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Whether we are comfortable with it or not, underwriting and decision-making will get completely automated and decisions on disbursing loans will be taken in a few hours, not the days or weeks it takes in traditional procedures

IAM COMPACT is a project of high relevance to informing the development of climate policies and national planning for the post-2030 period, in the light of

How much change can human systems tolerate before society collapses?

Over the past few years, an international team of climate scientists, economists and energy systems modellers have built a range of new “pathways” that examine how global society, demographics and economics might change over the next century. They are collectively known as the “Shared Socioeconomic Pathways” (SSPs).

Doha:Qatar University Young Scientists Center (QU YSC) concluded the Fifth Youth Research Forum 2023, under the theme High Education Institutions and...

QU honors 5th Youth Research Forum 2023 winners

Scale-ability is a poor criterion for assessing the quality and potential of start-ups building “sustainable” and “circular” businesses.

The models that underpin the central bank's climate risk management exercise are deeply flawed and unsuited to the task at hand.

“Net Zero by 2050” is the rallying cry of scientists and policymakers throughout the world. However, that epithet echoes past decades of climate

And here’s another snippet: In February, more than 500 scientists and economists wrote to President Joe Biden and other leaders to warn that converting wood into power is a carbon disaster, a forest destroyer and an absurdly inefficient way to generate energy… Trees are more valuable alive than dead. According to Earth Institute, woody biomass power plants actually produce more “global warming CO2” than fossil fuel plants; i.e., 65% more CO2 per megawatt hour than modern coal plants and...