The effort is part of the emirate’s initiative to plant 100 million mangroves by 2030 The National. Dec 17, 2023 Abu Dhabi Environment Agency has completed 44 per cent of its programme to plant 100 million mangrove trees by the year 2030. The goal was set to help the emirate to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. Forty-four million […]

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 12 December 2023. NADA HAMEED https://arab.news/cru8z JEDDAH: Families across Saudi Arabia are preparing for winter, which for many means outdoor picnics and gatherings. These often involve using charcoal for grilling and warmth, but this traditional practice has taken a toll on the environment. However, the Kingdom’s versatile landscape has paved the way for innovative industrial […]

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 Al-Masry Al-Youm. December 7, 2023 The Panama Canal is an important waterway linking global trade between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans – however, the canal has been suffering from a severe drought since July 30, forcing the canal administration to impose restrictions on navigation for a full year. Among these decisions is reducing the number […]

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A world that has passed the 2-degree climate threshold is more terrifying than the destruction we are now seeing in Gaza DEC 19, 2023. Dav id Lehrer It is stating the obvious to say that war is not sustainable. At the moment, the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7th, the suffering of the kidnapped […]

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By EMANUEL FABIAN  15 December 2023, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that the IDF had started pumping seawater into Hamas’s underground tunnel system, a move aimed at destroying the Palestinian terror group’s subterranean network of passages and hideaways and at driving its operatives above ground. full report: https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-trial-of-flooding-hamas-tunnels-with-seawater-proves-successful-toi-told/

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By Mays Ibrahim Mustafa – Dec 07,2023  AMMAN — The construction of the aquatic research centre to be established in Aqaba will start early next year, according to the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA).. Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh said during an interview with the UAE Al Etihad newspaper on Monday that Jordan is in the process […]

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By JT – Dec 14,202 AMMAN — The Jordan Engineers Association (JEA) on Wednesday announced a study on national alternatives available for water and energy, to be referred to stakeholders for consideration.  The study defines the concept of sovereign alternatives to water and energy projects as schemes and facilities that are established on Jordanian territory with government […]

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By JT – Dec 12,2023 AMMAN — Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Saleh Kharabsheh said on Monday that Jordan is poised to become a regional hub for exporting green hydrogen. Speaking at the 12th Arab Energy Conference themed “Energy and Arab Cooperation”, Kharabsheh said that in line with the global energy transition, Jordan has set a […]

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Mays Ibrahim Mustafa – Dec 14,2023 AMMAN — The National Water Carrier Project (Aqaba-Amman Water Desalination and Transport Project) is so far progressing adequately on schedule with no foreseen delays, according to the Ministry of Water and Irrigation.  The Water Ministry Spokesperson Omar Salameh told The Jordan Times on Thursday that received proposals for the implementation […]

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By JT – Dec 13,2023  AMMAN — Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Saleh Kharabsheh and Qatari Minister of State for Energy Affairs Saad Sherida Al Kaabi on Tuesday discussed bilateral cooperation in the energy and mineral sectors during the 12th Arab Energy Conference in Doha. Kharabsheh emphasised the Kingdom’s efforts to achieve energy security, particularly amid […]

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11 Dec 2023 The marshlands have shrunk from 20,000 square kilometres in the early 1990s to 4,000 by latest estimates. Mohammed Hamid Nour is only 23 but is already nostalgic for how Iraq’s Mesopotamian marshes once were before drought dried them up, decimating his herd of water buffaloes. Even at their centre in Chibayish, only […]

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Najib Saab. 17/12/2023 COP28. Despite the urgency of the challenges posed by climate change, the world faces other environmental problems that are no less important and cannot be ignored. The twenty-eighth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) in the UAE, coincided with the twenty-third Conference of the […]

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After months-long undercover probe, authorities announce arrest of businessperson, allegedly linked to northern crime mob, who lied about recycling that never took place 19 December 2023. By SUE SURKES full report: https://www.timesofisrael.com/head-of-large-beverage-firm-suspected-of-recycling-fraud-worth-hundreds-of-millions/

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As the United Nations COP28 climate summit ended Wednesday, Sultan al-Jaber walked out with what the United Arab Emirates wanted all along — the prestige of hosting negotiations that got the world to agree to transition away from fossil fuels while still being able to pump ever-more oil. That left some wanting much more from […]

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 14 December 2023. REUTERS DUBAI: Iraq has reservations over an item in the final COP28 deal that restricts its capabilities to work “to implement its commitments to the Iraqi people and national interests,” according to a government statement on Thursday. The government praised the efforts of the Iraqi negotiators who it said were able to […]

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Naharnet Newsdesk  Majestic cedar trees towered over dozens of Lebanese Christians gathered outside a small mid-19th century chapel hidden in a mountain forest to celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration, the miracle where Jesus Christ, on a mountaintop, shined with light before his disciples. The sunset’s yellow light coming through the cedar branches bathed the […]

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Tunisian dams are filled at just 22 percent capacity and some 20 dams have already gone out of service. Published On 13 Dec 202313 Dec 2023 Tunisian villager Ounissa Mazhoud ties two empty jerry cans to a donkey and cautiously descends a stony hill towards the last local source of water. The North African country, […]

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By JT – Dec 09,2023 AMMAN — Jordan and Bahrain have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at bolstering cooperation between the two kingdoms in the field of environment protection, climate change, the green economy and the management of natural reserves. Environment Minister Muawieh Radaideh and his Bahraini counterpart Mohammed Bin Daina, who signed the memo […]

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By JT – Dec 13,2023 AMMAN — The Ministry of Water and Irrigation and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Tuesday signed an agreement worth $15 million, supported by  a $4.5 million contribution  by the Jordan Water Company (Miyahuna) to provide an additional 12 million cubic metres to the national water system.  The agreement, […]

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MPs called on global leaders to recognize the challenges in Gaza and other conflict-afflict, climate-vulnerable communities. By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN. DECEMBER 13, 2023 A group of European parliamentarians has published an open letter highlighting how the Israel-Hamas conflict compounds the environmental and humanitarian challenges in both Israel and Gaza. Several dozen parliamentarians signed the letter, which was disseminated via the Action […]

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