A lasting solution to the knotty issue of climate finance is one of the eagerly looked-forward-to outcomes, says Dr Rajendra Shende

Posted: August 9, 2023

The build up to COP28, in Q4 2023 in the UAE, is quite interesting for the sheer diversity of responses, which include paranoia and blame-shifting, ungainly browbeating and dialectical discussions. There is rosy optimism that the rise in temperatures can be stalled and eventually reversed, and then there are those that drip cynicism in every […]

Posted: July 27, 2023

The climate atom bomb was simply left to tick on the Hiroshima roadside, says Dr Rajendra Shende, Former Director, UNEP

Posted: June 26, 2023

IEA says the “climate-harming” gases will be completely phased out by 2050, together with the introduction of prohibitions on new HFC-based equipment in a range of sectors, including smaller heat pumps and air conditioning systems

Posted: March 30, 2023

In this year of COP28, scheduled to take place in the last quarter, in the UAE, it is but only natural that we focus abundantly on the recent iterative history, personalities and the sub-events planned in the lead-up to the mega-event. This intense focus is essential for understanding the expected direction, context, front-channelling and back-channelling […]

Posted: March 12, 2023

Calls it world’s largest untapped source of energy

Posted: February 22, 2023

Refrigerants company says she will also lead the Asia-Pacific region, including Australia and New Zealand

Posted: February 13, 2023

Unfortunately, the efforts so far have been half-hearted if not non-existent, says Rehan Shahid, Director, P&T Group

Posted: January 13, 2023

A new methane initiative was announced on November 11 at the 27th Conference of the Parties (CoP27) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Sharm El-Sheikh, in Egypt. John Kerry, US Special Envoy for Climate, announced the initiative alongside the EU, UK, Japan, Canada, Norway and Singapore. Climate Campaigners with the London-based Environmental […]

Posted: November 15, 2022

The pomp and ceremony of the 3rd CIBSE UAE Annual Awards coincides with the 125th anniversary of the parent body, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers

Posted: September 27, 2022