Emirates Business His Excellency Dr. Thani Ahmed Alzeyoudi, UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment, inaugurated the nation’s celebrations of the United Nations’ World Environment Day 2016, themed ‘Go Wild for Life’, organised for the sixth consecutive year by the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment in collaboration with Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority. “The UAE enjoys a rich wildlife ...

  RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business It is June 5 again. Not a regular summer day at all. Today, with hundreds of events everywhere from Indian mountains to Spain’s race course, World Environment Day (WED) 2016 is commemorating a day of rich diversity, while stressing upon the need to protect it from threats ranging from wildlife crime to pollution. This ...

  OUR CORRESPONDENT Emirates Business ‘Green Hope UAE’, a Dubai-based youth sustainability organisation conducted an epoch conference to observe the World Environment Day, echoing the call to put biodiversity conservation at the forefront of the sustainable development agenda. Over 150 passionate youth environmentalists from schools and universities across the UAE along with two student delegations from the British School of Bahrain ...