By Stephen Lonergan Published On 4 May 20244 Abu Abbas knew more about the Iraqi Marshes than most, having lived there his entire life. So when the Iraqi government of former dictator Saddam Hussein drained the wetlands of southern Iraq in the early 1990s, Abu Abbas witnessed the devastation. Then a decade later, as young men […]

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 May 01,2024 The UK announces its support for the Government of Jordan’s climate ambitions through the Jahez (Ready) Project (Photo courtesy of British Embassy) AMMAN — The UK announced its support for the Government of Jordan’s climate ambitions through the Jahez (Ready) Project. This initiative, part of the Climate-Refugee Nexus Initiative, launched by King Abdullah […]

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Inside Israeli Innovation with Maayan Hoffman: Season 2, Episode 12 By JERUSALEM POST STAFF. MAY 1, 2024 This week, on Inside Israeli Innovation, host Maayan Hoffman delves into climate technology, talking with two industry leaders about whether the country’s advancements could play a pivotal role in combating global warming and saving the planet. Guy Cherni, co-founder and managing […]

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Until the 1950s, there were still an estimated 1,000 pairs of vultures in Israel. Today, there are fewer than 200 such birds.  By ANAV SILVERMAN PERETZ. MAY 4, 2024  Over 150 years ago, Henry Baker Tristram, a British clergyman, Bible scholar, explorer, and ornithologist from rural northeastern England, stood under the blue skies of the Land […]

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2/5/2024 The Environment Agency–Abu Dhabi (EAD) and the Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council (QCC) announced a landmark partnership to address the growing global challenge of microplastic pollution in the Abu Dhabi marine environment. This pioneering study, the first of its kind in the emirate, marks a crucial step in understanding and mitigating the impacts […]

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MANAL AL-BARAKATI. May 04, 2024 Short Url. https://arab.news/r7n8j RIYADH: As temperatures continue to rise worldwide, the Arab region is on the frontline of the battle against climate change. In the global race to achieve net-zero, the Middle Eastern countries face unique challenges that compound the urgency of tackling this environmental crisis to safeguard their future. The […]

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Short Url https://arab.news/v4und. May 05, 2024 RIYADH: Investors eyeing environmental opportunities in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province stand to benefit from a forum held on May 5, amidst efforts to preserve natural resources.  Organized by the Eastern Chamber under the theme “Restoration and Sustainability,” the Environmental Investment Forum 2024 aims to underscore the importance of ecological […]

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DR. MAJID RAFIZADEH. April 25, 2024 Short Url https://arab.news/ynump In the not-too-distant future, a pervasive challenge will haunt the entirety of the Middle East and North Africa region: a time when water shortages will reach critical levels. Projections indicate an alarming trajectory whereby each nation within this geographical expanse will grapple with the profound implications […]

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War has presented a myriad of complex environmental and ethical challenges, ranging from the destruction and alteration of natural habitats to the threat of wildfires and the presence of stray dogs from Gaza Ynetnews| April 25, 2024 The war in Israel’s south and north pose significant challenges to nature in Israel and those who safeguard […]

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By TOI STAFF. 25 April 2024, “The current heat is unusual by any standard,” Dr. Avner Gross of Ben Gurion University’s Department of Environmental Sciences told the Ynet news site. “It’s not that there aren’t heatwaves in April, but the intensity is unusual. It is part of a very heavy heatwave that is affecting the entire […]

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Israeli project to substitute poisons with owls to control rodents is a stunning success with regional implications, held up only by politics. Such as the Gaza warRuth Schuster. Apr 8, 2024 Apr 8, 2024What inadvertent garnish would you prefer on your food: traces of rodenticide or bird droppings?  Leaving aside the properties of raptor doo, […]

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Calling all clean energy specialists! Are you passionate about building a sustainable future powered by innovation? Then mark your calendars for the 3rd edition of Middle East Clean Energy (MECE), the premier clean and renewable energy exhibition & conference in Lebanon, happening from May 8th to 10th, 2024 at the InterContinental Phoenicia Beirut. – Why […]

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The British daily newspaper, The Guardian, published recently a report focusing on the generators’ impact on air quality, affecting the health of Beirut’s residents. “An estimated 8,000 diesel generators have been powering Lebanese cities since the nation’s economic collapse in 2019,” said the newspaper. According to the report, new research to be published by scientists […]

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Circumstantial evidence points to climate change as worsening the deadly deluge that just flooded Dubai and other parts of the Persian Gulf, but scientists didn’t discover the definitive fingerprints of greenhouse gas-triggered warming they have seen in other extreme weather events, a new report found. Between 10% and 40% more rain fell in just one […]

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Middle East and East Mediterranean heating faster than global averages, bringing more instability to weather Flooding in the Al Barsha area of Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National Robin Mills Climate change brings the perils of fire and water. The Gulf might have thought extreme heat was its biggest threat, but last week demonstrated that water, […]

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Reverse Vending Machines (RVMs) to be introduced to collect PET, glass bottles and cans  April 24, 2024. Gulf News Report Abu Dhabi: Tadweer Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with TOMRA, a leading innovator of reverse vending machines for Clean Loop Recycling, providing tech-led solutions that enable the circular economy.
 The two pioneers […]

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20 April 2024 RIYADH: Urban greening works in the Irqah neighborhood of Riyadh began on April 18, continuing a tree-planting initiative that is part of the Green Riyadh program. Irqah is the eighth residential neighborhood in the capital to become part of the urban greening initiative, following Al-Aziziyah, Al-Naseem, Al-Jazeera, Al-Uraija, Qurtuba, Al-Ghadir, and Al-Nakheel, […]

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17/4/2024 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, April 16, 2024 – The International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) 14th Assembly kicks off in Abu Dhabi, from 17-18 April 2024. The meetings, presided over by Rwanda, will gather more than 1,300 participants from 144 countries, including Ministers, industry leaders, and CEOs to chart a strategic way forward across countries, regions, […]

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DUBAI, April 17 (Reuters) – A storm hit the United Arab Emirates and Oman this week bringing record rainfall that flooded highways, inundated houses, grid-locked traffic and trapped people in their homes. At least 20 people were reported to have died in the deluge in Oman while another person was said to have died in floods in […]

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Storm dumps heaviest rain ever recorded in desert nation, flooding roads and Dubai’s international airport. Climatologist Friederike Otto, a specialist in assessing the role of climate change on extreme weather events, said it was “highly likely” that global warming had worsened the storms. Published On 17 Apr 2024 A torrential downpour has left Dubai’s highways clogged […]

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