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Throughout the last century, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), comprising Arab States in the region, has been helping meet the world’s voracious appetite for energy through the supply of fossil fuels. Hundreds of millions of barrels of oil have helped the world move forward, though this has come at a cost. 

The GCC region has an acute understanding of the need to start working towards alternatives to the carbon-heavy fuels of yesterday as well as starting the revolution to pull down gigatonnes of carbon (CO2) that have already made their way into the atmosphere. 

Hosting COP28 is just a small indication of the region’s leadership and appetite for taking the proverbial climate bull by the horns and starting to wrestle it down into the ground. 

Those who have stepped…

Large-scale website operators are being urged to throw their weight behind a sustainability initiative geared towards curbing the carbon emissions generated by the internet.

The Eco-Friendly Web Alliance (EFWA) has set its sights on preventing a further 500,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide being added to the atmosphere in the next decade by supporting website operators with cutting the emissions their sites produce.

As part of this effort, the EFWA has created what it claims to be the world’s first eco-standard, which will be awarded to websites that emit less than one gram of carbon dioxide per page view.

To retain the accreditation, website owners and operators will be expected to participate in quarterly audits to assess how much carbon their sites use, and will be further…