Environment and Climate in the Middle East

Recent Posts

• Gaza to get recycling plant on site of former settlements – YNET
• UAE’s corals suffer ‘catastrophic’ damage in record summer heat – Environment and Development
• Israeli scientists say Gulf of Aqaba corals can survive climate change – Jerusalem Post
• Waste Site behind Metn Foul Odors to be Closed This Month – Naharnet
• ‘I Green Beirut’-Phase II Culminates in 3 Winners Presenting Sustainable, Artistic Projects – Naharnet
• Agency halts project to maintain Ashkelon cliff after anti-erosion devices damaged – Haaretz
• Israel Opens Way for Boating in Coastal Streams – Haaretz
• Population, Water – excerpts from The Middle East economy in the last decade – Moshe Dayan Center
• ‘Private settler farm’: Israeli activists petition High Court to revoke West Bank nature reserve’s status – Haaretz
• EcoPeace Peacebuilding Newsletter Februrary 2019
• Mega water project in north to be partially operational by end of 2019 – Jordan Times
• Zawati reaffirms freeze on renewable energy projects ‘temporary – Jordan Times
• Green group wages war for Israel’s endangered species – YNET
• Despite salvation efforts, northern Israeli shoreline continues to decline – Haaretz
• Egypt, EBRD sign agreement to depollute Kitchener Drain – Egypt Independent
• King, Queen join forestation efforts on Arbour Day – Jordan Times
• New book: The New Arab Urban: Gulf Cities of Wealth, Ambition, and Distress
• After oil: Mideast states developing renewable energy – YNET
• Jordan ‘third best host of green energy projects worldwide’ – Jordan Times
• Ministry plans to funnel ‘Fils Al Reef’ fee into solar panels for underprivileged households – Jordan Times
• Solar start-up seeks to energize Gaza border economy – Jerusalem Post
• Environmentalists protest against new gas rig – Jerusalem Post
• Egyptian gas supply to Jordan officially resumed – Jordan Times
• Lebanon Signs Oil Storage Deal with Rosneft – Naharnet
• Egypt to announce tariff for selling energy from waste within weeks: Report – Egypt Independent
• Egypt’s Ministerial delegation ends visit to Germany discussing waste management – Egypt Independent
• Environmental Peacebuilding Newsletter, January 2019
• New threat from Gaza: Landfills and sewage build up along Israeli border – YNET
• Promoting Biosaline Argriculture – Jordan Times
• Ghabawi landfill expected to generate 5MWh starting February – Jordan Times
• Forestation plan could change Israeli ecosystems, drive out endangered species – Haaretz
• Jordan has invested JD40m in desalination projects over past 3 years’ – Jordan Times
• Stakeholders hail temporary EV customs exemption, demand more – Jordan Times
• Luxor launches campaign to plant 1 million trees – Egypt Independent
• Israeli Settlers Who Build in West Bank Nature Reserves Now Facing Trial – Haaretz