by Naharnet Newsdesk 05 September 2025 The worst drought in decades is gripping much of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, drying out rivers and lakes, shriveling crops and leading to dayslong tap water cutoffs in major cities. The situation is particularly dire in Syria, where experts say rainfall has been declining for decades and where the […]

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By JT September 11, 2025 AMMAN — Jordan on Thursday received a formal invitation from Saudi Arabia to join the newly launched international water organisation, whose founding charter was recently signed in Riyadh. The initiative seeks to establish a unified international platform to address pressing water challenges, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra. Minister […]

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After an inter-ministerial committee found that Israel’s gas will last only another 20 years, it will be forced to deal with the issue of the day after. Promoting alternative energy source is necessary, but cannot be the basis for a working program Idan Binyamin. September 08, 2025 On the weekend, Energy and Infrastructure Minister Eli […]

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Environment Ministry’s annual pollution index shows that share of fossil fuels in electricity generation highest among OECD countries in 2023. Pollution cost state NIS 37 billion By SUE SURKES  28 August 2025, full report. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-greenhouse-gas-emissions-have-barely-shifted-since-2015-report/

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from five years ago, but interesting – ed. Solar Energy and Sustainable Development, VOLUME (7) -N o (2). Dec. 2018 Yasser Fathi Nassar, Samer Yassin Alsadi Abstract: In this study, wind speed and direction data provided by Meteoblue AG-Switzerland as hourly time-series for 16 years from 2000 to 2015 for selected three cities in Gaza […]

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ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD. AUGUST 23, 2025 Divers in the Mediterranean Sea reported finding that invasive species, including the venomous Lionfish, are increasing their population counts as the waters’ average temperature continues to rise. The growing population of invasive species was also met with the declining presence of native species, divers told the nature website Earth after exploring the […]

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7 Sep 2025 Farmers and experts warn Iraq’s historic rivers are vanishing, threatening survival, identity and stability. Iraq, once known as Mesopotamia, the “Land of the Two Rivers”, is facing its worst water crisis in living memory. The Tigris and Euphrates — lifelines of agriculture and civilisation for millennia — are running dry. Climate change, […]

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Short Url. https://arab.news/gtd5a September 11, 2025 AFP BAGHDAD: Iraq’s Euphrates River is running at historically low levels as the drought-stricken country faces its worst water scarcity in living memory. Its 46 million people face rising temperatures, chronic water shortages, and year-on-year droughts, in a country intensely impacted by climate change. The impact has been felt most […]

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172 million plastic bags kept out of the environment in a year Abdulla Rasheed, Editor – Abu Dhabi September 15, 2025 Abu Dhabi: The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) has announced a major milestone, recording a 95% reduction in plastic bag consumption since the launch of its single-use plastic bag policy. The achievement reflects strong […]

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Amount of red meat eaten around world must drop by 70% by 2050 to combat climate change, researchers say Daniel Bardsley. August 27, 2025 Red meat production must be reduced at a much higher rate than previously estimated to help tackle global food security issues, scientists in the Gulf have foundΩ Researchers in Saudi Arabia have called for […]

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Najib Saab 25/8/2025 he embezzlement of hundreds of millions of European agricultural funds in Greece is not an isolated incident, but rather a manifestation of a trend not limited to the EU or Greece in particular. It involved 400 million Euros in subsidies to support sustainable agriculture and land management, allegedly plundered by politicians and […]

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Iran’s water and environmental crisis is too severe to be easily solved, even if the regime had the will or the way David Rosenberg. Aug 21, 2025 What could bring down the regime in Iran? Years of sanctions have failed to do the trick. Nor has the economy being in free-fall seemed to have done […]

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Aymen Al-Ameri wants his photography exhibition in Paris to reveal how upstream projects are threatening biodiversity, livelihoods and culture in beautiful wetlands Razmig Bedirian. August 17, 2025 ne of Iraq’s most beautiful natural wonders and a cradle of surviving Sumerian traditions, the southern marshes now evoke more grief than awe.  Aymen Al-Ameri reflects upon their deterioration in An Imaginary Museum on […]

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Eco Wave Power believes it can make a splash and prove converting the ocean’s waves into electricity isn’t the impossible task some think it is; pilot project also underway in Jaffa By ROMAIN FONSEGRIVES. August 31 2025 full report: https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-wave-israeli-startup-turns-sea-power-into-energy-at-los-angeles-port-and-beyond/

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Researchers report one in eight seabirds found dead had ingested pollutants Daniel Bardsley. July 30, 2025 The amount of discarded plastic found in dead seabirds in the UAE has been described as “very alarming” by a senior Greenpeace campaigner. Farah Al Hattab, lead plastics campaigner at Greenpeace Mena, said harm to creatures such as seabirds indicated “a […]

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Readers may want to read the following four stories together. Each one is about trees.

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Searching for the suspect, the army put a curfew on the West Bank village of al-Mughayyir, where residents say soldiers destroyed property in their homes, threw stones at cars and confiscated cars. ‘If they commit a terror attack, they will pay a heavy price,’ the IDF Central Command chief say Hagar Shezaf. Aug 22, 2025 […]

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KKL-JNF: The plan would require extensive tree removal, disrupting the ecological continuity in one of Israel’s most popular nature areas, and reduce areas of the forest available for the public. ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFAUGUST 29, 2025 12:07Updated: AUGUST 30, 2025 20:28 The planned expansion of Route 443 could cause severe damage to the Ben-Shemen Forest, the Keren Kayemeth […]

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The fire also reportedly damaged the power line entering Jerusalem, with malfunctions at several traffic lights in the capital. ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF AUGUST 24, 2025 A forest fire broke out Sunday afternoon in the Arazim Valley near Jerusalem and near Mevaseret Zion. Israel Fire and Rescue Authority firefighters were dispatched to the scene near Highway 1, […]

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To help the farmers, My Tree intensified its adoption program. For $275 a year, people can adopt a tree, a grapevine, or a whisky cask, and benefit from gifts of olive oil, wine, or whisky. ByGREER FAY CASHMAN. AUGUST 30, 2025 22:10 I think that I shall never seeA poem lovely as a treeA tree […]

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