November 29, 2012 By Olivia Alabaster BEIRUT: The Arab Forum for Environment and Development annual report, to be launched Thursday, warns that the Middle East is on the brink of ecosystem bankruptcy and that without urgent regional cooperation, the future growth and well-being of the region will be severely threatened. The report, entitled “Survival Options […]

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Nov 29, 2012 | 22:31 AMMAN — US Ambassador Stuart Jones and Minister of Water and Irrigation Mahir Abul Samin on Thursday attended a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction work on the wastewater network project in Zarqa. The US-based Millennium Challenge Corporation is funding the $55 million project with supporting grants from the […]

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Experimental, NIS 11 million project to explore purification of lands, water in old Military Industry compound in central Israel ahead of its relocation, area’s rezoning for residential projects Avital Lahav Published: 11.29.12 The Israel Land Administration will invest NIS 11 million (about $2.83 million) in an experimental project to purify underground water running under the […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 11/28/2012 “We can’t become a Silicon Valley if we don’t have education and academia here,” says Hevel Eilot Regional Council Chairman Gat. By initiating a bachelor’s degree in renewable energy at Ben-Gurion University’s Eilat campus, the region will really be able to stand out as the clean-tech center that it aims to […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 11/28/2012 New type of solar panel geared toward harsh desert conditions tested at Kibbutz Yotvata. A Chinese solar giant and an Israeli investment firm jointly launched a test facility for a new type of solar panel geared toward harsh desert conditions, at Kibbutz Yotvata early Tuesday morning. The test site is part […]

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Government offers millions in grants to factories willing to convert utility systems from electricity to gas Billie Frenkel Published: 11.27.12 The government has recently approved a NIS 1 million (about $260,000) grant to four Israeli plants that have pledged to convert their utility systems from electricity to natural gas. The grants were given out of […]

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Israel Refineries, ICL and OPC to acquire 2.2 BCM of natural gas in period of up to 18 years; agreement’s value may reach as much as $5 billion Lior Gutman, Golan Hazani Published: 11.28.12, The gas supply agreement between Israel Corporation and the Tamar partnership has reached its final stages. Information obtained by Calcalist suggests […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 11/26/2012 22:35 Israeli activists join international campaign against retailer for chemicals in products, including children’s jeans. With cloths draped over their faces to disguise themselves as mannequins, Greenpeace activists clad in Zara clothing protested outside the company’s Dizengoff Street store on Monday, as part of a global campaign against the fashion chain’s […]

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BEIRUT: The country’s leading supplier of cement, Holcim, says it has reduced its emissions significantly over the past three years, organization officials announced Monday. Dust emissions from their concrete plants’ dust stacks were reduced by 82 percent, other dust emissions were reduced by 22 percent and overall carbon dioxide emissions per ton of cement were […]

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by Sara Hussein, October 26, 2012 Abu Ahmed looks out over a sea of grey, empty Gaza rooftops, and smiles as he looks back at the lush greenery sprouting in tubs and pipes on top of his apartment building. He is part of a United Nations agency project to introduce cutting-edge urban agriculture to Gaza […]

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Climate talks being held in Doha has placed a spotlight on the country’s carbon dioxide emissions. Last Modified: 27 Nov 2012 Qatar, the host of the 18th United Nations climate change conference, known as COP18, has defended its right to host the talks saying that other host countries produce coal. “Our CO2 comes mainly from […]

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November 24, 2012 01:43 AM By Niamh Fleming-Farrell BEIRUT: With days to go before the United Nations conference on climate change opens for the first time in an Arab country, young Lebanese activists, alongside their regional counterparts, see the occasion as a chance to advance action on this important issue. Representing the Arab Youth Climate […]

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Louise Sarant Mon, 26/11/2012 The global COP18 conference on climate change opens in Doha Monday. About 17,000 participants from all over the world have flown to the Qatari’s capital to try to reach an agreement on how to mitigate and significantly reduce the impact of climate change. In Egypt, a group of dedicated environmentalists from […]

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Rana Khaled Sun, 18/11/201 Aiming to increase awareness about climate change and urging Arab countries to take the leadership at the upcoming United Nations Climate Change summit in Doha, environmental activists organized a peaceful march last Saturday across Qasr al-Nil Bridge to the Arab League headquarters, with banners stating, “Arabs, take the lead!” The activists […]

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KKL head Efi Stenzler. Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post Environmental concerns will be a decisive issue in this January’s upcoming election as the country looks forward to taking care of its future generations, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund Chairman Efi Stenzler told The Jerusalem Post on Monday. “The environment is the most important thing […]

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This year’s meeting to present holistic approach for sustainable energies, include workshop for investors and tours of leading international renewable energy projects Ynetnews Published: 11.26.12 The Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Initiative has announced the agenda for its fifth International Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Conference & Exhibition taking place this week in Eilat. The Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Conference […]

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Beirut, 19 November 2012 Delegates from over 48 countries have confirmed their participation in the 5th annual conference of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED), including the Ministers of Environment from Egypt, Lebanon, Tunisia, Sudan and Palestine, as well as many heads of regional and international organizations and corporate leaders. The conference will […]

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By SHARON UDASIN 11/26/2012 04:37 Four American-Israeli energy projects to receive binational government startup funding. Four American-Israeli projects in renewable energy will be receiving portions of a $3.5 million budget allocated jointly by the United States Department of Energy and Israel’s Energy and Water Ministry, under the 2012 Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Energy […]

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Volume 17, No.176, November 2012 5 Morocco in the eye of the sun (editorial by Najib Saab) 14 Success of Doha climate summit is a responsibility of Arab countries AFED’s memo to Arab leaders 26 South Korea’s 4 years of green growth policies by Soogil Young (cover story) 32 Resource efficiency key to economic development […]

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BEIRUT: Autumn has been unusually hot this year, with October starting with three record-breaking highs of 37, 36 and 31 and the rest of the month soaring almost 6 degrees above the average monthly temperatures. That heat wave plowed into November with temperatures last week soaring 10 degrees above usual levels, and for the month, […]

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