The GCC is looking very attractive to expats amid global challenges
natural resources
Latest in natural resources
Abu Dhabi
UAE improves focus on preventing food-producing agricultural soil from degradation
Under the terms of the MoU, ICBA and Conscious Planet will collaborate to raise public awareness about the importance of soil conservation, empower stakeholders, provide training, and facilitate knowledge exchange on the topic in the region
Ali Sajwani
Water, the currency of our future?
When people think of limited, valuable natural resources, oil is mostly the commodity that first springs to mind. As a finite, non-renewable resource, the possibility of consuming the entire existing supply of crude oil is entirely possible, and the date we reach ‘peak oil’ – the point of no return, when we’ve begun to hit […]
AB Live
WETEX 2019: Addressing the Middle East’s water security woes
WETEX is the leading global Water, Energy, Technology and Environment Exhibition, organised by DEWA since 1999.
climate change
Opinion: Running out of water
As major cities around the world face running out of a basic yet vital resource, is now the time for the UAE to reconsider its water habits?
coal mine
Dubai’s DSA Investments may join bid for mines once owned by Guptas, Glencore
The venture would be between Orchid Mining, a unit of DSA, and Nehawu Investment Holdings
alternative energy
Video: A new way to remove CO2 from the atmosphere – TED Talk
Our planet has a carbon problem – if we don’t start removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, we’ll grow hotter, faster. Chemical engineer Jennifer Wilcox previews some amazing technology to scrub carbon from the air, using chemical reactions that capture and reuse CO2 in much the same way trees do … but at a vast scale. This detailed talk reviews both the promise and the pitfalls.