1/8/2023 Abu Dhabi National Oil Company brought forward its net zero carbon emissions target by five years to 2045 on Monday as OPEC member the United Arab Emirates prepares to host a major U.N. climate conference in December. The UAE state oil giant, which aims to expand its oil and gas output in the coming […]

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25/7/2023 The United Arab Emirates has said it is committed to delivering targets to cut the CO2 emissions causing climate change after an independent research group said the country, which will host this year’s COP28 climate summit, is far off track. In an analysis published last week, research consortium Climate Action Tracker (CAT) said the […]

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Over 1,000 Israeli participants will attend Dubai climate conference, but has little to show since last year’s event; Israel is falling short of its set goals and lacks substantial efforts to address the climate crisis Ilana Curiel Three weeks ago, the government ministries earmarked a dedicated budget of $2.4 million for Israel’s participation in the […]

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The program encourages entrepreneurism and innovation around solving four of the most significant challenges of the desert. By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN Published: JULY 22, 2023 Israel and Morocco will sign a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on sustainability projects at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai later this year, according to the Environmental Protection Ministry. The announcement of […]

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Representatives from Greece, Italy, and Turkey, as well as from the United States, come together to share their experiences and know-how in dealing with wildfires and climate change challenges. By DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE Published: JULY 28, 2023 With unprecedented wildfires raging across the Mediterranean region and North America this summer, representatives from several Mediterranean countries and from the […]

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Israel is being hammered by one heat wave after another, and now a report reveals that, should large-scale fires erupt, the country remains woefully unprepared to handle such crises Meir Turgeman On Sunday, 20-year-old Ofir Malka from the Meitar local council in southern Israel, experienced a harrowing escape from the blazing Greek island of Rhodes. […]

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18/7/2023 editors note: see below re: Iran and Morocco Medical Aid, a South African insurance comparison website, investigated the effects of environmental issues like poor water quality, pollution, sanitation and chemical exposure on the health of citizens in 103 countries around the world. The information is summarized in a report titled, “Climate Health: Where in […]

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npj Climate and Atmospheric Science volume 6, Article number: 45 (2023) Abstract As the world warms, extremely hot days are becoming more frequent and intense, reaching unprecedented temperatures associated with excess mortality. Here, we assess how anthropogenic forcings affect the likelihood of maximum daily temperatures above 50 °C at 12 selected locations around the Mediterranean and the Middle East. We adopt […]

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“Climate change is presenting Israel with numerous opportunities for enhanced regional cooperation,” the report noted. By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN Published: JULY 17, 2023  Tackling climate change through a regional and global lens could foster increased regional stability, expand Israel’s circle of peace and normalization, and provide greater prosperity, according to a report published by the Middle East Institute […]

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Israel is also fated to suffer more and more high-temperature episodes but even its targets are inadequate and the hard-right isn’t even acknowledging climate change, let alone thinking how to mitigate it David Rosenberg Jul 19, 2023 As intolerably hot as it’s felt this past week, Israel has gotten off lightly.  Temperatures here been positively […]

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A primary focus of this initiative will be water, including innovative technologies, storage, use and protection. By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN Published: JULY 19, 2023  President Isaac Herzog and Vice President Kamala Harris announced a joint climate initiative on Wednesday evening. Herzog is in Washington for meetings with President Joe Biden and other top officials.  The initiative will focus on research […]

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17/7/2023 Iraq is in the grip of a severe water shortage which has left crop growers and food producers such as Iraqi fish farmer Qasem Karam facing the loss of their livelihoods. Walking over dusty land in the sweltering midday heat in the southern province of Basra, Karam points to his dried up carp ponds, […]

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A new study showed for the first time that “underground climate change” causes the ground beneath urban areas to move, expand and contract. By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN Published: JULY 11, 2023 New York and Chicago are sinking, according to two different pieces of research. Local scientists say there is no reason to assume Tel Aviv will be different. “We […]

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ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS: Hashiloni is the leader of a team of activists trying to ensure that the wind turbines are not erected close to his home further south.  By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN Published: JULY 14, 2023  A STATION OF wind turbines in the Golan Heights. Uri Hashiloni is fighting to be heard about a loud but often ignored health […]

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20/7/2023 An operation to start removing some 1.1 million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker moored off Yemen’s coast could start by the end of the week, the United Nations said on Tuesday. U.N. officials have been warning for years that the Red Sea and Yemen’s coastline were at risk as the tanker Safer […]

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The Environment Agency –Abu Dhabi (EAD), in collaboration with key stakeholders, has set the ambitious target of collecting 20 million single-use plastic bottles a year for recycling. This will be achieved, in part, by installing 70 Reverse Vending Machines (RVMs) and 26 Smart Bins in areas with high footfall in the emirate of Abu Dhabi […]

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14/7/2023 Countries at this year’s U.N. climate summit must face up to how far behind they are lagging on climate change targets and agree a plan to get on track, the United Arab Emirates’ incoming president of the event said on Thursday. In a speech laying out the country’s plan for the COP28 summit, to […]

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11/7/2023 Agnes Pannier-Runacher left the world’s biggest oil exporter early Sunday morning after meeting with her Saudi counterpart and French and Saudi business people. Emissions reduction targets can be more credible “when we give ourselves objectives in a short period — 2030-2035 — and therefore do not postpone the subject to 2050,” Pannier-Runacher said in […]

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A total of nine companies, five of which were new to the Israeli market, placed bids on Israeli offshore hydrocarbon exploration. By REUTERS Published: JULY 16, 2023 Four groups of companies have made bids in Israel’s latest tender for offshore hydrocarbon exploration, the Energy Ministry said on Sunday. The ministry said the groups include a total of nine companies, five […]

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A multibillion-dollar agreement signed with France’s TotalEnergies could help resolve Iraq’s longstanding electricity crisis, attract international investors and reduce its reliance on gas imports from neighboring Iran, a point of tension with Washington. The $27 billion agreement signed in Baghdad on Monday after years of negotiation marks the largest foreign investment in Iraq’s history. It […]

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