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UAE lays foundation stone for world’s largest renewable energy project 27/10/2025
UAE lays foundation stone for world’s largest renewable energy project The project — developed by Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) in partnership with Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) — will deliver one gigawatt of clean, around-the-clock baseload power at a globally competitive tariff. It features a 5.2 GW solar photovoltaic plant integrated with a 19 GWh battery energy storage system, making it the most advanced and technically sophisticated project of its kind worldwide. ...more
UN weather agency reviews priorities as funding falls short 27/10/2025
UN weather agency reviews priorities as funding falls short The U.N. weather agency plans to cut some posts and is reviewing its priorities as dozens of countries, including the United States, are late with their fees, a spokesperson said on Friday. ...more
Researchers raise alarm about looming 'catastrophe' that could impact 2 billion people 27/10/2025
Researchers raise alarm about looming 'catastrophe' that could impact 2 billion people As global temperatures continue to rise, the melting of Himalayan glaciers has shown no signs of slowing down. Climate scientists are now issuing a warning that this development could have catastrophic consequences. ...more
India trials Delhi cloud seeding to combat deadly smog 27/10/2025
India trials Delhi cloud seeding to combat deadly smog Cloud seeding is the practice of using aeroplanes to fire salt or other chemicals into clouds to induce rain. ...more
Why the climate crisis is especially bad news for frightened flyers 27/10/2025
Why the climate crisis is especially bad news for frightened flyers There are three common types of turbulence – and our volatile atmosphere is making them worse. ...more
Adnan Badran Man of the Year 26/10/2025
Adnan Badran Man of the Year AFED Board of Trustees chairman Dr. Adnan Badran was honored as Man of the Year by the Shoman Foundation at a ceremony in Amman yesterday. ...more
No Sector on Track to Meet Global Climate Goals, State of Climate Action 2025 Finds
  24/10/2025
No Sector on Track to Meet Global Climate Goals, State of Climate Action 2025 Finds
  A major new assessment finds that the world is stalling on progress to limit warming to 1.5°C, with none of the 45 indicators of climate action on track for 2030.   ...more
EU leaders to debate conditions for new emissions goal 24/10/2025
EU leaders to debate conditions for new emissions goal European Union leaders will seek to unlock a deal on a new 2040 emissions target on Thursday in time for next month's global climate talks despite growing pushback on green measures from some member states. ...more
Super-warming methane gas is being tackled too slowly, UN says ahead of COP30 24/10/2025
Super-warming methane gas is being tackled too slowly, UN says ahead of COP30 Almost 90% of satellite-detected methane leaks flagged to governments and oil and gas companies are not being acknowledged, the UN said Wednesday ahead of the COP30 climate talks next month. ...more
Climate disasters in first half of 2025 costliest ever on record, research shows 24/10/2025
Climate disasters in first half of 2025 costliest ever on record, research shows The first half of 2025 was the costliest on record for major disasters in the US, driven by huge wildfires in Los Angeles and storms that battered much of the rest of the country, according to a climate non-profit that has resurrected work axed by Donald Trump’s administration that tracked the biggest disasters. ...more
 
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