Russian clothing brand ‘Putin Team’ will expand and open retail outlets in China, India, and the UAE. Russian clothing brand “Putin Team” plans to expand internationally by opening branded retail stores in China, India, and the United Arab Emirates by year-end 2024. This is what brand creator Dmitry Shishkin told TASS at the Army-2023 forum...
Russia’s difficult economic situation has resulted in deepening ties between the nation and the United Arab Emirates, which is seeing a cash from the warring country flood into its markets and economy. That’s as sanctions and trade restrictions have weighed heavily on Russia’s economy, cutting it off from billions of its foreign reserves and crimping its energy trade. But...
I spend a lot of time critiquing solutions for low-carbon transformation, and that leads, inevitably, to people asking me: what works? What should we be doing? Most recently, that came in the form of a question on Quora that was well enough formed to trigger me to write down the solution set: “What exactly is the current...
Researchers have found that the plastic mulch used to support the growth of Californian strawberries sheds large quantities of plastic mulch fragments. These particles have been shown to negatively impact soil qualities, casting doubt on the long-term viability of their use. The findings from the survey are likely to apply world-wide to plastic use in...
Top environmental fund chief calls on countries to defund activities ‘destroying’ nature. A new global fund for nature conservation alone won’t do much to solve the biodiversity crisis. This is according to the CEO of the Global Environment Facility. Countries have pledged to channel more money toward environmental protection. But that won’t be enough to...
Here’s where water is running out in the world—and why. A growing population and rising temperatures will strain the world’s freshwater supplies over the next 30 years, jeopardizing available water for drinking, bathing, and growing food, according to new research. An analysis of newly released data from the World Resources Institute (WRI) shows that by 2050, an...
Climate Change: ‘Study shows Lagos is sinking and needs support’. As part of mitigation measures, Lagos State in 2018 developed a climate action plan. The plan targets ensuring it achieves net zero by 2050. Experts, government officials, and stakeholders recently converged on Lagos. There, at a summit, they pondered the prevention and mitigation of climate...
COP28 President is CEO of a Joint Venture that Includes Sanctioned Russian Company LUKOIL. In October 2019, during Putin’s visit to the UAE, Emirati state-owned ADNOC awarded Russian oil and gas giant LUKOIL a 5% stake in the world’s largest offshore sour gas development, the Ghasha concession. At the time, LUKOIL was already under US sanctions....
Deep dive: A big year for climate negotiations… or not? Today, we dig into the major tensions building in climate negotiations in the lead-up to the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP 28, which starts in late November. Summer used to be a time of joy. Now, each passing July in the Northern...
Out With Shrimp, In With Jellyfish? The seafood industry is facing potential overhaul due to climate change. Record-breaking ocean warming, shifting currents, and continued development in coastal communities are all contributing to a changing planet and concerning climate patterns that stand to dramatically impact the world’s seafood supply and could deliver a $10 billion hit...