By Thalif Deen STOCKHOLM, Aug 30 2012 (IPS) – Inter Press Agency. Last May the European Commission reported that scores of infrastructure projects in the Gaza Strip, financed mostly by the European Union, have been damaged or destroyed, wittingly or unwittingly, by Israeli military forces in the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian Occupied Territories. Nevertheless, […]

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EU project to hold training workshop in Amman 30-08-2012 Source: EU Neighborhood info centre A training programme is being organised in Amman to help actors in the water sector across the southern Mediterranean to adapt to the negative impacts of climate change. The three-day workshop is part of the EU-funded project ‘Sustainable Water Integrated Management […]

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by Kathleen Peratis, Source: The Daily Beast Aug 21, 2012 I spent four days talking to about two-dozen settlers earlier this month, in their homes and their places of business in the West Bank, hoping to get insight into how they see their future.  Because many of us in America are quick to stigmatize them, […]

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18-07-2012 Senior Officials from the 43 country members of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) recently approved a project entitled “Overcoming governance challenges to the mobilisation of financing for the Mediterranean water sector”, aimed to identify and provide solutions to the lack of basic elements for a sound governance framework for the mobilisation of financing […]

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25 Jul 2012 by OOSKAnews Correspondent CAIRO, Egypt — On the day that Egypt President Mohammed Morsi appointed former Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hisham Kandil as the country’s new Prime Minister, OOSKAnews can report that residents of seven Egyptian governorates have taken to the streets in the past few days to protest severe […]

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19 Jul 2012 Source: AlertNet // Reuters By Ari Rabinovitch KFAR RUPPIN, Israel – The River Jordan is neither deep nor wide these days. The Biblical river, which has inspired countless spirituals and folk songs, is just a narrow stream in many parts – polluted and stagnant. But that’s about to change. Thanks to desalination […]

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June 1, 2012. Source: EU info centre The Support to Reform and Environmental Governance (StREG) programme, funded by the European Union with an €8 million grant, was launched on 31 May in Lebanon. This programme aims at improving environmental governance, and more specifically at creating an effective capacity at the Ministry of Environment in order […]

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June 01, 2012 By Ahmad Khatib AMMAN: Tens of thousands of Syrian refugees who have fled from carnage and violence at home to neighboring Jordan are draining the desert kingdom’s meager water resources, officials and experts say. It is a new challenge for Jordan, one of the world’s 10 driest countries, where desert covers 92 […]

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United Arab Emirates: Sunday, June 03 – 2012 Source: AMEinfo.com The Coca-Cola Company, the world’s largest beverage giant, launched the ‘Every Drop Matters’ programme across the UAE in cooperation with the Emirates Environmental Group (EEG) and the UNDP. The ‘Every Drop Matters’ programme helps increase understanding of water conservation issues in the UAE supported by […]

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ScienceDaily (May 25, 2012) — Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have created a human-made oasis in the desert with the successful application of a solar-powered desalination system that provides water for irrigation in arid regions. The project was made possible with support from American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (AABGU). The solar-powered […]

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04-06-2012 The European Commission has published a service procurement notice for urban environmental development planning and energy-efficiency consultancy services under a project titled “Cleaner energy-saving Mediterranean cities” with a budget of €4.6 million. The publication reference is EuropeAid/132630/C/SER/Multi. The purpose of this technical assistance project to be implemented under a service contract is to encourage and […]

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by Arwa Aburawa | January 17th, 2012. Source: Green Prophet A permaculture garden and a mud-brick house, the Dead Sea Harmony Centre in Jordan spreads the word on sustainability William Alajalian, who was born and raised in the Dead Sea area of Ghor Mazraa, may be new to environmentalism but he is more passionate and […]

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The report itself [in French pdf format], on website: http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/13/rap-info/i4070.asp French parliament report accuses Israel of water ‘apartheid’ in West Bank. Coverage in Haaretz HERE Israeli response: Government slams French water ‘apartheid’ report. Coverage in JPost HERE Palestinian Authority response: Head of Water Authority Welcomes French Report on Israel’s “Water Apartheid”. Coverage HERE FoEME response: […]

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15 January 2012 DUBAI – A long-term national initiative to build green economy in the UAE under the slogan “A green economy for sustainable development” was launched on Sunday by His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. Through this initiative, the UAE aims […]

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16 December 2011. Source: Horizon 2020 A two-day regional training course on “Ecosystem-based management in the Mediterranean”, took place in Athens on 15-16 December 2011. It was organized by the Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE) and WWF MedPO, in collaboration with UNEP/MAP, within the framework of the EU funded Horizon […]

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The program was one of seven organizations, individuals to receive award, NIS 50,000 by Erdan and Peres. By SHARON UDASIN 09/01/2012. The Heschel Center, which for years has been churning out graduates that achieve environmental excellence, took home an award of its own for its 12-year-old Environmental Fellows Program. The program was one of seven […]

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COMET-ME was established to help some of the dozens of Palestinian villages that aren’t hooked up to any electric grid. By setting up solar panels and wind turbines, the company provides power to villages that previously had none. Source: Public Radio International. Published 26 December, 2011 In remote regions of the West Bank, running water […]

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Food Security in the 21st Century: Agricultural, health, economic, judicial and political perspectives. February 29 and March 1, 2012, Tel Aviv University. Source & More info: here PARTICIPATION IN THE MEETING IS FREE OF CHARGE, BUT AS SPACE IS LIMITED, REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Guest speakers: Mr. Harris Sherman, Undersecretary of Agriculture (USA) for Natural Resources […]

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