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Ten projects across the world win 2023 Zayed Sustainability Prize

The winners of the 2023 Zayed Sustainability Prize were announced in Abu-Dhabi (UAE). President of the UAE Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan presented awards to the 10 winners of the 2023 Zayed Sustainability Prize today.

UAE Minister: The world is laying catch-up in the efforts to keep 1.5 alive

The world is laying catch-up in the efforts to keep 1.5 alive, Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology of the UAE, said at the opening ceremony of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), the global initiative championed by the UAE to accelerate sustainable development.

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Italian screen Gina Lollobrigida star dies at 95

Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida, one of the biggest stars of European cinema in the 1950s and 1960s, has died at the age of 95.

68 bodies recovered from plane crash site in Nepal

A total of 68 bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of a passenger plane that crashed on Sunday in Pokhara district in central Nepal. There were 72 people on board. The search for four more victims is ongoing, officials said.

Aluminium Recycling Coalition launched in UAE

Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, and leading beverage producers, can-makers and waste management companies, launched the Aluminium Recycling Coalition, which aims to drive a step-change in aluminium recycling in the UAE.

Passenger plane crashes in the Himalayas

A passenger plane crashed while landing in Nepal. According to available information, there were 72 people on board. According to preliminary data, all of them died, TASS reports.

Vakhtang Kikabidze passes away at the age of 84

A Soviet and Georgian actor, singer and film director Vakhtang Kikabidze has died, the Mtavari Arkhi TV channel reported on 15 January. The actor died at the age of 84. In recent years he has been seriously ill.

All countries should become partners to reduce emissions into the atmosphere

The thirteenth session of the Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is being held in Abu Dhabi (UAE) from 13 to 15 January.

IRENA members drive global energy action on the road to COP28

Short-term actions must be given top priority to urgently accelerate the energy transition in the coming years and course correct the 1.5°C pathway to 2050. This is the message sent by energy leaders from the 13th IRENA Assembly, the first milestone on the global energy agenda of 2023 which kick-started with a high-level discussion on “World Energy Transition – The Global Stocktake.”

Russian actress Inna Churikova dies

People’s Artist of the USSR Inna Churikova has died, Russian media reported, citing the director of the Lenkom Theatre.

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