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Kurdistan Mosque Blends Faith and Sustainability Today
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A pioneering project in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq is drawing attention across the Gulf as a practical model for embedding sustainability into everyday infrastructure, particularly in water-stressed environments.
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UAE’s Departure from OPEC and Future Oil Trends
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The decision by the United Arab Emirates to leave the oil producers’ cartel Opec after 59 years is more than a symbolic break. It highlights a growing divide among major oil producers . . .
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Nature as an Asset: How Kazakhstan is Innovating
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In recent years, sustainability has become a defining principle in the development of tourism. The sector, which supports a significant share of the global economy, has proven particularly vulnerable to crises – from the COVID-19 pandemic to climate change and geopolitical instability.
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A New Innovation Politics for Global Sustainability
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The ability of innovation – both technical and social – to stretch and redefine ‘limits to growth’ was recognised at Stockholm in 1972, and has been a key feature in debates through to Rio+20 in 2012.
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MENA Faces Shortage of Over 110,000 Construction Professionals
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According to a new report by the Dubai-based Project Management Institute (PMI), “The Construction Project Management Talent Gap,” the demand for construction project professionals in the region could reach around 330,800 by 2035 under a high-growth scenario, up 32 percent from 2025 levels.
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With Renewable Energy Set to Power 45% of global electricity . . .
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Renewable energy is moving from supportive to strategic role as it is set to account for 45 per cent of the global electricity generation. This marks a structural shift in how industries will be powered.
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Middle East War: After Oil and Gas, Global Impact
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The shipping crisis in the Strait of Hormuz caused by war in the Middle East has exposed a new threat: a looming shortage of strategic minerals that drive economies all over the world – and a race by countries to obtain them.
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Middle East Conflict Looks Increasingly Like a War
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Let’s begin with a simple question that rarely gets a straight answer: what would victory over Iran actually look like? In Washington and Jerusalem, the answers tend to sound definitive: eliminate Iran’s nuclear capability amongst other things . . .
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New Momentum to Build Social Protection Capacities
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The International Labour Organization (ILO) and partner UN agencies are scaling up support to strengthen social protection systems in Arab countries across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in response to growing pressures from conflict, displacement, economic instability and climate shocks.
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