New York (ots/PRNewswire) - - COP28 President-Designate Dr. Sultan Al Jaber is the first COP president to ring the bell at the New York Stock Exchange. - Private sector is critical for financial system reform and to providing available and accessible funding for emerging and developing markets. - Restoration of ...
Abu Dhabi, Uae (ots/PRNewswire) - - Business & Philanthropy Climate Forum to accelerate climate and nature solutions. - Over 500 CEOs and Philanthropists to convene 1 and 2 December. - The Forum will connect business and philanthropy with the COP28 Action Agenda, helping to enable a fast-tracked energy transition, ...
Masdar, the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company
Abu Dhabi, Uae (ots/PRNewswire) - - UAE's clean energy powerhouse Masdar awarded sixth phase of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park PV Project in Dubai featuring a cost of up to AED5.51 billion - The 1,800MW sixth phase will increase solar park's total production capacity to 4,660MW - Ahead of UAE hosting ...
Nairobi, Kenya (ots/PRNewswire) - - COP28 President-Designate Dr. Sultan Al Jaber addressed the inaugural Africa Climate Summit, held in Nairobi, Kenya. - Speaking to heads of state at its high-level opening, Al Jaber announced a $4.5 billion clean energy investment initiative between the UAE and Africa that aims to ...
Cilpa, Kenia (ots/PRNewswire) - As we prepare for the Africa Climate Summit, we, H.E. President of Kenya William Samoei Ruto, COP28 President-Designate Dr. Sultan Al Jaber and African Union Commission Chair Moussa Faki Mahamat affirm our commitment to work towards realizing ambitious climate action in this critical ...
Incheon, South Korea (ots/PRNewswire) - - Ambassador Majid Al Suwaidi, Director-General and Special Representative of COP28, stressed the urgency of delivering a robust Framework on the Global Goal on Adaptation - He reiterated the call for developed countries to uphold their commitment to doubling adaptation finance by 2025. - The Global Stocktake at COP28 will enable ...
Embassy of Kazakhstan to Switzerland
Zurich (ots) - The Swiss technology industry (mechanical and electrical engineering and related technology sectors) experienced a downturn in the first six months of 2023, with new orders falling by 9.6% overall compared to the same period last year. New orders declined significantly more in the second quarter than in the first (-14.3 % compared to -4.8%). First-half exports also fell, by 1.1%, while sales languished at ...
Stockholm (ots/PRNewswire) - - COP28 will elevate water on the climate agenda and seek to drive forward progress and raise ambition. - The COP28 Water Agenda identifies three priority areas for programming at Water Day during COP28's two-week thematic program: conserving and restoring freshwater ecosystems, enhancing urban water resilience, and bolstering ...
Suva, Fiji (ots/PRNewswire) - - COP28 Director-General Majid Al Suwaidi visited Fiji for the Pacific SIDS High-Level Climate Dialogue, organized together with the Pacific Islands Forum. The Director-General recognized the existential threat climate change poses to Pacific islands and reiterated the COP28 ...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (ots/PRNewswire) - - COP28 President-Designate Dr Sultan Al Jaber has addressed the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) in Ethiopia, in which he recognised the African continent's performance and potential as a leading force in the energy transition and the need for ...
Abu Dhabi, Uae (ots/PRNewswire) - - A meeting of world leading economists and finance leaders convened by the COP28 Presidency has resulted in alignment on the next steps to deliver a new framework for international climate finance - The meeting and its outcome, which builds on momentum of the Bridgetown Initiative ...
Yangzhou, China (ots/PRNewswire) - Aurisco Pharmaceutical today announced that its cGMP manufacturing plant in Yangzhou has successfully passed a USFDA inspection. Aurisco Pharmaceutical announced today that its API and FDF plant in Yangzhou, China has successfully passed a cGMP inspection by the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA). The inspection, carried out by ...
Abu Dhabi, Uae (ots/PRNewswire) - - The COP28 Presidency will convene the Independent High-Level Expert Group (IHLEG) in the UAE to drive progress on steps to reform international finance ahead of COP28. - The meeting will bring together world-leading economists to define success for COP28, COP29 and COP30, and ...
Bridgetown, Barbados (ots/PRNewswire) - - COP28 President-Designate, Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, has visited Barbados, meeting with Prime Minister Mia Motley and addressing leaders of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). - In his address, Dr. Sultan Al Jaber acknowledged the significant impact climate change has already had ...
Belém, Brazil (ots/PRNewswire) - - COP28 President-Designate Dr. Sultan Al Jaber commends the leadership of President Lula in reducing deforestation in Brazil by 34 percent in just the last six months and targeting zero illegal deforestation by 2030. - Dr. Sultan Al Jaber and Brazil's President Lula stand united at ...
Abu Dhabi, Uae (ots/PRNewswire) - - A joint statement emphasized the importance of creating an inclusive and transparent platform that fosters solidarity and transformative progress across the climate agenda. - The statement also reiterated the COP28 Presidency and UNFCCC's shared vision to ensure that voices from ...
Goa, India (ots/PRNewswire) - - Series of dialogues will be held in partnership with IRENA and will be supported by the UNFCCC. - Dialogues aim to bring government and energy industry together to define how to accelerate action towards 1.5 degrees at COP28. - Session held on the sidelines of the 14th Clean Energy ...
Brussels (ots/PRNewswire) - - COP28 President-Designate Dr. Sultan Al Jaber outlines an action plan focused on fast-tracking the energy transition, fixing climate finance, focusing on adaptation to protect lives and livelihoods, and underpinning everything with full inclusivity. - "This plan came from listening to ...
Windsor, England (ots/PRNewswire) - - Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, COP28 President-Designate, met with US President Joe Biden, His Majesty King Charles III, UK Government Ministers and Leading Investors and Philanthropists to discuss unlocking climate finance with a focus on developing economies. - The meeting was part of ...
Vaduz (ots) - In a virtual signing ceremony on 12 July 2023, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Daniel Risch and Italian Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Giancarlo Giorgetti signed the double taxation agreement (DTA) between Liechtenstein and Italy. The DTA will enter into force once the domestic legislative process is complete. This successful signing of the DTA - which had already been initialled in 2019 - ...
Madrid (ots/PRNewswire) - Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, COP28 President-Designate met with His Majesty Felipe VI, King of Spain to discuss the plans and objectives for the upcoming COP28 conference. The meeting was attended by His Excellency Ambassador Majid Al Suwaidi, Director General and Special Representative of COP28, and other prominent officials Notes to Editors COP28 UAE: - COP28 UAE will take place at Expo City Dubai from ...
Islamabad (ots/PRNewswire) - - Dr. Sultan Al Jaber met with Pakistan's Prime Minister, Minister of Climate Change, diplomats, and youth climate advocates in Islamabad. - His visit focused on enhancing progress across mitigation, adaptation, finance and loss and damage, and meeting the needs of the most ...
Abu Dhabi, Uae (ots/PRNewswire) - - Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, COP28 President-Designate, delivers virtual address at meeting of Ministers and High Authorities of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation of G77 + China, on Sustainable, Inclusive, and Resilient Development - G77 countries "represent 80 percent of global population and provide an essential forum for the Global South to deliver a united voice on the ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - Closing 100bn is a first of many steps needed to support the Global South - COP28 President congratulates leadership of President Emmanuel Macron for bringing the world together again, to push for a new deal to level the financial playing field. - Summit shows "willingness to move beyond ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - The UAE COP28 Presidency and the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) co-hosted a high-level roundtable on Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCMs), as an official side event to the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact. His Excellency COP28 President Designate Dr Sultan Al-Jaber and ...