Another day, another climate expert explains the deadly combination of inaction and faster-than-expected impacts. This time the man ringing the bell is Lord Nicholas Stern, the author of the famousStern Review on the Economics of Climate Change. The UK Guardian reports: Stern … said: “Looking back, I underestimated the risks. The planet and the atmosphere seem to be absorbing […]

ABU DHABI: The Global Green Growth Institute’s Abu Dhabi regional office, headquartered in Masdar City, has held its first event aimed at exploring mutual cooperation opportunities in the field of green growth on the sidelines of the World Future Energy Summit. Co-hosted by the directorate of energy and climate change of the UAE Ministry of […]

Co-hosted by the Directorate of Energy and Climate Change of the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), the GGGI’s side event included a series of lectures and discussions about the UAE’s action plan to develop its national strategy for green growth. The event also highlighted the Institute’s vision and the steps being taken to facilitate […]

Publication (links to article): UPI/WAM/Breitbart WAM ABU DHABI: The second session of the Dhabi, UAE, 17 January 2013: The second session of Council of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) was held yesterday in Abu Dhabi on the sidelines of the sixth World Future Energy Summit hosted in Abu Dhabi from 15 – 17 January 2013. […]

According to the Green Growth Action Alliance`s report, Green Investment, US$100 trillion is needed by 2030 to finance infrastructure needs worldwide. Ironically, succeeding as currently envisaged would be a disaster for investors and the global community. Locking in “brown”, carbon and natural resource intensive infrastructure would accelerate us towards an unsustainable, 4C increase in global temperatures […]

In the Presence of His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, General Shaikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Tuesday inaugurated the first Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) during […]

Abu Dhabi: The UAE has laid the foundation for a roadmap for a national green growth strategy that will be lanched by September this year, Rashid Bin Fahad, Minister of Environment and Water, told reporters at the World Future Energy Summit 2013. Following the launch of the National Green Growth Strategy for the UAE at […]

HE Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani took part in the inauguration of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) which kicked off on Tuesday alongside the World Future Energy Summit 2013, International Water Summit 2013 and the International Renewable Energy Conference 2013 (ADIREC). Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week was opened […]