In addition to the dead, wounded and maimed, the casualties include Partners and environmental programs in Gaza between Palestinians and Israelis – yes, there have been and were until last week such programs and people. Some are dead, the rest in grief, shock and danger. See David Lehrer’s column in “The Times of Israel”: https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-we-have-lost/ […]

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By Peter Schwartzstein on October 13, 2023 his article originally appeared on  New Security Beat. I flew into Tel Aviv last Friday afternoon, primed for a week of meetings with Israeli and Palestinian environmentalists and officials. By sounding out these men and women in Jerusalem, the West Bank, and other parts of the region, I hoped to expand on […]

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The US state canceled the lease for one of Saudi dairy giant Almarai’s subsidiaries, saying it has been improperly pumping groundwater out of the desert.  Adam Lucente October 7, 2023 The US state of Arizona terminated land leases with a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia‘s dairy giant Almarai this week, constituting the latest chapter in a battle […]

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Najib Saab 1/10/2023 Arab Eco-Futures was the topic of my speech at the opening of Climate Future Week, organized by Museum of the Future in Dubai, in association with Fiker Institute. Main theme of my talk was that the future of environment is determined by sound management of natural resources. This requires not only technology, […]

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10/10/2023 The Middle East and North Africa Climate Week (MENACW) opened on Sunday morning, bringing together policymakers, scientists, and other experts from the region and beyond to consider ways to urgently address climate change ahead of the the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP […]

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9/10/2023 Saudi Arabia is hosting Middle East and North Africa Climate Week (October 8-12), a conference that brings together experts and policymakers from the climate field and provides the Kingdom an opportunity to highlight its energy transition efforts. Widely touted as one of the most significant events taking place ahead of the UN Climate Change […]

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9/10/2023 The United Arab Emirates has launched its first wind project of commercial size, making use of technology to exploit low wind speeds, as it pushes to boost renewables before hosting the COP 28 climate summit next month. The 103.5-megawatt project run by renewable energy firm Masdar is set to power more than 23,000 homes […]

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10/10/2023 Saudi Arabia will inaugurate today the platform of connecting the Gulf Electricity Market Project with Iraq, at the headquarters of the Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) in Al Dammam. The new platform opens up opportunities for the Gulf market to trade and exchange electricity between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and Iraq, […]

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10/10/2023 Saudi Arabia will launch a greenhouse gas credits scheme early next year that will allow companies to offset their emissions by buying credits from projects that voluntarily cut or remove greenhouse gas emissions, the scheme’s website said on Monday. The kingdom’s Greenhouse Gas Crediting and Offsetting Mechanism (GCOM), launched at the United Nations’ MENA […]

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Francisco Serrano. Oct. 6, 2023 full story: https://www.al-monitor.com/pro/memos/how-solar-power-has-become-lifeline-lebanon intro: In Lebanon’s major cities and rural residencies, rooftop solar panels have been multiplying as businesses and households invest to secure their electricity supply. By mid-2023, Lebanon’s installed solar capacity surpassed 1,000MW compared to 90MW  installed over 2010-2020. Years of mismanagement and a deep economic crisis have bankrupted the state, leading to the collapse […]

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A Gaza wastewater purification plant has collapsed, sending harmful pollution into the Mediterranean Sea; Israel’s Zikim beach has been closed for the past two weeks Matan Tzuri|09.27.23 |  The Health Ministry is concerned about the danger found in the Mediterranean Sea water that Israel pumps, and it is highly doubtful that the problem can be […]

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Morielle Lotan. Sep 27, 2023 It appears that Israel’s new climate law was crafted with the precision of a ChatGPT prompt rather than the seriousness that our planet’s future demands. If the prompt had been, “Write me a climate law that will garner headlines and not make us look like total fools at the climate […]

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The Emirati president-designate of the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate talks called on oil and gas companies on Monday to be “central to the solution” to fighting climate change, even as the industry boosts its production to enjoy rising global energy prices. The call by Sultan al-Jaber highlights the gap between climate activists suspicious of […]

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The State of Israel is part of a global ecocide trend of doubling down on fossil fuels at a time when there needs to be instead a speedy move away from oil and gas to renewables. By YOSEF ISRAEL ABRAMOWITZSEPTEMBER 24, 2023  In the scorching summer of 2022, over 60,000 people died of the heat in […]

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By Rayya Al Muheisen – Sep 14,2023 AMMAN — Jordan is making remarkable strides in the world of renewable energy, securing the top spot in the percentage of renewable energy capacity, excluding hydroelectric power, according to Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Saleh Al Kharabsheh. Kharabsheh announced on Tuesday that Jordan has the highest percentage of renewable […]

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Sep 14,2023 AMMAN — Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Local Administration Tawfiq Kreishan on Wednesday attended the opening of a solar panel farm to generate clean electricity for the New Azraq Municipality.  The farm — funded by the Municipal Services and Social Adaptation Project is managed by the Ministry of Local Administration and a […]

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By Mays Ibrahim Mustafa – Sep 23,2023  AMMAN — A study conducted by the Jordan Health Aid Society – international (JHASi) revealed a “good” level of knowledge about climate change in Jordan.  The study, titled “Jordanians’ Climate Change Knowledge Assessment”, features the findings of a survey sample targeting 396 persons from all age groups in Jordan.  It […]

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By Rayya Al Muheisen – Sep 18,2023 AMMAN — As over 70 per cent of Jordanian households will be affected by the newly endorsed water and sanitation tariff, economists urge the government to address water loss challenge rather than increasing water and sanitation tariffs.  The Cabinet endorsed the plan to restructure the water and sanitation tariffs for […]

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Global warming and extreme weather could spell the end of cultivating citrus trees and the entire industry here, Israeli experts say Reut Alon/ZAVIT Science and Environment News|09.28.23 The rising global temperatures are currently endangering the etrog’s (citron) growing environment, and as long as temperatures in Israel continue to rise, the possibility of growing them in […]

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Environmental Protection Ministry says no reports were received about pollution in the area, and experts believe since these are non-commercial fish, were likely discarded by fishermen Noa Fisher, Assaf Kamar|09.26.23  Thousands of dead fish have been spotted on one of the beaches in Hadera in recent days. A dead sea- turtle was also found in the […]

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