Policy overview - UK
The UK committed to achieving net-zero by 2050 in June 2019, and
recently went a step further by increasing its emissions reduction
target from 68% by 2035 (compared to 1990) to 78%. The
Government s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial
Revolution (Ten Point Plan) (November 2020) sets out a
framework for achieving net-zero, with hydrogen identified as a
prominent contributor in achieving net-zero. This set a target of
5GW of low-carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030. The 5GW
production target has been set assuming a mix of blue and green
hydrogen, a key difference from other European markets.
This will be supported by the £1 billion Net Zero
The new advertising controls are aimed at reducing fake real estate advertisements, enhancing its reliability and credibility. Controls also require the registry of the advertisers’ name on the National Single Sign-On platform (NAFAZ) provided that the advertiser is the owner of the property or a legal agent or a real estate broker under a written authorization or a court order. The Real Estate General Authority also issued the licensing and classification requirements for electronic real estate platforms to raise their reliability. The Authority stressed that if one of the licensing conditions is violated, a number of legal measures will be taken. The Authority would obligate the platform to remove the advertisement and notify the advertiser, or to stop the advertiser from publishing on the platform for no more than a year.
COLOMBO: Foreign experts have been deployed to help Sri Lanka contain a potential oil leak from a burnt-out container ship partially sunk off Colombo, the ship's operator said Friday.Representatives from the International Tankers Owners Pollution Federation (ITOPF) and Oil Spill Response (OSR) were onshore monitoring the MV X-Press Pearl, X-Press Feeders.
Egypt is taking a central role in the design of what may become a “Nile River security organization” or similar body to enforce freedom of water use. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi is creating not only a regional grouping around the perennial issue of water rights and transit but also a “web” around Ethiopia because of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)
VIENNA: The Austrian Catholic church on Friday became the latest religious group to criticize a government-backed, online map of hundreds of Muslim organization which sparked violence against the Muslim minority. The highly controversial map shows details of more than 600 Muslim associations from youth groups to mosques including details on their location and photos of