Environment and Climate in the Middle East

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Environment and Climate in the Middle East

An electric car named cottage cheese [Haaretz]

By Dan Rabinowitz. Published 06.07.11. Link to source: Haaretz-Opinion The big money for Better Place lies in the monopoly it received from the state on building and operating charging stations. The first electric cars in the Better Place system are due to arrive on Israel’s roads in the next few days. The cars themselves are […]

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Tunisia Plans to Spend $2 Billion to Sell Solar Power in Europe [Bloomberg]

By Wael Mahdi – Jul 4, 2011. Tunisia plans to invest $2 billion in solar projects to generate power for Europe, the minister of planning and international cooperation said. Tunisia is building 40 solar projects with foreign partners from Germany and other countries, and they will start providing electricity to Europe by 2016, Tunisia’s Abdelhamid […]

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Promoting forestry legislation in Israel [JPost/JNF]

The Jerusalem Post newspaper has a section called “green Israel > People and the Environment“, with promotional material from the Jewish National Fund (JNF). However, some of the posted items are relevant news items, which we recommend readers to check out. For example, the following item: Promoting forestry legislation in Israel. As a part of […]

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EU supports investments in energy savings and renewable energies in Lebanon [ENPI info centre]

23-06-2011. Source: ENPI info centre The Lebanese Centre for Energy Conservation (LCEC) has organised a workshop on the National Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Action Initiative (NEEREA) and other financing mechanisms to support investments in the field of energy efficiency and renewable energies, in the framework of the EU-funded project “EU Support to the LCEC”. […]

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Share Tourism in the Med: Study seeks to raise awareness about eco-sustainable products, services and technologies [ENPI info centre]

05-07-2011. Source: ENPI info centre Hosting more than one third of international tourism and focusing more than a quarter of the world capacity of accommodation, tourism in Mediterranean countries represents a vital economic resource in the region. However, these countries also share concerns when it comes to environmental issues, with a growing demand for environmentally […]

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First UfM project to help tackle Gaza water crisis with €310 million desalination plant [ENPI info centre]

29-06-2011. Source: ENPI Info Centre A project to build a major desalination plant in Gaza, capable of producing 100 million cubic meters of drinking water a year, has officially been approved by Senior Officials representing the 43 member countries of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM). A press release from the UfM Secretariat said the €310 […]

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Study: Green groups suffering from lack of funds [Haaretz / JPost]

1) Researchers say these findings explain why many environmental problems remain unresolved despite growing environmental awareness. source: Haaretz by Zafrir Rinat 21.06.11 Israeli environmental organizations have expanded their activity and influence significantly in the past few years, but still face budgetary shortfalls, a lack of skilled manpower and insufficient financial support from the public, a new study by […]

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Arabian ‘unicorn’ no longer extinct [Guardian]

The IUCN says the antelope’s reintroduction to the wild is the most successful effort for any species once classified as extinct Source: Guardian / Press Association  Thursday 16 June 2011 [excerpts] An antelope species, widely believed to be the source of the unicorn legend and hunted to extinction in the wild, has been brought back from the brink, […]

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Threatened on all sides, Dead Sea competes for recognition as a natural wonder [Chicago Tribune / Associated Press]

by DANIEL ESTRIN Chicago Tribune / Associated Press 9:04 AM CDT, June 13, 2011 EIN BOKEK, Israel (AP) — The Dead Sea is dying, goes the conventional wisdom: The water level of the fabled salty lake is dropping nearly 4 feet a year. Less well known: Part of the lake is actually overflowing, threatening one of […]

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Greens campaign to enforce proper use of bus lanes [J-Post]

Campaign aims “to fight police’s refusal to enforce” rules in these lanes so taking public buses becomes less of a burden, helps improve environment. by Sharon Udasin 06/20/2011 Source: Jerusalem Post The Green Movement has launched a campaign to bring greater enforcement to public transportation lanes in order to give the public more of an incentive to […]

