By JT – Feb 10,2023 Participants during a training session for olive growers, industry workers and government technicians on good pruning and irrigation techniques (Photo courtesy of FAO) AMMAN — Around 190 olive growers, industry workers and government technicians from Jordan have benefitted from training sessions on improving their crops with efficient irrigation and effective […]

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Braving the bitter cold, Lebanese villagers have been patrolling a mountainside in the country’s north, trying to protect trees from loggers who roll in under the cover of darkness.  Near his village of Ainata, “nearly 150 centuries-old oak trees have been felled” in the past year, said Ghandi Rahme, pointing at the tree stumps in the […]

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The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) is seeking to fill the position of Economic Affairs Officer within the Climate Change and Natural Resource Sustainability Cluster. For interested candidates, kindly apply through the following link: https://careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail.aspx?id=200228&Lang=en-US%20%20%20%0D The deadline for the online submission isFriday February 22, 2023.

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2/2/2023 Abu Dhabi prevented the use of more than 120 million single-use plastic bags over the last eight months, and collected more than 50 million disposable water bottles for recycling in 2022. These strides in curbing the use of single-use products will be ramped up over the course of the year, with authorities aiming to […]

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The only reason given for the decision was the agreements between Netanyahu and his coalition partners. Taxation and legislation are the most effective tools for reducing the use of disposable plastic, which is considered a major pollutant in Israel Jan 29, 2023 Israel’s government on Sunday approved the repeal of the tax on disposable plastic […]

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On Idit Silman’s first day as Israel’s new environmental protection minister, she handed out soft drinks in disposable plastic cups to hospital patients. The gesture held deep symbolic meaning in Israel, where soft drinks and single-use cups, plates and cutlery have become weapons in a culture war between the country’s secular Jewish majority and the […]

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Grazing affects many ecosystems, especially in light of climate change and increasing human activity. By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH Published: JANUARY 23, 2023 An international team of researchers, including Israelis from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, have found that contrary to the common assumption, under certain conditions, grazing in desert areas may actually help the […]

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By JT – Jan 29,2023 RSS Vice President Rafat Assi and FAO Representative in Jordan Nabil Assaf during the signing of a partnership agreement (Photo courtesy of RSS) AMMAN — The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the Royal Scientific Society (RSS) signed an operational partnership agreement to implement a project […]

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Without desalination plants, which provide around 75% of country’s drinking water, Israel would have been parched due to lack of natural resources i24NEWS|01.16.23 In Israel, water is at a premium – there’s not enough natural freshwater for the Jewish state’s 10-million-strong population, which means it has to make its own. Israel maintains the world’s highest […]

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Black buffaloes wade through the waters of Iraq’s Mesopotamian marshes, leisurely chewing on reeds. After years of drought, winter rains have brought some respite to herders and livestock in the famous wetlands. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the marshes were parched and dusty last summer by drought in the climate-stressed country and by […]

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Until now, no one has examined how future extreme thermal events that are projected to increase and intensify, will affect animals around the world. By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH Published: JANUARY 19, 2023 Last year, heat waves reached unprecedented levels, breaking records across many countries and leaving as many as 15,000 people dead. These extreme thermal events […]

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Scant precipitation sees Sea of Galilee water level rise later into chilly season than ever, raising drought concerns This winter season has been Israel’s driest in almost 60 years as rainfall dropped significantly compared to last year, according to data released by the Israel Meteorological Service last week. The Sea of Galilee, Israel’s largest freshwater […]

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By JT – Jan 18,2023 The National Society of Consumer Protection has called on the government to abolish the taxes on renewable energy, mainly the domestic sector (File photo) AMMAN — The National Society of Consumer Protection (NSCP) has called on the government to abolish the taxes in the renewable energy sector, mainly in the domestic sector.  The NSCP considered […]

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ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS: The environmental impact of abolishing the single-use plastic tax could have Israelis paying with their lives. By JOANIE MARGULIES Published: JANUARY 20, 2023 One of the first measures Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich decreed when taking office earlier this month was to repeal the tax imposed on disposable goods that was imposed by his […]

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24/1/2023 The Environment Agency–Abu Dhabi (EAD) launched “Mission to Zero Government Challenge” for Abu Dhabi Government entities to encourage the reduction of single-use products. 
The organisations are to report results of the amount of waste they generated and their percentage of reduction by the end March 2023, and the entity that records the highest amount […]

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Jennifer Bell, Al Arabiya English 21 January ,2023 The United Arab Emirates’ President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed has declared 2023 the “Year of Sustainability” ahead of the country’s staging of the COP28 climate summit. In a post online, the UAE president said that by hosting COP28 – which aims to reduce emissions responsible for global […]

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Landau: “There is no limit to the natural gas supply for the Israeli domestic market, and naturally our aim is to sell as much gas as possible.” By ZACHY HENNESSEY Published: JANUARY 19, 2023 In 2023, Ratio Energies plans to begin doubling its natural gas production capabilities by expanding the existing infrastructure of its Leviathan […]

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18/1/2023 Adnoc will undertake a pilot project with British-Omani sustainability company 44.01 to permanently convert carbon dioxide from the air into a mineral within rock formations in Fujairah. The project, which is also being carried out in partnership with the Fujairah Natural Resources Corporation and Masdar, will involve the use of technology that permanently mineralises […]

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Nuclear fission and carbon capture are among the climate-tech sectors to keep an eye on according to Terra Venture Partners managing partner and physicist Dr Astorre Modena. By ZACHY HENNESSEY Published: JANUARY 18, 2023 In the past few years, climate-tech has experienced a major spike in attention from investors around the world, as the public […]

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The thinking behind this is that what’s good for business should also be good for our planet and people, and what’s good for the world should also be good for business. By JODIE COHEN Published: JANUARY 14, 2023 Much has already been written about the new government in Israel. In terms of the environment, however, […]

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