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Vast Desert Sun Farm to Help Light up Morocco – Naharnet

On the edge of the Sahara desert, engineers make final checks to a sea of metal mirrors turned towards the sun, preparing for the launch of Morocco’s first solar power plant. The ambitious project is part of the North African country’s goal of boosting its clean energy output with what it says will eventually be […]

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A Moroccan village’s long fight for water rights – Al Jazeera

For four years, residents of Imider have held a sit-in against a mine they say is ruining their livelihoods. Nadir Bouhmouch, Kristian Davis Bailey | 13 Dec 2015 Imider, Morocco – For the past four years, residents of this remote Moroccan village in the Sahara Desert have been holding what is believed to be the […]

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Strong climate deal good for Arab countries – Environment and Development

Mohamed El-Ashry and Najib Saab 04/12/2015 Climate change, once considered an issue for the future, has now moved firmly into the present. Few days before a new climate change deal is due to be agreed in Paris, the question is no longer whether there will be an agreement but what shape and how strong it […]

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Climate cooperation – Jerusalem Post

Climate cooperation By JPOST EDITORIAL 11/30/2015 Israel and its neighbors are facing formidable challenges presented by climate change. And the solutions can be found only through cooperation and the sharing of resources. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spent Monday in Paris with some 140 world leaders at a conference on climate change. Attendance was particularly high, […]

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Israeli expert: Mideast must cooperate or ‘go to war over water’ – Jerusalem Post

By SHARON UDASIN 12/03/2015 Natural resource loss could spur violence, disease spread in the region, says INSS senior research fellow Dr. Oded Eran. In a region that has grown increasingly vulnerable to the effects of both climate change and cross-border resource depletion, it has become all the more critical that neighbors develop interdependent solutions for […]

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The French climate-terror connection – Jordan Times

Yuriko Koike Dec 02,2015 Since the November 13 terrorist bloodletting in Paris, the City of Light has been practically under martial law. In this subdued and challenging context, world leaders are now convening in the city at the United Nations Climate Change Conference to hammer out a new global agreement to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. Could […]

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Climate change cannot be addressed in isolation — King – Jordan Times

AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday said the war of “our generation” against terrorism and to defend the values of tolerance, peace and freedom is “also our fight within Islam”, according to a Royal Court statement. In remarks at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, hosted in Paris, the King said: “It […]

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Netanyahu, Gabbay lead 70-strong Israeli delegation to Paris – Jerusalem Post

By SHARON UDASIN 12/01/2015 Participant nations are aiming to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement to ensure that global warming does not surpass 2°C. Some 70 Israeli officials and environmentalists arrived in Paris on Monday for the 12-day annual United Nations Conference on Climate Change. Led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Environmental Protection […]

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‘Using natural gas to generate power saves Jordan JD1m per day’ – Jordan Times

By Khetam Malkawi – Dec 01,2015 AQABA — Electricity generation using natural gas rather than crude oil saves Jordan JD1 million per day at the current oil price of $41.60 per barrel, according to Ghassan Ghanem, CEO of the Aqaba Development Corporation. In a recent meeting with journalists, Ghanem underscored the importance of the liquefied […]

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Increased domestic gas use could cut pollution 99%, says environment minister – Jerusalem Post

By SHARON UDASIN 12/02/2015 “Air pollution is not a matter of convenience and quality of life, but of health and life.” While increasing gas use in the country’s factories and vehicles would lead to dramatic improvements in air quality, the “prohibitive price” of the resource will make such a transition difficult, Environmental Protection Minister Avi […]

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Climate Change Will Only Come From the People – Haaretz

World leaders will produce lots of hot air at the COP21 summit in Paris, but nothing will change unless we all recognize the severity of the problem facing our planet. David Miron-Wapner Nov 30, 2015 Europe is facing influx of hundreds of millions of refugees, Israeli professor warns Israel gears up to forge renewable energy […]

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Most Israelis not engaged in environmental activities, survey finds – Jerusalem Post

By SHARON UDASIN 12/05/2015 With the vast majority of people not taking part in such activities, only 13% said they were engaged in environmental-social efforts, while 1% said they were uncertain. About 86 percent of Israelis have not taken part in environmental campaigns in the past three years, a new survey by the Society for […]

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Israel to open office for renewable energy in Abu Dhabi – Al Jazeera / Al Arabiya / YNET

Israel to open office for renewable energy in Abu Dhabi – Al Jazeera UAE says opening “does not represent any change in position” between the nations which do not have diplomatic relations. Ali Younes | 27 Nov 2015 Israel is to open its first ever official and visible presence in Abu Dhabi, the capital of […]

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conference: Climate Change and the Geopolitics of Water and Energy Challenges and Opportunities in the Levant – Ecopeace

Climate Change and the Geopolitics of Water and Energy Challenges and Opportunities in the Levant EcoPeace Middle East, the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), cordially invite you to a conference on “Climate Change and the Geopolitics of Water and Energy Challenges and Opportunities in the Levant.” The conference will […]

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Teaching peace during times of war – YNET

Op-ed: Peace will ultimately be made by courageous visionary leaders, but until that happens, the role of peace-building NGOs is to restore trust between Israelis and Palestinians and build mutually beneficial and interdependent relationships. David Lehrer 11.27.15 On the evening of the second day of Operation Cast Lead in 2008, 40 students of the Arava […]

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Environmentalist group to UN: Israel’s greenhouse gas targets ‘bear no practical significance’ – Jerusalem Post

By SHARON UDASIN 11/29/2015 Adam Teva V’Din executive director Amit Bracha writes to French Foreign Affairs and International Development Minister Laurent Fabius. In a strongly worded letter to the head of the upcoming United Nations climate convention, Adam Teva V’Din (Israel Union for Environmental Defense) on Sunday slammed Israel’s greenhouse gas reduction plans as little […]

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Jordan to conduct rainmaking experiment in 2016’ – Jordan Times

By Mohammad Ghazal – Nov 29,2015 AMMAN — Jordan is scheduled to conduct an experiment in cooperation with Thai experts to make artificial rain in the vicinity of King Talal Dam in early 2016 as part of efforts to increase precipitation in the Kingdom, according to Mohammad Samawi, director general of the Jordan Meteorological Department […]

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Egypt inaugurates 270 mn-euro wind turbine plant – Egypt Independent

Egypt’s Electricity and Renewable Energy Minister Mohamed Shaker opened an EU-funded wind turbine station for electricity production at a total cost of 270 million euros on Sunday. A statement by the ministry said the plant, implemented over 30 months at Zeit Bay in the Red Sea, is the biggest in the Middle East region, adding […]

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Ministry seeks more public interaction through hotline to report illegal logging – Jordan Times

By Muath Freij – Nov 28,2015 New amendments to the Agriculture Law seek to curb the trend of illegal logging and violations in forests (Petra photo) AMMAN — A 24/7 hotline newly established by the Ministry of Agriculture has started receiving phone calls from individuals providing information on forest violations, a ministry official said on […]

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Restoring Carmel forest by thinning out trees, not planting them – YNET

Five years after massive fire left many dunams of woodland scorched, efforts are ongoing to restore the forest, and consideration is also given to preventing a similar disaster by lowering the density of trees. Ahiya Raved 11.29.15 Some five years after the massive fire that claimed the lives of 44 people and left many dunams […]

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