Category: Climate Action

Greenlogue/APNearly half the world’s children are living under at least three overlapping climate threats, with heat, drought and storms pushing risks to health, schooling and survival into the daily lives of about 1.1 billion children, UNICEF findings show.The Children’s Climate Risk Report 2026 maps exposure to eight common hazards: coastal floods, drought, extreme heat, fires, heatwaves, river floods, sand and dust storms, and tropical storms. It finds that almost every child is exposed to at least one of these

Greenlogue/APThe UAE has classified six non-native bird species as priority threats under a national plan aimed at protecting local biodiversity, farms, public spaces and human health from the spread of invasive wildlife.The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment has identified the common myna, bank myna, rock pigeon, house crow, Alexandrine parakeet and rose-ringed parakeet as species requiring priority management. The move places avian invasions more firmly within the country’s biodiversity agenda, linking wildlife protection with food security, urban management

Greenlogue/APClimate stress is tightening its grip on vulnerable communities across the Middle East and North Africa, where water scarcity, conflict, weak public services and economic pressure are combining to narrow the choices available to millions of people.The region’s exposure is no longer defined by heat and drought alone. Families in fragile rural districts, informal urban settlements, refugee camps and conflict-affected towns are being pushed into a convergence trap, where environmental decline collides with poor governance, limited investment and insecurity.

Greenlogue/AP Dubai Electricity and Water Authority has raised clean energy’s share of its total production capacity to 21.5%, strengthening the emirate’s shift towards a lower-carbon electricity system as demand for power continues to rise across residential, commercial and industrial sectors.Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of DEWA, said the increase reflects Dubai’s long-term strategy to align infrastructure growth with environmental sustainability, energy security and economic competitiveness. The gain has been driven mainly by the Mohammed bin Rashid

Greenlogue/APDairy processors can cut greenhouse gas emissions from liquid dairy lines by as much as 49% by modernising existing equipment rather than replacing entire production systems, a Tetra Pak assessment has found, pointing to a faster route for plants under pressure to lower costs, reduce waste and meet climate targets.The analysis, released from Lausanne, examined upgrades to chilled and ambient liquid dairy processing lines and found that available technologies could deliver average greenhouse gas reductions of 47%, alongside a

Greenlogue/APGreen GSM Philippines has secured a strategic financing and digital banking partnership with Philippine National Bank, giving the all-electric ride-hailing operator fresh support for fleet expansion, driver payroll and nationwide growth as the Philippines accelerates its shift towards cleaner urban transport.The partnership centres on P2 billion in credit facilities extended by PNB to finance the acquisition of electric vehicles and support working capital requirements. The bank has also provided Green GSM with a digitally enabled payroll solution through its

Greenlogue/APUAE officials used the World Hydrogen Summit & Exhibition in Rotterdam to reinforce the country’s ambition to become a global hub for low-emission hydrogen, placing cross-border trade, common standards and industrial decarbonisation at the centre of its energy transition agenda.The Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure represented the UAE at the gathering in the Netherlands, where governments, technology developers, financiers and energy companies examined the commercial conditions needed to scale hydrogen production and move it across borders. The UAE also

Greenlogue/APCorporate climate target-setting is entering a more flexible phase as the Science Based Targets initiative shifts its global approach from a largely standard-setting and validation role towards a broader model aimed at helping companies deliver emissions cuts in difficult operating conditions.The London-based organisation, widely regarded as the leading verifier of corporate climate goals, has set out a 2026-2030 strategy that gives greater weight to implementation challenges, sector differences and regional constraints. The move marks a significant adjustment for a

Greenlogue/APGlobal building emissions rose again in 2024, underscoring how rapid urban expansion is outpacing efficiency gains and slowing the sector’s shift towards a net-zero pathway.Operational emissions from buildings increased 1 per cent to 9.9 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide last year, even as energy intensity improved across parts of the global building stock. The latest Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction 2025-2026, released on 19 May, shows a sector under growing pressure from population growth, housing demand, energy affordability

Greenlogue/APClimate campaigners have accused Shell of turning wartime turmoil into a fossil-fuel windfall after the group reported first-quarter adjusted earnings of $6.9bn, lifted by higher oil and gas prices, stronger trading and improved refining margins.The London-listed energy major’s profit was more than double the $3.26bn recorded in the final quarter of last year and above market expectations of about $6.36bn. The figures have sharpened scrutiny of the oil and gas sector’s ability to benefit from geopolitical shocks while households

Greenlogue/APEthiopia’s drive to turn abundant renewable electricity into wider power access and cheaper transport has gained fresh backing from Europe, with new UK and EU-linked investments targeting electric mobility, transmission upgrades and rural electrification.The latest financing adds momentum to Addis Ababa’s wider strategy of using hydropower-led electricity generation to cut fuel imports, expand industrial capacity and speed up the shift to electric vehicles. The UK has committed $5 million in debt financing to Dodai, an Addis Ababa-based electric mobility

Greenlogue/AP Rainfall has transformed parts of Al-Asyah Governorate in the northeast of Qassim into a striking rural landscape, sending water through wadis and ravines, softening the terrain and drawing residents and visitors into open spaces as milder conditions settled over the area. The heaviest visual impact was seen around Wadi Dhaidah and nearby ravines, including Hani, where runoff traced its way between rocky outcrops and elevated ground.The change is notable in a province better known for arid land, sparse

