It’s a feeble drip, drip, drip from the taps every night in Tunisia for six months. Spigots are cut off for seven hours from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. in a state-ordered water rationing in most regions across the country, including Tunis, the capital city. Tunisians are on the front lines of a battle against […]

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The agreement was signed by Azerbaijan’s Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Mukhtar Babayev and Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, who was in the country on a diplomatic visit. By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN Published: APRIL 19, 2023 Israel and Azerbaijan signed a cooperation agreement on environmental protection, Israel’s Foreign Ministry confirmed. The agreement was signed by […]

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21/4/2023 The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MCCE) has launched an integrated programme to monitor plastic waste in the marine and coastal environment of the country, in line with its efforts to preserve marine resources, seawater quality, and beach cleanliness within the general framework of Year of Sustainability. The official news agency WAM reported […]

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19/4/2023 The UAE’s ‘Year of Sustainability’ initiative for 2023 has released a ‘Sustainability Guide’ that will encourage residents to adopt more sustainable habits in their lives by offering practical advice and expert insights to inspire collective action. The 17-pager is available on the UAE Year of Sustainability’s website. The guide includes input from a selection […]

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A first-of-its-kind study by an Israeli university seeks to uncover the information contained in ancient fruit trees Gid’on Lev Apr 24, 2023 An ancient olive tree nicknamed “the tribal elder” grows in Wadi Zeitan, located in the northwestern Negev desert. For hundreds of years, this tree has kept numerous secrets, but they have now been […]

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The big question for people in the travel industry today is how to reconcile the contradiction: How to maximize the advantages of travel, primarily for employment and the economy, without paying the environmental price Moshe Gilad Apr 23, 2023 An Israeli wanting to feast their eyes upon a sequoia – the world’s largest tree – […]

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Nine governments and 15 ministers have come and gone during the career of Galit Cohen in the Environmental Protection Ministry, but she has never left – but she has never been so worried about future before Lee Yaron Apr 12, 2023 Three months after announcing her retirement from the job of director general of the […]

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The OECD highlighted how the discovery of offshore gas fields led Israel to transition out of coal and toward natural gas for electricity generation and improved the country’s energy security.  By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN Published: APRIL 4, 2023 Environment and Climate in the Middle East editor’s note: read beyond the headline Israeli greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions […]

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Najib Saab 2/4/2023 An environment minister once told me: “We are the Ministry of Environment, so we don’t deal in politics.” I immediately realized that his ministry would not succeed in making any serious progress, because the ministry is indeed a political entity, whose mission is to set legislation and laws that protect the environment, […]

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Under high-emissions scenarios, approximately 123 people per 100,000 in MENA are predicted to die annually from heat-related causes – nearly 60 times greater than current figures. By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH Published: APRIL 4, 2023 Iran is expected to have the highest annual death rate from the heat in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) by […]

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11/4/2023 The Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi (EAD) has introduced the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) planning programme in line with UAE’s Year of Sustainability. The SEA programme will aid in evaluating environmental impacts and guiding the investigation of alternatives and potential mitigation and monitoring efforts associated with strategic projects, plans, and development programmes. The programme will promote […]

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Magen is one of several sites in Israel where groundwater has been contaminated by the activities of government-owned companies Zafrir Rinat Apr 18, 2023 Over 20 years ago, one of the worst cases of groundwater contamination was recorded at the site of a former Israel Military Industries factory straddling Tel Aviv and Givatayim. The state […]

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Tempo is partially owned by Heineken International and is known for producing popular brand drinks such as Heineken, Pepsi and Nestle. By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN Published: APRIL 9, 2023 The Ministry of Environmental Protection has committed NIS 2.2 million to construct and install Brenmiller’s carbon-free bGen thermal energy storage facility at the Tempo beverage headquarters in […]

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The prize money will be allocated towards Venatata’s 100 Gardens Project, which aims to establish 100 therapeutic gardens across Israel. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF Published: APRIL 4, 2023 Israel’s official importer of Toyota, Union Motors, has awarded the nonprofit Venatata the NIS 1 million prize for winning its Israel Earth Prize competition. Venatata secured the […]

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10/4/2023 The United Nations declared that the mission to rescue the FSO Safer has begun in order to prevent an oil spill disaster off the coast of Yemen, noting that a big tanker dedicated to cleaning oil has sailed from China on its route to Yemen. The “Nautica” set sail on Wednesday after receiving standard […]

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6/4/2023 Growing numbers of loggerhead sea turtles are nesting and laying eggs on western Mediterranean beaches in what some scientists suggest could be a case of climate change causing habitat expansion of a threatened species. Along with the warming sea water, another factor probably benefiting the world’s largest hard-shelled turtle, which is considered a vulnerable […]

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Najib Saab 26/3/2023 The report issued a few days ago by the international scientific body advising the United Nations on climate change brought nothing new, except for confirming what has been known for years: that the climate is changing faster than expected, and the impact will be multiplied should there be no prompt practical plan. […]

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March 30, 2023 Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad said on Wednesday 29/3/2023 that the international climate summit, COP27, which was held in Sharm el Sheikh last year, had raised question marks about the file of waste and its direct relation with climate change. A global waste initiative, aka “50 by 2050”, was launched to ensure that […]

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March 27 Minister of Environment Yassmin Fouad said there are plans for the waste management in all governorates similar to the waste management system project implemented in Suez governorate. The minister’s remarks were made during her meeting with Suez Governor Abdel Meguid Saqr to discuss the latest developments pertaining to the safe waste depot which […]

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31/3/2023 The Zayed Sustainability Prize has launched a special category called ‘Climate Action.’ This new category is aimed at recognising and promoting innovative solutions that address climate change and protect the planet’s natural resources. The launch of the Climate Action category coincides with the UAE’s Year of Sustainability, a national initiative that aims to accelerate […]

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