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Termed by Sir David Attenborough as “humanity’s greatest threat” in millennia, climate change is set to affect certain regions of the planet more keenly than others in the imminent future. With its arid landscapes and scarce precipitation, the Middle East in general and the UAE in particular is especially susceptible to its ravages.

As a result, the Emirati government, state operations and o...

The UAE’s national oil company (Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, or ADNOC) has announced that its Gas division has penned a deal with the French conglomerate TotalEnergies, rumoured to be worth between $1 billion and $1.2 billion in value. The contract comes in the wake of an agreement announced last July between the two entities.

According to the terms of the deal, ADNOC Gas will supply Tota...

At present, biofuels account for just 3% of the global demand of 100 million barrels of fuel per day, as well as 3.6% of global transport energy consumption. However, some forward-thinking countries have already attempted to make their implementation more widespread at garages and petrol stations – and the UAE could benefit from following suit.

That’s especially true given that one local com...

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that Sciencix, headquartered in North Carolina, has been named the 2023 Small Business Exporter of the Year. The company will be recognized during SBA’s National Small Business Week, an annual event honoring the accomplishments and contributions of small businesses from across the Nation. “With a growing list of clients ...

Speaking at the UN General Assembly in late March, the Emirati Minister of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) stressed that responsible management of water resources going forwards is a “must”. Mariam al Mheiri’s words came at the UN’s first water summit in almost 50 years, as she urged her fellow policymakers to give “the best of us” and drive “concerted action” in these “times of crisis”...

By 2050, the global population is expected to reach 9.5 billion, precipitating a need for 70% more food than is currently produced. Modernising farming methods to optimise yields will be crucial to meet that heightened demand, with technology set to play a huge part in the coming changes.

The situation is one being experienced across the globe, but it’s nowhere more keenly felt than in Middl...

The UAE is at the forefront of the developments in AI robotics in a wide variety of industries, with the medical and cosmetic sectors enjoying a notable boom in innovation at the present time. That’s reflected not only in the value of the market itself and the revenue it is expected to generate for the economy, but also in the opinions of ordinary Emiratis.

The recent surge in interest for r...

Historically speaking, pharmacologists, epidemiologists, oncologists and other medical scientists have focused on the disease or illness itself. After understanding everything they possibly can about it, they have then leveraged this information to create vaccines and treatment programmes aimed at preventing and curing it for the whole of the population.

While this one-size-fits-all approach...

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Entry Deadline August 1, 2023.

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p>The UAE’s top energy official has warned that a lack of supply, and not any variance in demand, is the biggest threat to the oil industry in the immediate future. Suhail Al Mazrouei, the current Energy Minister for the Emirates, made the statement on Bloomberg TV and warned that insufficiency could drive prices up in the coming year.

Al Mazrouei’s predictions were made against the backdrop...