The spring, which usually dries up once a decade during the month of July, has already dried up in early May. This forces Palestinian herding communities to buy water, leaving them susceptible to IDF blockades and increasing harassment from Jewish settlers Zafrir Rinat Jun 2, 2025 The water crisis in the Jordan Valley has worsened […]

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Short Url. https://arab.news/va6cn ’09 June 2025  JUMANA KHAMIS  DUBAI: There is more than enough food in the world to feed the entire global population, yet 733 million people still go hungry, including 38 million children under five years of age, according to the latest aid agency data. Global hunger has reached an unprecedented tipping point, […]

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By GABE LEVIN19 June 2025 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A collision between two oil tankersjust east of the world’s most critical oil choke point, the Strait of Hormuz, could bring about a potential environmental disaster, Greenpeace said on Thursday.  The two giant tankers, ADALYNN and Front Eagle, crashed Tuesday in the Gulf of Oman and caught fire before […]

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Our forests are burning, yet the government is stoking the conflagration by cutting budgets. ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH JUNE 21, 2025 Israel boasts about its forests, encouraging people to visit nature areas and using them to promote donations from abroad to the Jewish National Fund – Keren Kayemet L’Yisrael (JNF-KKL) to plant trees. But the government does not act […]

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With some activists claiming that Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman was exacting political revenge on organizations that had criticized her policies, a Knesset committee learned she did not have the authority to cut funding Zafrir Rinat. Jun 4, 2025 The Environmental Protection Ministry’s decision last week to slash all of funding to environmental organizations in […]

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ByJulia Jacobo. June 21, 2025,  The destruction of uranium enrichment sites that support Iran’s nuclear program would not likely have severe environmental consequences, several nuclear experts told ABC News. full report https://abcnews.go.com/International/targeting-irans-nuclear-facilities-impact-environment/story?id=122969287

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By Ahmed Eljechtimi. June 13, 2025 RABAT, June 13 (Reuters) – Morocco is accelerating investments in desalination plants, water transfer projects and new dams to mitigate prolonged drought and meet rising demand from agriculture and cities, water minister Nizar Baraka said. Years of drought have strained water resources, shrunk the national cattle herd and contributed to food price […]

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Drought, climate change, poison, and low river flow among the possible reasons for the mass deaths. Published On 2 Jun 20252 more photos at https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025/6/2/iraq-probes-fish-die-off-in-marshes Iraqi authorities have opened an investigation into a mass die-off of fish in the country’s central and southern marshlands, the latest in a series of such incidents in recent years. […]

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May 26, 2025 GENEVA, May 26 (Reuters) – Less than 5% of Gaza’s cropland can be cultivated due to damage and access restrictions, “exacerbating the risk of famine in the area”, according to a U.N. assessment published on Monday. “This level of destruction is not just a loss of infrastructure – it is a collapse […]

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‘The burned landscape will remain with us for a long time’: A month ago, flames scorched some of Israel’s most iconic landscapes and popular picnic spots. Some will need decades to recover – amid the challenge of global warming Moshe Gilad. May 29, 202 The air around the monastery on the Latrun hilltop near Jerusalem […]

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by Naharnet Newsdesk 20 May 2025 Inside a mountain above the Syrian capital, Hassan Bashi walked through tunnels that used to be filled with water from a spring famous for its pure waters. The spring rises inside the ruins of a Roman temple in the Barada Valley and flows toward Damascus, which it has been supplying with […]

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The Environmental Protection Ministry says the decision not to provide 11 million shekels in funding for green organizations this year is due to budgetary constraints Zafrir Rinat. May 29, 2025 The Environmental Protection Ministry has informed environmental organizations that they will not receive their usual annual funding this year – totaling 11 million shekels (approximately […]

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May 26, 2025 Israeli stakeholders of the Jordan Valley gathered in Eilat between May 7th and 9th for a Living Lab workshop as part of the PRIMA funded EcoFuture project. The inspiring and intensive two-day workshop, organized jointly by the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies and Reichman University, aimed to advance climate adaptation and regional cooperation in the Jordan Valley. […]

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EcoFuture will develop a climate change adaptation strategic plan oriented towards improving the socio-economic welfare for the people in Jordan Valley As the water-food-energy-ecosystem nexus has been adopted by the mainstream sustainability discourse within the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the initiative, in coordination with other stakeholders, creates a better understanding of the interdependence of […]

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The Inside Israeli Innovation Podcast: Season 2, Episode 52 By JERUSALEM POST STAFF MAY 28, 2025 This week’s host Abigail Rubinstein, interviews Oded Rozenberg, co-founder and CEO of Apollo Power, in The Jerusalem Post Studio to discuss Apollo’s novel, innovative, lightweight, and flexible solar panels. Rosenberg describes how the new lightweight design could allow someone to […]

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27/5/2025 The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will launch a $40 million project to support Iraq in addressing climate change, FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu announced during a visit to Baghdad. The project, jointly funded by FAO, the Iraqi government, and other international partners, is designed to enhance Iraq’s ability to mitigate and adapt […]

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20/5/2025 The Republic of Iraq has formally announced its intention to develop a substantial portfolio of projects to enhance its climate adaptation and mitigation strategies. This commitment, articulated in Iraq’s Green Climate Fund (GCF) Country Programme, will guide the development of projects within key sectors aligned with national priorities in one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable […]

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Short Url. https://arab.news/ne8wp SPA. May 15, 2025 Madinah’s distinctive architectural style and human-centered urban initiatives have enhanced the holy city’s visual identity and improved pedestrian access to the Prophet’s Mosque.  These initiatives include expanding green spaces, paving roads, operating public transportation, and licensing electric vehicle and bicycle services to help reduce carbon emissions.  They also […]

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