Feb 28,2023 AMMAN — The industrial sector is a key pillar for Jordan’s economic growth, directly contributing some 25 per cent to the Kingdom’s GDP and indirectly contributing approximately 40 per cent, according to Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Salah Kharabsheh.. Kharabsheh noted the sector’s importance during a ceremony to launch the Energy Efficiency for […]

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Mar 06,2023 Participants pose for a photo during the launch of the third phase of Build_ME project in Amman on Monday (Photo courtesy of RSS) AMMAN — The Royal Scientific Society’s (RSS) National Energy Research Centre in partnership with Guidehouse launched the third phase of Build_ME project: Accelerating 0-emission building sector ambitions in the MENA […]

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French oil giant TotalEnergies will begin drilling for potential gas reserves in Lebanon’s offshore Block 9 in late September, a company official said. “The results of the drilling operations will be announced at the end of this year,” said Romain de la Martinière, the General Manager of Exploration and Production at TotalEnergies, following a meeting […]

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Israel’s carbon emissions have fallen since 2015, but changes are not being made fast enough. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF MARCH 1, 2023 Despite efforts to move towards more eco-friendly energy sources, Israel’s economy remains reliant on fossil fuels, Israel’s Environment Protection Ministry said in a report submitted to the United Nations on Tuesd “Despite encouraging […]

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A survey of Israeli coasts seeks to restore collapsed caves along shores in Israel in order to provide rare species with a safe place to live and thrive in the region Noa Fisher|03.05.23 An Israeli environmentalist group published last week a survey of the country’s coasts it examined that could serve as potential habitats for […]

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Mar 02,2023 Simon Zadek GENEVA — In January, it was revealed that as much as 90 per cent of the carbon credits approved by one of the world’s largest certifiers may be phantom, thus not representing actual reductions of carbon in the atmosphere. While the scandal may have shocked some, it should be no surprise. […]

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by Mazin B. Qumsiyeh and Banan Al-Sheikh Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability, Bethlehem University, Bethlehem 92248, Palestine Diversity2023, 15(2), 142; https://doi.org/10.3390/d15020142 (This article belongs to the Special Issue Ecology, Conservation and Restoration of Plant Species) Abstract The Palestinian environment suffered from abuse and neglect for decades. As a nascent state, Palestine aspired to protect […]

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by Gianluigi Cardone 1, Michele Digiaro 1, Khaled Djelouah 1, Michel Frem 1,2,3,*, Cosimo Rota 1, Alessia Lenders 4 and Vincenzo Fucilli 3 1 Mediterranean Agronomic Institute, CIHEAM BARI, Via Ceglie 9, Valenzano, 70010 Bari, Italy 2 Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute, El Roumieh Zone, Qleiat, Keserwan, Lebanon 3 Department of Agro-Environmental and Territorial Sciences, University […]

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February 23, 2023 The International Conference on Climate Change and Human Rights called on states and stakeholders to work together to ensure that human rights law, principles and standards are the cornerstone of government efforts related to climate change mitigation and adaptation to limit losses and damages.The conference’s general recommendations called for the incorporation of […]

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28/2/2023 Renowned Climate Change Advisor at GHD Group Abu Dhabi Muwaffaq Al Khedery delivered an inspiring lecture to students at American University of Sharjah (AUS) about carbon emissions modeling and shared insights into the challenges and opportunities in transitioning to a low-carbon economy. The lecture, entitled “National Carbon Emissions Modeling–How National Commitments are Developed,” is […]

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2/3/2023 The Arab League and the United Nations (UN) have agreed to develop programmes of joint activities between the two sides in the field of combating climate change, which will be implemented in the Arab region in the coming period. This came in a statement issued on Tuesday by the General Secretariat of the Arab […]

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several articles here; the most interesting is the third one. scroll down…… UAE’s COP28 president-designate says world needs climate ‘course correction’ – Environment and Development 15/2/2023 The United Arab Emirates climate envoy and designated president of the COP28 climate summit said on Tuesday the world needed a “course correction” to limit global warming, adding that […]

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Extreme weather lasting all summer is projected to drive an 11-fold leap in mortality rates by the end of the century Haaretz Ruth Schuster Feb 23, 2023 The number of extreme heat waves in Israel is expected to leap sevenfold or 600 percent a year by 2100, with temperature differentials of up to 10 degrees […]

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Israel Climate Change Conference | 14.02.23Ben-Gurion University of the Negev The Middle East is a global hot spot for the climate crisis. In the next several decades, Israel and its neighbors will have to contend with numerous dangers and threats: life-threatening heat waves, water, and food shortages, waves of refugees, wildfires, floods, and political crises. […]

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Israel’s innovative climate technology uniquely positions Israel to help tackle the climate crisis. By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN FEBRUARY 24, 2023 Israel is uniquely positioned to help combat the climate crisis, according to Michael Sonnenfeldt. The serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist – who has donated $20 million with his wife, Katja Goldman, to Americans for Ben-Gurion University […]

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An app can detect invisible killers, prevent the drenching of plantations in insecticides and save farmers from catastrophic losses. By Zoe H Robbin 26 Feb 2023 Amman, Jordan – Zeid Sinokrot was an unemployed engineer in 2012 when he decided to join the family business, growing dates on a farm outside Jericho. But his father’s date […]

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An international team of scientists found that the right number of copies of a specific group of genes can stimulate longer root growth. By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH FEBRUARY 26, 2023 Growing wheat in drought conditions to make bread that could feed the hungry could become easier in the future, thanks to new genetic research at the […]

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Periodically Jordan Times reports on water theft. Several reports below. 49 water theft cases detected near Kafrain Dam — PSD By JT – Feb 22,2023 AMMAN — During a comprehensive security campaign carried out in cooperation with the Public Security Directorate (PSD), the Ministry of Water and Irrigation on Tuesday announced that 49 cases of […]

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By JT – Feb 21,2023 Australian Ambassador Bernard Lynch, Swiss Ambassador Emilija Georgieva and guests during the launch of the ‘Livelihoods and Environmental Actions for Development’ project in Zubairyeh village in Shoubak, Maan, on Monday (Photo courtesy or Mercy Corps Jordan) AMMAN — Mercy Corps Jordan on Monday launched the “Livelihoods and Environmental Actions for […]

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By Mays Ibrahim Mustafa – Feb 21,2023 Seventy per cent of farmers in the northern Jordan Valley are women, according to the founder of ‘Sustainable Agriculture Association’ Waleed Al Qeshawi (Photo courtesy of Waleed Al Qeshawi) AMMAN — Faced by water shortages and rising energy costs, a group of farmers in the northern Jordan Valley […]

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