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COP28: How UAE is pushing food waste solutions 

COP28 is a hugely complex beast, tackling a wide variety of issues that are adversely affecting the global environment. But in the first session of the first day of this year’s United Nations climate summit, the UAE specifically highlighted the “transformation of food systems” as an area it is determined to address in its role as hosts.  Putting the issue front and centre, Mariam bint Mohammed Al Mheiri, the UAE Minister of Climate Change and

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Emirati startup Palmade rethinks date palm waste into cutlery

It’s been a long road for the biodegradable cutlery manufacturer Palmade, a Dubai-based start-up that uses discarded date palm leaves to create knives, forks and spoons. But as the events unfold at COP28 in Dubai, Palmade cutlery will be feeding some of the world’s most influential people.  Emirati co-founder Lamis Alhashimy launched the business in partnership with husband Yusuf back in 2014, moving from concept to production after four years of intensive research by students

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