplies will affect millions of people and exacerbate conflict in the region Water supplies across the Middle East will deteriorate over 25 years, threatening
Israeli water firms head to California to help combat drought New British ambassador announces water research programs for UK, Israeli scientists Of the 33 countries and regions likely to be most waterstressed
Nearly half of 33 countries expected to face extremely high water stress by 2040 are in the Middle East, where surface water is limited and demand is high, said experts who ranked 167 nations. Thirteen
ABU DHABI // Residents of a Bosnian village are to benefit from a US$186,000 (Dh683,000) clean water project launched by the Emirates Red Crescent. About 1,000 families in the village of Travnik will
UAE-designed and built craft will set off in 2020 as part of a project aimed at inspiring a new generation within the region When asked if he was nervous, 32-year-old Omran Sharaf was unequivocal. “Of
