CCDR offers evidence-based assessment of climate responsive policy By Rayya Al Muheisen – Dec 07,2022 World Bank Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa Ferid Belhaj speaks during the launch of Jordan’s Country Climate and Development Report on Wednesday (Photo courtesy of World Bank) AMMAN — Climate-responsive development can bridge inequality, protect livelihoods […]

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Bloomberg Published: 08 December ,2022: Oman said it had received plenty of interest from international energy companies for two green-hydrogen concessions that will be awarded early next year and which may require around $10 billion of investment. The government plans to choose winning bidders by the end of March for the blocks near the port […]

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Omar Al-Ubaydli Published: 07 December ,2022: The UK’s Prince William recently announced that the Omani climate change company 44.01 was one of the five winners of the prestigious Earthshot prize for environmental innovation. Arabs must celebrate this success, and scientifically study the factors that allowed them to win so that other Arab projects can follow […]

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Ahmed Morsy , Thursday 8 Dec 2022 Egypt inaugurated the first phase of New Mansoura, one of 30 fourth-generation smart cities planned since 2014. New Mansoura is the latest in a series of fourth generation cities “New Mansoura City is part of a comprehensive plan the state has been implementing in recent years to build […]

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5/12/2022 The Diverting Waste by Encouraging Reuse and Recycling (DAWERR) project, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), announced its second round of support to three new groupings of municipalities to improve solid waste management (SWM) services, thus diverting significant proportions away from landfills. The participating municipalities include Ansarieh, Loubieh, Saksakiye and […]

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While Israel is swimming in desalinated water, its eastern neighbor is desperate for more H2O, as are the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. The hope is that necessity will dampen any political opposition to the deal David Rosenberg Nov 30, 2022 On paper, it’s a win-win situation. The kingdom of Jordan is desperately […]

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With cold spells and massive rainstorms keeping the bees from pollinating, Gazan apiculturists see honey production plummet to previously unseen lows Reuters|11.22.22 This time, it wasn’t the bulldozers or the bullets, but the rain and the wind. Weather kept the bees confined to their hives in the spring, when they should have been out foraging […]

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With the help of a ‘biological pump’, carbon is transformed by photosynthesis into solid organic matter that sinks to the seafloor and is eliminated from the ecologic system – this could help commercial companies reduce carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere Ynet|11.10.22 The Red Sea in the Gulf of Eilat absorbs greenhouse gases from the […]

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Studies show birds collide with high voltage wires in Israel at rate of no less than 200 incidents per kilometer every year; drone efficacy being tested to install devices able to warn birds of danger Noa Fisher|11.28.22 | Israel’s Electric corporation, the Society for the Protection of Nature and the Environmental Protection Ministry have launched […]

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by Naharnet Newsdesk 25 November 2022, Abbas Hashem fixed his worried gaze on the horizon — the day was almost gone and still, there was no sign of the last of his water buffaloes. He knows that when his animals don’t come back from roaming the marshes of this part of Iraq, they must be […]

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The small park with air-conditioned paths is an apt illustration of World Cup host Qatar’s answers, so far, to the rising temperatures its people face. The wealthy Gulf Arab nation has been able to pay for extreme adaptive measures like this thanks to the natural gas it exports to the world. A small peninsula that […]

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15 November 2022 Turkey on Tuesday unveiled at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh a revised plan for cutting its carbon emissions that was immediately criticized by analysts as insufficiently ambitious. “We have updated our nationally determined contribution (NDC),” Turkey’s environment minister, Murat Kurum, told the U.N. climate conference, referring to the national […]

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by Naharnet Newsdesk Shaheen stretched out on the sand and closed his eyes, but there was little time to rest for the camel. World Cup fans coming in droves to the desert outside Doha were ready for their perfect Instagram moment: riding a camel on the rolling dunes. As Qatar welcomes more than a million […]

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It took an intense legal battle with the Environmental Protection Ministry to get the Municipality of Jerusalem to implement citywide recycling bins. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF NOVEMBER 27, 2022 08:30 Jerusalem began placing orange recycling bins around the city on Thursday over four years after City Council Member Yovav Tzur started advocating for the rollout. […]

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Mohamed Hatem , Sunday 27 Nov 2022 The Abu Dhabi Environment Agency (EAD) has reported a 90 percent reduction in the consumption of single-use plastic bags, as the 3-million-resident emirate continues to phase out the use of plastic products. Reusable canvas and jute bags on display at Carrefour in Mall of the Emirates. Photo courtesy […]

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The ecological restoration of the Jordan River “requires transboundary action,” Israel and Jordan agreed in a joint declaration signed in Sharm El Shiekh. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF NOVEMBER 17, 2022 Israel and Jordan will cooperate on the ecological rehabilitation, restoration and sustainable development of the Jordan River, it was announced Thursday at COP27 in Sharm […]

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Next year, the water will come. The pipes have been laid to Ata Yigit’s sprawling farm in Turkey’s southeast connecting it to a dam on the Euphrates River. A dream, soon to become a reality, he says. He’s already grown a small corn patch on some of the water. The golden stalks are tall and […]

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By Rayya Al Muheisen – Nov 21,2022 Representative image (Photo courtesy of unsplash.com/ HYPERLINK “https://unsplash.com/@karsten_wuerth” Karsten Würth) AMMAN — Beyond its environmental impact, renewable energy represents an effective way to achieve economic sustainability, economists suggest. Jordan had the highest share of renewable energy contribution in the Arab region in 2021, excluding hydropower, according to the […]

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JT – Nov 21,2022 An oil spill resulting from a Palauan merchant vessel polluted the water surrounding Aqaba’s coastline in August and the cleanup took 16 days (Petra photo) AMMAN — The “Floor of Sea” vessel has left Jordan’s territorial waters after the company that owns the ship committed to paying JD1 million following the […]

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Akram Al-Amour began recycling paper waste to try to reduce the emissions caused by burning it, and found an alternative to plastic that could contribute to improving economic conditions Reuters|11.15.22 Cheaper, stronger, available and environmental – for Gaza chicken farmers seeking to deliver eggs unbroken, there is everything to like about trays made from recycled […]

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