When people went back to work in Geneva recently, breaking weeks of lockdown, they were surprised by unusually crowded roads. They first attributed that to an...
I did not agree with my friend, who is a renowned energy expert, that the environment was the only beneficiary of the coronavirus pandemic. On one hand, it is...
On April 22 half a century ago, 20 million Americans took to the streets, demanding serious action to protect the environment and preserve nature. This...
While the notion of green economy was met with resistance a few years ago, it is now a vibrant item on the Saudi agenda. Some members of the “old guard”...
The global youth climate movement, which stormed the world over the last months, did not resonate in Arab countries. School strikes or public vigils didn’t...
When 16-year-old Swedish girl Greta Thunberg went on a solo strike last summer to demand more serious action to tackle climate change, she began a daily vigil...
In an attempt to reduce pollution caused by the transport sector, the Lebanese government recently announced incentives to promote electric and hybrid cars....
“A victim of its own success? Jordan re-evaluates its power generation strategy,” was the title of an article in The National Law Review, following the...
Stop being complacent, show some urgency, and get real about implementing the goals you set in 2015 for achieving sustainable development. This unvarnished...
Food Security in the 21st century was the subject of a report presented to the World Government Summit, held earlier this month in Dubai. The report calls for...
While oil-producing countries did not object, this time, to reducing carbon emissions by enhancing efficiency and introducing renewable and clean sources as a...
Despite all the hype and doomsday scenarios, the climate summit (COP 24) in Poland reaffirmed the commitment of countries to confront together a global...
Over the past 10 years, the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) reports have identified the state of Arab environment in all its aspects and...
Arab banks discussing financing sustainable development goals in a regional meeting is in itself a major accomplishment; endorsing green banking is,...
In 2000, the late Prime Minister Rafik Hariri invited me to introduce environmental dimensions into his parliamentary elections platform, while the economic...
“Sustainable Energy for All” is a noble slogan, which triggered an international initiative led by former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.The fact is that...
The eradication of hunger was the main concern of the Arab agriculture ministers, who met in Rome at the FAO Regional Conference for the Near East. Yet, apart...
According to a report recently released by the United Nations Environment Program, the Frankfurt School of Finance and Bloomberg, the sun has become the most...
Listening to some Arab delegates at international conferences, you would think they came from an alien planet. Their views not only contradict the...
Listening to the Environment and Water Minister of Singapore Masagos Zulkifli talking about the work of his ministry, I was sadly reminded of the hollow...
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Arab countries requires an additional $57 billion annually in investments until 2030, according to Arab Forum...
The overall environmental outlook in the Arab region is bleak, despite progress on some fronts, according to the latest report of the Arab Forum for...
A public opinion survey carried out by the Arab Forum for Environment and Development in 22 Arab countries revealed that a vast majority, exceeding 60...
Was the chaos in the Arab region instigated by the early impacts of climate change and the fight on dwindling life-support resources, or just aggravated by...
Even if all conflicts and wars were to stop immediately, the Arab region cannot meet the target of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 using...