Chevron finds itself with an abundance of natural gas on Europe’s doorstep. Amid competing regional interests, the question is how to develop it. By Stanley Reed Six miles off the coast of Israel …. an ungainly steel structure looms above the blue Mediterranean. This 200-foot-tall stack of living quarters, tanks and pipes regulates and processes a […]

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An escalating dispute over a gas field in the Gulf poses an early challenge to a Chinese-brokered agreement to reconcile regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran. Saudi Arabia and neighboring Kuwait jointly claim the offshore Al-Durra gas field. Iran says it has rights to the field, which it refers to as Arash. The two sides […]

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31/7/2023 The Group of 20 (G20) major nations failed on Friday to agree on concrete targets to cut dangerous emissions, releasing only a statement that dismissed current measures to address climate change as “insufficient”. The impasse – the latest in a string of inconclusive international conferences – came days after scientists again raised the alarm, […]

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  Yazan K. Mahadin  Jul 25,2023 Climate change, driven by human activities, poses a multifaceted threat to both the  environment and the stability of the global financial system. As greenhouse gas  emissions continue to rise, the Earth’s climate system undergoes significant  changes, leading to extreme weather events, rising sea levels and ecological  disruptions. These environmental shifts […]

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1/8/2023 Abu Dhabi National Oil Company brought forward its net zero carbon emissions target by five years to 2045 on Monday as OPEC member the United Arab Emirates prepares to host a major U.N. climate conference in December. The UAE state oil giant, which aims to expand its oil and gas output in the coming […]

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25/7/2023 The United Arab Emirates has said it is committed to delivering targets to cut the CO2 emissions causing climate change after an independent research group said the country, which will host this year’s COP28 climate summit, is far off track. In an analysis published last week, research consortium Climate Action Tracker (CAT) said the […]

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Over 1,000 Israeli participants will attend Dubai climate conference, but has little to show since last year’s event; Israel is falling short of its set goals and lacks substantial efforts to address the climate crisis Ilana Curiel Three weeks ago, the government ministries earmarked a dedicated budget of $2.4 million for Israel’s participation in the […]

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The program encourages entrepreneurism and innovation around solving four of the most significant challenges of the desert. By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN Published: JULY 22, 2023 Israel and Morocco will sign a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on sustainability projects at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai later this year, according to the Environmental Protection Ministry. The announcement of […]

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Representatives from Greece, Italy, and Turkey, as well as from the United States, come together to share their experiences and know-how in dealing with wildfires and climate change challenges. By DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE Published: JULY 28, 2023 With unprecedented wildfires raging across the Mediterranean region and North America this summer, representatives from several Mediterranean countries and from the […]

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Israel is being hammered by one heat wave after another, and now a report reveals that, should large-scale fires erupt, the country remains woefully unprepared to handle such crises Meir Turgeman On Sunday, 20-year-old Ofir Malka from the Meitar local council in southern Israel, experienced a harrowing escape from the blazing Greek island of Rhodes. […]

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18/7/2023 editors note: see below re: Iran and Morocco Medical Aid, a South African insurance comparison website, investigated the effects of environmental issues like poor water quality, pollution, sanitation and chemical exposure on the health of citizens in 103 countries around the world. The information is summarized in a report titled, “Climate Health: Where in […]

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npj Climate and Atmospheric Science volume 6, Article number: 45 (2023) Abstract As the world warms, extremely hot days are becoming more frequent and intense, reaching unprecedented temperatures associated with excess mortality. Here, we assess how anthropogenic forcings affect the likelihood of maximum daily temperatures above 50 °C at 12 selected locations around the Mediterranean and the Middle East. We adopt […]

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“Climate change is presenting Israel with numerous opportunities for enhanced regional cooperation,” the report noted. By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN Published: JULY 17, 2023  Tackling climate change through a regional and global lens could foster increased regional stability, expand Israel’s circle of peace and normalization, and provide greater prosperity, according to a report published by the Middle East Institute […]

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Israel is also fated to suffer more and more high-temperature episodes but even its targets are inadequate and the hard-right isn’t even acknowledging climate change, let alone thinking how to mitigate it David Rosenberg Jul 19, 2023 As intolerably hot as it’s felt this past week, Israel has gotten off lightly.  Temperatures here been positively […]

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A primary focus of this initiative will be water, including innovative technologies, storage, use and protection. By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN Published: JULY 19, 2023  President Isaac Herzog and Vice President Kamala Harris announced a joint climate initiative on Wednesday evening. Herzog is in Washington for meetings with President Joe Biden and other top officials.  The initiative will focus on research […]

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17/7/2023 Iraq is in the grip of a severe water shortage which has left crop growers and food producers such as Iraqi fish farmer Qasem Karam facing the loss of their livelihoods. Walking over dusty land in the sweltering midday heat in the southern province of Basra, Karam points to his dried up carp ponds, […]

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A new study showed for the first time that “underground climate change” causes the ground beneath urban areas to move, expand and contract. By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN Published: JULY 11, 2023 New York and Chicago are sinking, according to two different pieces of research. Local scientists say there is no reason to assume Tel Aviv will be different. “We […]

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ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS: Hashiloni is the leader of a team of activists trying to ensure that the wind turbines are not erected close to his home further south.  By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN Published: JULY 14, 2023  A STATION OF wind turbines in the Golan Heights. Uri Hashiloni is fighting to be heard about a loud but often ignored health […]

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20/7/2023 An operation to start removing some 1.1 million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker moored off Yemen’s coast could start by the end of the week, the United Nations said on Tuesday. U.N. officials have been warning for years that the Red Sea and Yemen’s coastline were at risk as the tanker Safer […]

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The Environment Agency –Abu Dhabi (EAD), in collaboration with key stakeholders, has set the ambitious target of collecting 20 million single-use plastic bottles a year for recycling. This will be achieved, in part, by installing 70 Reverse Vending Machines (RVMs) and 26 Smart Bins in areas with high footfall in the emirate of Abu Dhabi […]

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