Sustainability News

News, insights, and updates from across Goumbook’s work; covering climate action, ocean conservation, regenerative agriculture, clean air, youth programmes, and more. Everything happening in the MENA sustainability space, in one place.

The UAE’s restored wetlands

The United Arab Emirates host wetlands of international importance. These sites along with 2,316 sites...

Scaling Up Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation

By taking three steps to scale up nature-based solutions, we can realize the potential of...

UAE Sustainability Goals driven by Data Hub

UAE agencies use Geo-Stat to spatially visualize areas of concern as well as evaluate the...
Sustainable avocado by Goumbook

Apeel Sciences Make Saving Food More Appealing with new $250M Round!

Apeel Sciences, a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer and recognized among TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions...

Ep.36, Beauty without Cruelty, with Leena Al Abbas

This week, we’re joined Organic Glow, the UAE’s first organic and all-vegan salon that opened...

SDG 2: Zero Hunger, Global Challenges and Solutions

The number of people going hungry has increased since 2014. An estimated 821 million people...

Locust swarms appeared today in Dubai!

The insects are traveling in huge swarms that can be as big as some major...

‘Go Wild’ competition by Dubai Municipality

Unconventionally, this year we celebrate World Environment Day virtually in the comfort of our homes....

#GoLocal, and check out #SupportLocalDXB

This week we celebrate the spirit of entrepreneurship and each day we will highlight a...

Europe’s green recovery plan based on Nature

Three days ago, the European Commission launched its new food policy, the ‘Farm to Fork...