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ABU DHABI/WAM H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, President of Al Jazira Sports and Cultural Club, has issued a decision to restructure the board of directors of Al Jazira Sports Football Company. The new board of directors will be headed by Sheikh Mohamed bin Hamdan bin Zayed Al ...

ABU DHABI/WAM The Uruguayan rider Ferber Francisco, from Al Ain Stables, won the title of the “Private Stables” race at the opener of the 100 kilometres His Highness The President of United Arab Emirates Endurance Cup for Private Owners, at Butheeb International Endurance Village, on Friday. A total of 181 male and female riders competed in the race. The 100 ...

DUBAI/WAM Ambassador Majid Al Suwaidi, COP28 Director-General and Special Representative, affirmed that the second half of our Action Agenda programme, which begins with Youth Engagement and Education, testifying to their key role in climate action. During a press conference held today in the Green Zone of the 28th UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), Al Suwaidi recapped a selection of the ...

ABU DHABI/WAM The UAE announced today the launch of the Women in Nuclear (WiN) Middle East Chapter. The Chapter was announced at COP28 by Mohamed Al Hammadi, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC), Dominique Mouillot, President of WiN Global, and Dr. Sama Bilbao y León, Director-General of World Nuclear Association, as well as ...

DUBAI/WAM As COP28 nears its conclusion, Dubai Municipality will continue its highly successful programme of workshops and presentations, which are inspiring and educating hundreds of regional and international visitors. As a Strategic Pathway Partner at COP28, Dubai Municipality’s stand will feature discussions on sustainability best practices for urban development, climate change mitigation, conservation planning, coastal sustainability, waste management strategies, pathways ...

ABU DHABI/WAM H.H. Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, has met Michael Milken, Chairman of the economic think tank, the Milken Institute. During the meeting, which took place on the sidelines of the Milken Institute Middle East and Africa Summit in Abu Dhabi, they discussed areas ...

DUBAI/WAM Danny E. Sebright, President of the US-UAE Business Council, said that COP28 is an opportunity for countries to better rein in climate change through tools such as finance, technology, and capacity-building. In a statement to the Emirates News Agency (WAM) during COP28, Sebright said, “The world is at a critical moment where if the drivers of climate change are ...

ABU DHABI/WAM Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) introduced the region’s first Mastercard Carbon Calculator, an innovative tool that supports the sustainability ambitions of businesses by providing data on the estimated carbon footprint of their corporate expenditure using the ADCB corporate cards. ADCB, which has joined the UN-convened Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) in support of the goals of the Paris Agreement, ...

DUBAI/WAM Gerd Müller, Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), and Hani Salem Sonbol, Chief Executive Officer of the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), have announced a renewed commitment to collaborate to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The joint declaration signed by both parties during COP28 underscores the vital role that UNIDO and ITFC ...

DUBAI/WAM Whiteshield, a global consulting firm specialising in strategic planning and public policy, has released the first edition of the Global Trade Resilience Index report on the sidelines of the 28th UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai. The United Arab Emirates tops the list of the highest-performing countries in the Arab region on the Whiteshield Global Trade Resilience Index, ...