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Oliver Christian

Oliver Christian is UK’s trade commissioner for the Middle East and Pakistan.

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Green Builders of Tomorrow are making a difference today

In the scale-up space, venture capital is the key to turning today’s startups into tomorrow’s unicorns.

Five years ago, the UK became the first major economy to set a legally binding target to reach net-zero greenhouse emissions by 2050.

May 13, 2024

Greener infrastructure solutions closer than you think in Mideast

The year 2023 has been called the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel age, with the “UAE Consensus” agreed at COP28 calling on countries to transition away from fossil fuels to reach net zero and triple renewables and double energy efficiency by 2030 to keep 1.5°C within reach. 

February 25, 2024