Dubai / WAM The World Green Economy Summit (WGES 2018), is set to emphasise the role of young men and women in global efforts to build a green economy when it opens in Dubai, from October 24-25. Organisers of WGES made the announcement as the UAE joins the worldwide celebration of the United Nations’ International Youth Day, marked on August 12, ...

Bloomberg The debacle over Canada’s oil pipeline nationalisation and trade tensions with the US won’t affect the final investment decision on Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s C$40 billion ($31 billion) liquefied natural gas project, according to the head of the venture. Shell-led LNG Canada proposes to export as much as 26 million tons per year to Asia, making it potentially the ...

Bloomberg Neoen SA, the renewable energy project developer controlled by French billionaire Jacques Veyrat, plans to raise about $525 million in an initial public offerin. The company will use the proceeds to fund its plans to add capacity at its power plants, Paris-based Neoen said.