MENA Climate Week 2022. Photo: Youtube By: Joud Sleilaty / Arab America Contributing Writer In a world dealing with the consequences of climate change, the second-ever Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Climate Week opened on the 8th of October, 2023, with a resolute mission – to address the unique challenges and explore innovative solutions … Continued
By: Eman El-Ajlouni / Arab America Contributing Writer 28th UN Climate Change Conference The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, known as COP28, will take place at the Expo City in Dubai. The event runs from November 30 to December 12, 2023. As worldwide temperatures continue to … Continued
By: Menal Elmaliki / Arab America Contributing Writer It’s an odd scene, in Southern Iraq,the governorate of Dhi Qar, the once lush and green meadows are now a barren desert. Breadwinners like Abu Hussein are having difficulty finding fish on the marshes that are slowly drying up. Him and others are left to worry what will … Continued
SOURCE: VOICE OF AMERICA RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA — 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 … Continued
By: Cara Zanta/Arab America Contributing Writer Located between the coast of East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, the Red Sea is a destination that brings together beautiful landscapes, adventure, and cultural heritage. The Red Sea is the northernmost tropical sea in the world, containing 25 islands. Some of these islands include Zabargad, Giftun, Islands of … Continued
SOURCE: WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM BY: NEESHAD SHAFI Pathways toward improved regional cooperation in the Middle East are rarely smooth, and the road towards environmental and climate action is no exception. Rarely benefiting from high-level political attention or a surplus of resources, environmental issues have been too easily pushed to the sidelines due to other regional … Continued
Development agency says dry countries face ‘famine and food insecurity, loss of livelihoods and life, and the displacement of millions’ SOURCE: CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS BY: SOILA APPARICIO Climate change threatens conflict and poverty in the Arab region, according to the UN Development Programme (UNDP). In a report, published on Wednesday, the agency suggested climate risks … Continued
By: TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF Source: TIMES OF ISRAEL American late-night comedy hosts took US President Donald Trump to task for pulling the US out of the Paris climate agreement on Thursday, making fun of the commander in chief for the controversial move. “Even Israel and Palestine are on the same side” when it comes … Continued
BY: Daniel Gil/Contributing Writer The continued politicization of the issue of climate change can make it difficult to foresee a reasonable shift towards bipartisan action and the way we try and address it as a country. Debates on man-made global warming have become an entrenched aspect of modern politics in the United States punctuated by … Continued
PEOPLE’S CLIMATE MARCH 2014 BY: Christine Shahin/Ambassador Blogger Early one morning 28 years ago, as my eldest child and I were readying to deliver the morning news paper, the headlines stated that our small rural central NY community was sited to host a regional garbage landfill and incinerator. This event launched our community to … Continued
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