DST Eco — news https://eco.dst.llc/ Sustainability and energy in the UAE, each entry checked against the source that reported it. en Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Half of every land mammal species in the UAE lives in one Fujairah wadi, and UNESCO has just said so in writing https://eco.dst.llc/news/wadi-wurayah-joins-the-world-heritage-list/ https://eco.dst.llc/news/wadi-wurayah-joins-the-world-heritage-list/ Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Environment UNESCO inscribed Wadi Wurayah in July. The citation counts 1,099 species in the Hajar mountains of Fujairah — roughly half the terrestrial mammals recorded in the whole country. The last 800MW of the solar park's sixth phase is due this quarter https://eco.dst.llc/news/the-sixth-phase-finishes-this-quarter-and-the-park-passes-4000mw/ https://eco.dst.llc/news/the-sixth-phase-finishes-this-quarter-and-the-park-passes-4000mw/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Energy DEWA puts the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park at 3,860MW today, with the remaining 800MW of phase six scheduled to be commissioned by the end of the year. Dubai holds its first environment conference on 7 and 8 September https://eco.dst.llc/news/dubai-holds-its-first-environment-conference-this-week/ https://eco.dst.llc/news/dubai-holds-its-first-environment-conference-this-week/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Environment The Dubai Environment and Climate Change Authority stages the emirate’s first Environment Conference and Exhibition at the Grand Hyatt, across six themes that include food security, the circular economy and environmental AI. Solar passed 600 GW in a single year and is now the largest installed technology on earth https://eco.dst.llc/news/solar-is-now-the-largest-installed-technology-on-earth/ https://eco.dst.llc/news/solar-is-now-the-largest-installed-technology-on-earth/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Energy The IEA’s Global Energy Review 2026 puts 2025 solar additions above 600 GW for the first time, taking the cumulative fleet to about 2,800 GW — more installed capacity than any other generating technology. DP World names its first ship that can run on methanol https://eco.dst.llc/news/dp-world-names-its-first-methanol-dual-fuel-ship/ https://eco.dst.llc/news/dp-world-names-its-first-methanol-dual-fuel-ship/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Shipping The 1,250 TEU DP World London can burn methanol or conventional fuel. It was delivered in April and first bunkered methanol in Rotterdam in June. A 60% carbon cut just changed hands https://eco.dst.llc/news/a-60-percent-carbon-cut-changes-hands/ https://eco.dst.llc/news/a-60-percent-carbon-cut-changes-hands/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Environment Apple says its carbon footprint is 60% below 2015. On 1 September the person who has to keep saying that became someone else — and he is the one who signed off the hardware. The UAE is halfway to 100 million mangroves https://eco.dst.llc/news/uae-mangroves-halfway-to-100-million/ https://eco.dst.llc/news/uae-mangroves-halfway-to-100-million/ Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Environment Roughly 51 million trees planted against a 2030 target of 100 million — a target that was raised from 30 million. Marine protected areas stand at 12% against a 30% goal. DST opens a non-commercial environmental direction https://eco.dst.llc/news/eco-dst-llc-launched/ https://eco.dst.llc/news/eco-dst-llc-launched/ Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Company DST split its environmental work out of a single paragraph on the main site and gave it its own address, eco.dst.llc — a running portfolio where each funded planting gets its own mapped record.