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This series is sponsored by GIB AM The year 2024 was the hottest on record and the first to officially breach the 1.5°C global warming limit set by the Paris Agreement. As the climate crisis deepens, strong leadership is crucial to enabling the systemic changes needed to protect our future. While new generations of leaders face the growing impacts of climate change, they have the advantage of lear...

This series is sponsored by GIB AM Finance is at the heart of all discussions around climate action, and it is thought of both as an opportunity and an expense. At Cop29, an agreement was reached for rich countries to provide developing nations with $300 billion annually to help them decarbonise, through a mixture of government and private investment. As trillions of dollars are funnelled into cli...

With more than 300 million people globally in urgent need of assistance, the United Nations Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is struggling to meet growing demand and operating under severe financial constraints, the UN’s humanitarian chief has said. In an interview with The National’s Editor-in-Chief Mina Al-Oraibi, the UN’s Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affair...

We are now on the brink of a technological revolution that has the possibility to transform our approach to climate action. Since the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, AI and other ground-breaking technology have exploded into the mainstream, reshaping industries and offering new tools to tackle climate change. But while these advances hold incredible promise, much of the world, especially the global sou...

This series is sponsored by GIB AM. Women excel in environmental reporting and governance teams and yet remain underrepresented in leadership roles. So, what does it take to break through these barriers and drive meaningful change? The third episode of the Women in Climate podcast series moves beyond talk and dives into proven action. We uncover how leaders push ambitious sustainability goals from...

While climate change affects us all, it doesn’t affect us equally. Women, particularly those in marginalised communities, are disproportionately impacted by climate change through the exacerbation of existing inequalities. Across the world, women depend more on, yet have less access to, natural resources and in many regions bear a disproportionate responsibility for securing food, water and fuel....

AI was the talk of the town at Davos 2025, which focused on ‘Collaboration for the Intelligent Age’. At last year's summit climate change held centre stage, but significant headwinds now threaten the progress that’s been made. A climate-sceptic president has been elected in the US, promising to pull out of international climate negotiations; inaction at Cop29 left many attendees despondent; and, d...

With public healthcare systems under constant development, AI is emerging as a powerful tool to optimise services, enhance diagnostics and improve overall efficiency. In this special episode, recorded at the World Economic Forum in Davos, The National’s assistant editor-in-chief Rory Reynolds sat down with Mina Hamoodi, head of health care at Mubadala, to explore how artificial intelligence is tra...

Delhi, home to more than 32 million people, has long been ranked the world’s most polluted capital city – for years, experts have called it a “gas chamber”. And while pollution is a year-round struggle here, the crisis peaks every October and November, turning what was once a season of sunny picnics into months of suffocating smog. In the past, winter was eagerly awaited by Delhi residents, who co...

Over the course of 2023, Sulaiman Hakemy, opinion editor at The National, had the chance to sit down with three international thought leaders, representing the fields of media and business strategy, public opinion and space science. In this episode of the Big Ideas Edition, Sulaiman speaks to space science expert Prof John Zarnecki, who offers his observations of the UAE space programme, the count...

Over the course of 2023, Sulaiman Hakemy, opinion editor at The National, had the chance to sit down with three international thought leaders, representing the fields of media and business strategy, public opinion and space science. In this episode of the Big Ideas Edition, Sulaiman speaks to Joe Twyman, co-founder and director of Deltapoll, a leading polling and market research company. They talk...

Over the course of 2023, Sulaiman Hakemy, opinion editor at The National, had the chance to sit down with three international thought leaders to explore the big ideas in the realms of media and business strategy, public opinion and space science. They represent these fields, bring fresh insights to the table and go beyond the narratives in the context of the Middle East region. On this episode of...

Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in the UAE, yet a large-scale review shows that better screening is reducing the number of advanced cases of the disease and improved survival rates are now comparable with those of leading western nations. This was a recent study, led by Prof Humaid Al Shamsi, director of medical oncology at Burjeel Medical City. In this episode of Recorded po...

The creative economy. The term refers to the interchange of ideas, intellectual property, knowledge and technology. But it is an ever-evolving concept, and resists being pigeonholed into a single definition. It has also become a bit of a buzzword in the UAE, especially in the last 15 years as the country has endeavoured to bolster its creative sector. In this time, several cultural institutions ha...

The NYUAD Arts Centre and Art Gallery have returned to in-person programming for the first time in two years. The Spring 2022 line-up features an eclectic mix of live musical, cinematic and dance performances as well as art exhibitions that defy traditional categorisation. Bill Bragin, from the NYUAD Arts Centre, and Maya Allison, from the NYUAD Art Gallery, have been working to cement the role of...

Hesam Rahmanian, Rokhni Haerizadeh and Ramin Haerizadeh met in the underground art scene in Tehran in the early 1990s. After the Iranian Cultural Revolution that followed the overthrow of the Shah, free artistic expression could only take place in furtive private gatherings. It was during these meetings that the three were inspired to come together to form a collective, one founded on the principl...

Alaa Krimed is a luminary of the Middle East's contemporary dance scene. For the better part of the last decade, the Palestinian choreographer has been an ardent advocate of the art form through his Sima Dance Company, which he founded in Damascus in 2003. On a path that has been full of displacement, dance has remained his anchor as he first left Syria to avoid the war, then Lebanon to avoid the...

After six months of cultural shows, concerts and summits, Expo 2020 Dubai is over. But what happens next? What will stay and what will go? Ahmed Al Khatib, the Chief Development and Delivery Officer for Expo 2020 Dubai, tells us how the now iconic site will be transformed into a city where people live, work and play.

Since the Emirates’ formation in 1971, it has become a close friend and strategic partner of the United Kingdom.   In this miniseries, The UAE at 50 , we examine how the relationship between the UAE and the UK has developed over the past fifty years.   In this episode, we take a look at the giant leaps made in the UAE’s STEM fields and how exchanges with the UK have helped launch the young nation'...

Since its formation in 1971, the UAE has become a close friend and strategic partner of the United Kingdom. In this mini-series, The UAE at 50, we examine how the relationship between the two countries has developed over the past 50 years. In this episode, we speak to two experts in archaeology based in the UAE about their most recent discoveries and how the young country is searching both its vas...

In this bonus episode, The National is live from Adipec 2021 in Abu Dhabi, to discuss how the energy sector is evolving after the Covid-19 pandemic and Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow. Host Mustafa Alrawi talks to Robin Mills, CEO of Qamar Energy, and a regular contributor to The National, about the outlook for oil and gas, how the industry will marry short-term supply needs with the path to net z...

Since the Emirates’ formation 50 years ago, it has become a close friend and strategic partner of the UK. After an official visit by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed to the UK earlier this year, the UAE’s relationship with the country has entered a new chapter. Several high profile investments in greener, high-tech industries were announced, expanding on the Sovereign Investment Partnership, announced las...

Since the Emirates’ formation 50 years ago, it has become a close friend and strategic partner of the UK. In this miniseries, The UAE at 50, we speak to those at the heart of this connection about what it means. In this episode, we talk to two environmental experts about the UAE’s fast-changing environmental sector and how the country is forging ahead with its commitment to have net-zero emissions...

The deadly 9/11 terror attacks reshaped US foreign policy with regards to the Middle East. Its consequences continue to be felt, 20 years on.   In this special episode, The National’s Assistant Editor in Chief, Mustafa Alrawi, and Sean Murphy, Charge d’Affaires at the US Embassy in Abu Dhabi, discuss the impact of that tragic event, both broadly on the region and in terms of their own careers.