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South Korea Plans to Build Three Hydrogen Powered Cities by 2020

At the COP21 meeting in Paris in 2015, 195 countries agreed to keep global warming below 2°C above preindustrial levels. To reach this target, the world will need to cut energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 60% by 2050 even as the population grows by more than two billion people. This requires a dramatic increase

Sustainable Financing Case Study: Majid Al Futtaim Green Sukuk

The financial sector is evolving to achieve social and environmental targets around the world. Innovation is spurring a wave of new financial services and products, from public equities, green loans, social and responsible investing to green bonds and sukuk. Through these innovations, there is hope that the world could cover its climate finance gap which

Action Steps for a Sustainable Lifestyle – Conscious Consumerism

We are at a historic tipping point in our history in regards to consumerism and climate change. For the last two centuries, we have sought convenience and speed over all else, often leaving incalculable damage to our homes and communities that future generations will be forced to rectify. We consume water faster than can be

Building Resilience: Sustainable Financing in Emerging Markets

The global response to COVID-19 bears witness to the power of collective action, and how technology can be mobilized to garner and streamline efforts across sectors, including health, education, telecommunication, and more. The pandemic has also exposed how vulnerable and fragile our economy can be; in a matter of months, hundreds of thousands of people

The Future of Crypto Mining must be Green!

The digitisation era has transformed various sectors of the economy on a global scale. From resource extraction and manufacturing to retail and hospitality, the leveraging of technologies and the rapid emergence of innovative tools have led to unprecedented increases in productivity, improved resource accessibility, and created millions of jobs across the world.   The financial

Counterintuitive maybe, but realistic! Sustainability in the Oil and Gas Industry

Time and time again, scientific evidence has supported the fact that anthropogenic activities that increase the volume of greenhouses gasses (GHGs) in the atmosphere is the cause of accelerated climate change. Average global temperatures have shown trends of gradual increases, with average temperatures in the years 2016 and 2020 recorded to be the hottest years