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Cop28 is the climate change conference that was held in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates in 2023

Experts says attendees at the Cop29 conference must agree binding rules on carbon credits to improve reliability and trust

Governments urged to agree carbon credit rules at Cop29

Experts have said governments need to reach binding agreements on carbon credits at Cop29 underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, to improve transparency, accountability and quality.  Among the topics being debated over the two weeks at the UN conference is Article 6 of the Paris Accord, which aims to help set rules on global carbon trade.  Countries […]

Riham ElGizy, CEO of Saudi Arabia carbon trading market RVCMC

Saudi Arabia’s carbon market to finance climate projects

Saudi Arabia has launched a carbon trading market that will help provide financing for climate projects.  The Regional Voluntary Carbon Market Company’s (RVCMC) voluntary carbon market exchange platform has more than 2.5 million tonnes of carbon credits for auction, it said in a statement. Buyers can obtain carbon credits from 17 climate projects from around […]

Some of Abu Dhabi's mangroves, which absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The UAE is the third-highest emitter in the Middle East, according to the IEA

UAE law could make emissions reporting mandatory

The UAE has introduced a new climate law, set to take effect next year, as part of its broader push to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.  Experts told AGBI the federal decree on the reduction of climate change effects is expected to have significant near-term implications for many businesses, potentially making it mandatory for […]

Fatih Birol, the IEA’s managing director, said that policy incentives allow the Middle East to take advantage of the cost-competitiveness of solar power Mena Middle East

Middle East on track to triple renewables capacity

Middle East and North African countries are on track to triple their renewable capacity by 2030, mainly due to expansion of solar photovoltaic projects, the International Energy Agency has said. Renewables are forecast to increase from 53GW in 2023 to almost 150GW by the end of the decade, in which solar PV is expected to […]

Workers check solar panels in Basra, Iraq. Renewable energy projects are growing across the Middle East

Progress made on Gulf renewables but ‘more to do’

Executives from global companies used a United Nations climate change event on Monday to urge world leaders – including those in the Gulf – to stick to commitments agreed at the Cop28 summit in Dubai to treble renewable energy capacity by the end of the decade. The International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday that […]

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World is off track to meet Cop28 renewables goal

The world is far from reaching its 2030 renewables target, the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) said on Thursday. Countries committed at the Cop28 summit in Dubai last year to treble renewables capacity in order to limit global warming to 1.5C. To stay on course global capacity growth needs to accelerate to a minimum rate […]

Gas flaring at a plant in Veracruz state, Mexico. The country is one of the biggest contributors to global flaring, along with Iran, Iraq and Libya

Iran, Iraq and Libya among worst offenders on gas flaring

Environmentally ruinous flaring of gas at upstream oil and gas facilities has risen to its highest level for five years, despite pledges to end the practice, the World Bank has said. Iran, Iraq and Libya were among the biggest contributors in 2023, according to a World Bank report published on June 20. Along with six […]

Wind turbines above the village of Kotronas in the Peloponnese region. Greece's Terna Energy invests in wind, solar, hydroelectric and pumped storage projects

Masdar buys Greece’s biggest investor in renewables

The UAE’s state-owned clean energy company Masdar is to acquire a majority share in Terna Energy of Greece. The initial deal – one of the largest in the European renewables market and the biggest ever energy transaction on the Athens Stock Exchange – is for a 67 percent stake. The price of €20 ($21.45) per […]

The increase in clean energy investment is 'underpinned by strong economics' according to IEA executive director Fatih Birol

Clean energy spend rising but fossil fuels still dominate

Investment in clean energy is rising in the Middle East but spending on hydrocarbon production still dominates, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has said. In its World Energy Investment report published on Thursday, the Paris-based watchdog said that for every $1 invested in fossil fuels in the region, only 20 cents was allocated to clean […]

energy strategy Aramco Amin Nasser

Energy transition strategy ‘visibly failing’, says Aramco CEO

Saudi Aramco’s chief executive believes the current global energy transition strategy is “visibly failing on most fronts” and needs an urgent reset.   Despite $9.5 trillion of investment in the past two decades, other energy sources have still not scaled up sufficiently to offer an alternative to hydrocarbons, Amin Nasser told the CERAWeek by S&P Global […]

Workers at a uranium mine in Kazakhstan, which produces 43 percent of the world's total

Uranium prices rise with demand for nuclear power

Barakah in the UAE, Dabaa in Egypt, Bushehr in Iran and Akkuyu in Turkey. Nuclear energy is now seen by many countries as central to emissions reduction. It is little surprise then that demand for feedstock – mainly uranium – has been spiking. Prices for the mineral, which is critical to the production of nuclear power […]

Al Jaber and IAE representatives met in Paris and discussed ways to support climate change commitments

Take action to keep climate goal in reach, urges Al Jaber

The UAE consensus achieved at the Cop28 summit in Dubai set a clear roadmap for keeping global temperature rise to within 1.5C. Now the world must turn the plan into action and results, said Cop28 president Sultan Al Jaber.  Al Jaber told the International Energy Agency roundtable in Paris on Tuesday that all stakeholders must […]

Cop28 president Sultan Al Jaber said 'polarisation and pointing fingers' would not help to maintain the momentum gained at the 2023 event

UAE maintaining Cop28 momentum with ‘Troika’ partnership 

Cop28 host the UAE has reached an agreement with future hosts Azerbaijan and Brazil to make sure the momentum achieved at the event in Dubai continues throughout the next two climate summits. The Cop Presidencies Troika (group of three) was launched at Dubai’s Expo City with the aim of sticking to the 1.5C maximum global […]