editor’s note: The 2022–2023 Annual Report covers the period both before and after October 7. The report introduction comments, “For all of us the world that we were working toward changed onOctober 7th. The horror of the Hamas attack and the realities of war emphasize the importance of the Arava Institute as a beacon of […]

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Philippe Pernot. 21 December, 2023 In-depth: Israel’s war on Gaza has unleashed existential challenges for Jordan, with water at the heart of diplomatic tensions between both countries. Since the start of the Israeli war on Gaza – which has killed almost 20,000 Palestinians – thousands of demonstrators have marched every Friday in Amman’s downtown. ‘Israel and America are […]

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Dec 22,2023 AMMAN — The Ministry of Water and Irrigation on Thursday approved an agreement for the seventh package of the Deir Alla and Karama water networks rehabilitation project in the Jordan Valley, valued at 97.24 million euros. The project, funded through a loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and supplemented by self-financing measures, […]

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By Heba Elayyan – Dec 07,2023  The Ministry of Agriculture will adopt modern forestry management technologies, including remote sensing and artificial intelligence, in its efforts to protect the country’s green cover from illegal logging and wildfires (JT file photo) AMMAN — The Ministry of Agriculture will adopt modern forestry management technologies, including remote sensing and artificial intelligence, […]

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Moshe Gilad. Dec 24, 2023 On the way to the Dead Sea coastline are 6,000 to 8,000 sinkholes, with about 400 added each year. Israeli geologists suggest routes that would make the area accessible and safe, but it’s hard to say how many years it will take to stop the Dead Sea from sinking The […]

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SUE SURKES  22 December 2023 Initial inquiries into pea-green water indicate rainwater mixed with heaps of phosphogypsum, a radioactive byproduct of the fertilizer-producing concern, ICL Rotem full story: https://www.timesofisrael.com/toxic-liquids-flow-yet-again-from-phosphate-mining-company-in-negev/

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Grant will support key research being carried out by New York University Abu Dhabi John Burt, associate professor of biology at New York University Abu Dhabi, has studied the region’s seas for the past 15 years. Photo: Joerg Wiedenmann Dec 11, 2023. The National UAE climate researchers have secured a $1 million funding boost to […]

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The effort is part of the emirate’s initiative to plant 100 million mangroves by 2030 The National. Dec 17, 2023 Abu Dhabi Environment Agency has completed 44 per cent of its programme to plant 100 million mangrove trees by the year 2030. The goal was set to help the emirate to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. Forty-four million […]

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 12 December 2023. NADA HAMEED https://arab.news/cru8z JEDDAH: Families across Saudi Arabia are preparing for winter, which for many means outdoor picnics and gatherings. These often involve using charcoal for grilling and warmth, but this traditional practice has taken a toll on the environment. However, the Kingdom’s versatile landscape has paved the way for innovative industrial […]

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 Al-Masry Al-Youm. December 7, 2023 The Panama Canal is an important waterway linking global trade between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans – however, the canal has been suffering from a severe drought since July 30, forcing the canal administration to impose restrictions on navigation for a full year. Among these decisions is reducing the number […]

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A world that has passed the 2-degree climate threshold is more terrifying than the destruction we are now seeing in Gaza DEC 19, 2023. Dav id Lehrer It is stating the obvious to say that war is not sustainable. At the moment, the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7th, the suffering of the kidnapped […]

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By EMANUEL FABIAN  15 December 2023, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that the IDF had started pumping seawater into Hamas’s underground tunnel system, a move aimed at destroying the Palestinian terror group’s subterranean network of passages and hideaways and at driving its operatives above ground. full report: https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-trial-of-flooding-hamas-tunnels-with-seawater-proves-successful-toi-told/

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By Mays Ibrahim Mustafa – Dec 07,2023  AMMAN — The construction of the aquatic research centre to be established in Aqaba will start early next year, according to the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA).. Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh said during an interview with the UAE Al Etihad newspaper on Monday that Jordan is in the process […]

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By JT – Dec 14,202 AMMAN — The Jordan Engineers Association (JEA) on Wednesday announced a study on national alternatives available for water and energy, to be referred to stakeholders for consideration.  The study defines the concept of sovereign alternatives to water and energy projects as schemes and facilities that are established on Jordanian territory with government […]

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By JT – Dec 12,2023 AMMAN — Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Saleh Kharabsheh said on Monday that Jordan is poised to become a regional hub for exporting green hydrogen. Speaking at the 12th Arab Energy Conference themed “Energy and Arab Cooperation”, Kharabsheh said that in line with the global energy transition, Jordan has set a […]

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Mays Ibrahim Mustafa – Dec 14,2023 AMMAN — The National Water Carrier Project (Aqaba-Amman Water Desalination and Transport Project) is so far progressing adequately on schedule with no foreseen delays, according to the Ministry of Water and Irrigation.  The Water Ministry Spokesperson Omar Salameh told The Jordan Times on Thursday that received proposals for the implementation […]

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By JT – Dec 13,2023  AMMAN — Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Saleh Kharabsheh and Qatari Minister of State for Energy Affairs Saad Sherida Al Kaabi on Tuesday discussed bilateral cooperation in the energy and mineral sectors during the 12th Arab Energy Conference in Doha. Kharabsheh emphasised the Kingdom’s efforts to achieve energy security, particularly amid […]

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11 Dec 2023 The marshlands have shrunk from 20,000 square kilometres in the early 1990s to 4,000 by latest estimates. Mohammed Hamid Nour is only 23 but is already nostalgic for how Iraq’s Mesopotamian marshes once were before drought dried them up, decimating his herd of water buffaloes. Even at their centre in Chibayish, only […]

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Najib Saab. 17/12/2023 COP28. Despite the urgency of the challenges posed by climate change, the world faces other environmental problems that are no less important and cannot be ignored. The twenty-eighth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) in the UAE, coincided with the twenty-third Conference of the […]

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After months-long undercover probe, authorities announce arrest of businessperson, allegedly linked to northern crime mob, who lied about recycling that never took place 19 December 2023. By SUE SURKES full report: https://www.timesofisrael.com/head-of-large-beverage-firm-suspected-of-recycling-fraud-worth-hundreds-of-millions/

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