With the lifting of US sanctions the main focus of Iran’s new government, analysts say its transition to a green economy hangs in the balance. By Sanam Mahoozi Published On 9 Nov 2021 It’s like being stuck between a rock and a hard place. The status of Iran’s response to climate change depends on the one hand […]

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The European Office of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and EcoPeace Middle East invite you to the presentation of the Green Blue Deal in the Middle East as an unofficial event in the framework of the COP26, currently taking place in Glasgow. In December 2020, EcoPeace Middle East, the only transnational organisation that brings together Jordanian, Palestinian and Israeli […]

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Bottom Up – Education Regional EcoPeace Young Professionals in Italy Fourteen EcoPeace Water Diplomacy Young Professionals from Jordan, Palestine and Israel, from the program’s second cohort, travelled together to the MEPP (Middle East Peace Process) Forum hosted by the Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) in Milan. The young diplomats discussed with their European peers challenges and […]

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British Minister for the Middle East and North Africa James Cleverly on Tuesday announced £50m UK funding for the High Impact Partnership on Climate Action (HIPCA). The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) launched HIPCA on 2 November at an event during COP26 in Glasgow. The EBRD-managed Partnership aims to unleash investments and solutions […]

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The Biden administration unveils plan on methane from oil and gas industry, but major powers fail to agree on rapid reductions in the use of fossil fuels Lee YaronReuters Glasgow Nov. 2, 2021 7:51 PM GLASGOW – Leaders at the COP26 global climate conference in Glasgow have pledged to stop deforestation by the end of […]

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Decreased rainfall and depleted groundwater sources mean water has become an increasingly scarce resource in Jordan. By Melissa PawsonPublished On 2 Nov 2021 South Ghor, Jordan – When Aida Deissat started farming with her husband 30 years ago, she says life was easy. “There was water. A box of Jordanian tomatoes was eight dinars,” Deissat recalled. “We […]

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Hazim El-Naser October 31, 2021 The 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) began in Glasgow City of Scotland with the aim following up promises and achievements since the Paris Agreement, which are considered to be modest in terms of reduction of gas emissions or the allocation of the needed financial resources by the UN Green […]

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Omar Razzaz Nov 2 2021 MMAN — The hottest day on record in Jordan since 1960 was a staggering 49.3°C, in July 2018, one month after I became prime minister. Jordan is not unique: Heat waves have been causing record-high temperatures in countries from Canada to Australia in recent years. The effects of climate change, […]

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The conference has been hailed by some international leaders as the “last, best hope” to produce policy needed to keep global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius during this century. By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA   NOVEMBER 3, 2021 At the closely-watched COP26 conference on climate change in Glasgow, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Israel’s famed start-up sector […]

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Despite the fact that Israel is located in a part of the world particularly exposed to the impacts of climate change, it is one of 20 countries that has no government-funded national plan for itLee YaronNov. 1, 2021 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told world leaders at the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow on Monday […]

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For centuries, Lake Tuz in central Turkey has hosted huge colonies of flamingos that migrate and breed there when the weather is warm, feeding on algae in the lake’s shallow waters. This summer, however, a heart-wrenching scene replaced the usual splendid sunset images of the birds captured by wildlife photographer Fahri Tunc. Carcasses of flamingo […]

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We should embrace each other, not a radical UN climate agenda. By FRED ZEIDMAN, VICTORIA COATES   OCTOBER 31, 2021 As energy shortages convulse Europe and Asia, the US and Israel find themselves in the enviable position of having not only sufficient energy production to support domestic needs, but also excess to export in support […]

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Opinion by Gershom Gorenberg August 30, 2021 A century ago, Egyptian explorer Ahmed Hassanein found pictures of animals carved in rock in the depth of the Libyan desert. “There are lions, giraffes, ostriches, and all kinds of gazelles,” he recorded. It was evidence that the surrounding area had once been verdant savanna. A prehistoric shift […]

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The bill would require all public agencies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, set up monitoring and reporting systems, and prepare for climate emergencies in Israel Lee Yaron Oct. 17, 2021 Israel’s government is preparing a national climate emergency declaration that, if approved, would obligate all state bodies to beef up preparations for the impact of […]

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Despite its small size and inability to reach the global goal of zero net emissions by 2050, Israel can become a key player in the fight against climate change, said the environmental protection minister The Associated Press Oct. 21, 2021 Israel’s new environmental protection minister has set some ambitious goals: She believes she can use […]

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The global energy transition is perhaps nowhere more perplexing than in the Arabian Peninsula, where Saudi Arabia and other Gulf monarchies are caught between two daunting climate change scenarios that threaten their livelihoods. In one, the world stops burning oil and gas to cut down on heat-trapping emissions, shaking the very foundation of their economies. […]

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Top crude exporter Saudi Arabia will aim to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2060, its de facto ruler said on Saturday, days before the COP26 global climate summit. The kingdom, one of the world’s biggest polluters, said it would also join a global effort to cut methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030. The […]

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Six of the biggest polluters belong to ICL Group (Israel Chemicals) and the Bazan Group, which are controlled by Idan Ofer Zafrir Rinat Oct. 20, 2021 The plants of ICL Group (Israel Chemicals) and the Bazan Group (formerly Haifa Oil Refineries) – controlled by Idan Ofer – top the list of Israel’s worst industrial polluters […]

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Oct 23,2021   AMMAN — Jordan was included on the list of top 40 attractive markets for investment in renewable energy over the world, according to Ernst & Young (EY). The Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI) ranks the world’s top 40 markets on the attractiveness of their renewable energy investment and deployment opportunities, the […]

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Emirati official tells Ynet termination of agreement signed in October 2020 is only ‘a private commercial matter’ that is not going to affect the Abraham Accords; deal would have seen Gulf oil brought to Israeli ports, then shipped to Europe Ilana Curiel | Published: 10.21.21 A senior United Arab Emirates official said Thursday the cancellation […]

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