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Israel’s new energy [Financial Post]

by Lawrence Solomon, Jun 10, 2011 Source: Financial Post In the first 25 years after Israel’s founding in 1948, it was repeatedly attacked by the large armies of its Arab neighbours. Each time, Israel prevailed on the battlefield, only to have its victories rolled back by Western powers who feared losing access to Arab oilfields. The […]

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Arava’s Energy Partnership Aims to Bridge Borders and Reduce Emissions [AoL Energy]

By Shifra Mincer Published: May 27, 2011 source: http://energy.aol.com/2011/05/27/aravas-energy-partnership-aims-to-bridge-borders/ Nestled deep in Israel’s Negev desert, just several miles from the Gaza Strip on one side and Jordan on the other, the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies is a multinational education center whose aim is to use environmental projects to scale back more than just carbon emissions. “We live […]

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Let peace begin with water [Israel 21c]

By Karin Kloosterman June 06, 2011 Named a Hero of the Environment by TIME magazine, Israeli lawyer Gidon Bromberg and his colleagues in Friends of the Earth Middle East are also heroes of peacemaking. In the early 1990s, a young Israeli lawyer doing a master’s thesis on environmental international law concluded that the environment could […]

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Israel: EIB signs €142 million finance deal for desalination plant

source: ENPI resource centre 26-05-2011 Related article in this site: click here The European Investment Bank, the EU’s long-term financing institution, today announces the signing of a €142 million finance contract for the design and construction of a seawater desalination plant using reverse osmosis technology in Sorek, Israel. The contract, signed with the company Sorek […]

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Ramping up disaster preparedness [IRIN news]

source: IRIN news DUBAI, 26 May 2011 (IRIN) – Several Middle East countries which over the years had failed to prioritize disaster preparedness have established national databases and should now be able to estimate their level of risk and improve response, according to the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) Secretariat. “The region is […]

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Call for Proposals and Workshop events: The “Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme”

1) Call for funding proposals [source: EnpiCBCMED date: 05.05.2011] Call for strategic projects launched The Joint Managing Authority is pleased to announce that the call for strategic projects is now officially open (determination N. 48/1066 of 05/05/2011). € 62,4 million are available for cross-border cooperation projects focusing on the six following topics under Programme Priorities 1 and […]

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Horizon 2020: pollution reduction investment projects in the pipeline

28-04-2011 access the news item here and the press release. Two feasibility studies are currently being prepared in Lebanon and Tunisia, while another three potential investment projects are finalising the pre-feasibility study stage in Egypt, under the Horizon 2020 initiative for de-pollution of the Mediterranean by 2020. At the same time, there is ongoing dialogue in […]

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Horizon 2020: hands on training targets wastewater treatment and reuse in Lebanon and Jordan

Horizon 2020: hands on training targets wastewater treatment and reuse in Lebanon and Jordan ENPI info center [18-04-2011] Two training courses on wastewater treatment and reuse have been held in Lebanon and Jordan, within the framework of the Horizon 2020 Capacity Building/MEP project, by the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education and the Arab Countries Water […]

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Progress in joint efforts to depollute the Mediterranean by year 2020 [ENPI info centre]

25-02-2011 The EU-funded Horizon 2020 initiative Steering Group held its 4th meeting in Amman, Jordan gathering representatives of the Ministry of Environment in Jordan, the EU Directorate General for Environment, and member countries of the programme to review progress achieved by the initiative. A press release said the meeting, held on 22 and 23 February, […]

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Event: Harvesting the Sun Twice: Cross-Border Initiatives for Environmental Peacebuilding

A TED-inspired event at The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute (VLJI) The Forum for Environment and Regional Sustainability at the VLJI is pleased to invite you to take part in a special TED-inspired event to be held on Tuesday March 29, 2011, 16:30-20:00 at The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. The focus of this special day will […]

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