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In what appears to be the revenge of nature, a major flash flood sparked by a cratering glacial in the upper reaches of the Himalayas in India’s Uttarakhand province, snuffed out precious lives and obliterated properties, including two hydroelectric plants on February 7. While the jury is still...

· Wednesday 17, February 2021 8.17 am

As the UK government finalizes plans for the forthcoming COP26 climate summit, this Sunday’s World Population Day will underline how much demographic issues have risen up the political agenda in recent years, especially on the sustainability front. In part, this is driven by the fact that many...

· Thursday 8, July 2021 10.41 pm

For decades scientists have warned governments about the catastrophic effects of global warming — caused by greenhouse gas emissions — on climate change and called for drastic measures to reduce man-made CO2 emissions as the only way to prevent worldwide environmental disaster. But since the s...

· Tuesday 10, August 2021 11.15 pm

Evidence of the devastation that awaits us if we fail to address climate change continues to mount. Recent catastrophic flooding in Asia and Western Europe, record-shattering temperatures in North America, and raging wildfires in southern Europe — all of which mirror disasters that developing c...

· Sunday 10, October 2021 10.09 pm

Sustainability is at the heart of the Saudi Vision 2030. So naturally, that has fed through to the projects making that vision a reality. At The Red Sea Development Co., every decision we make has environmental and social sustainability at its core. That is why, early in development, we committ...

· Monday 26, September 2022 11.05 pm

With Britain having acquired a new head of state and a new head of government in a matter of days last month, some constitutional teething troubles between Buckingham Palace and Downing Street were perhaps inevitable. It is a source of regret, however, that the first issue to apparently divide ...

· Tuesday 4, October 2022 11.07 pm

The upcoming COP27 conference in Egypt offers a valuable opportunity to consider the impacts of climate change on the Middle East and its most vulnerable people. Neighboring Egypt, the people of the Gaza Strip face some of the most devastating climate impacts, while having the least agency to r...

· Tuesday 1, November 2022 1.57 pm

The world is contending with an unprecedented environmental challenge, necessitating policymakers and legislators to help populations transition to greener, more sustainable economies. Strikingly, a report by the World Meteorological Organization ascertained that the 50 years to 2019 witnessed ...

· Wednesday 18, January 2023 7.53 pm

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