Greenlogue/AP ENOC Group used Earth Day 2026 to showcase a larger point than a one-day observance, saying energy efficiency has become a core operating discipline across its businesses after cumulative savings passed AED 478 million. The Dubai-based energy group said the gains were built over more than a decade through tighter control of energy use, lower emissions and upgrades across its refinery, terminals, retail network and head office. Earth Day this year is being marked globally under the theme “Our

Greenlogue/APDahbashi Engineering has moved its headquarters in Dubai Industrial City onto on-grid solar power, marking a sustainability push by a company better known in the Gulf for heavy machinery spare parts, service operations and industrial battery solutions. The company said the installation is expected to meet about half of the site’s annual electricity demand and cut operating costs by roughly 30 per cent under Dubai’s Shams Dubai net-metering framework.The move places Dahbashi among a widening group of industrial

Greenlogue/APWarblers are returning north across North America into a spring season that is becoming harder to read and more dangerous to survive, as warming temperatures alter the timing of leaf-out, insect peaks and stopover conditions along routes these small songbirds have followed for generations. New reporting and scientific studies indicate that many migratory birds are no longer keeping pace with the changing onset of spring, raising the risk that some warblers arrive to breed after the richest burst of

Greenlogue/AP The UAE Ministry of Investment has signed a memorandum of understanding with China’s Jereh Group to develop an integrated clean energy and industrial platform in the Emirates, in a move that aligns industrial expansion with lower-carbon power and deeper commercial ties between Abu Dhabi and Beijing. The agreement was signed by Mohammad Abdulrahman Alhawi, Undersecretary at the Ministry of Investment, and Li Weibin, Executive President of Jereh Group, during the official China visit of Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin

Greenlogue/APQatarEnergy has announced a hydrocarbon discovery offshore the Republic of Congo, adding fresh momentum to its international upstream drive and strengthening the case for further low-cost development around existing West African production hubs. The find was made at the MHNM-6 NFW exploration well in the Moho G structure under the Moho offshore exploration and production licence.The well encountered a hydrocarbon column of about 160 metres in Albian reservoirs, with data acquisition and sampling completed to support reservoir evaluation and future

Greenlogue/AP Spring rain has reshaped the Aja Mountains in Hail into a greener, water-fed landscape, drawing fresh attention to one of the region’s best-known natural landmarks and reinforcing a wider push to turn northern Saudi Arabia’s scenery into a stronger tourism asset. Official reports on April 9 described vegetation spreading across ravines and valleys after rainfall, with seasonal grasses and wild plants softening the granite terrain and creating streams and pools in parts of the mountain range.Set against Hail’s rugged rock

Greenlogue/AP Climate litigation is exerting growing force over energy policy, with judges and international tribunals increasingly shaping how governments approve projects, regulate emissions and weigh the costs of climate harm. That legal shift is becoming especially significant for Africa, where policymakers and lawyers are pressing for a stronger voice in rulings that could affect development choices, energy access and the pace of transition across a continent that remains lightly represented in the global climate case docket.The scale of the

Greenlogue/APAbu Dhabi’s 2PointZero Group has moved deeper into the renewable energy market in India through a new joint venture between its subsidiary ePointZero RSC and Adani Green Energy, extending a relationship between the two business groups and underscoring continued Gulf interest in large-scale clean power assets on the subcontinent. The venture will be executed through Minerva Holding, ePointZero’s renewable development platform in India, according to statements published on April 9.The agreement comes at a time when India is trying to

Greenlogue/APVinFast has rolled out a vehicle rental programme for commercial drivers in Indonesia and the Philippines, expanding beyond outright sales as it tries to deepen its position in two fast-developing Southeast Asian electric vehicle markets. The company said the scheme will let service drivers lease Green-series vehicles through authorised dealers in Greater Jakarta and Metro Manila, with daily rates starting at 312,500 rupiah in Indonesia and 1,000 pesos in the Philippines.The move matters because it shifts VinFast’s regional

Greenlogue/APSolar power capacity across the Gulf Cooperation Council has expanded at an exceptional rate, with a new GCC-Stat report showing average annual growth of 88.1 per cent between 2013 and 2024, underscoring how one of the world’s leading hydrocarbon-producing regions is accelerating investment in cleaner energy while also strengthening climate resilience measures. The same report said electricity generated from solar energy climbed from 0.13 thousand gigawatt-hours in 2013 to 23.5 thousand gigawatt-hours in 2023.The findings point to a

Greenlogue/APParched hillsides and a sharply weaker winter rain pattern are putting Darjeeling tea under fresh strain, with planters warning that the famed first flush harvest is again under pressure and that the flavour profile underpinning the tea’s global prestige is becoming harder to preserve. Rainfall deficits across eastern and north-eastern parts of the country were severe through early February, and Darjeeling itself was reported to have received only a fraction of its normal winter rain, leaving soil moisture depleted just

Greenlogue/AP Al-Baha Municipality has launched a one-hour lights-off campaign aimed at cutting carbon emissions and building public support for sustainability, joining a broader national effort to link local action with Saudi Arabia’s environmental targets. The “Al-Baha Green Hour” initiative saw non-essential lighting switched off in 28 buildings and across several neighbourhoods, while safety-related lighting remained in operation.The move, announced on March 28, was framed as both a symbolic and practical exercise in energy awareness. Municipal authorities said the campaign