environmentalism

Ras al-Hekma screengrab

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Ras al-Hekma: How the UAE deal dumps the UN in choppy waters

The $35 billion deal between UAE and Egypt for Ras al-Hekma remains opaque, forcing researchers to speculate about the project's long-term sustainability.

The New Arab Staff

25 March, 2024

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry

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Egypt promises to allow eco protests as COP27 host

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

24 May, 2022

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Tunisians are struggling to dispose of their green energy

Arianna Poletti, Aïda Delpuech

19 May, 2022

A general view of deserted street after the state of emergency on January 14, 2021 in Beirut, Lebanon

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Lebanese engineer finds solution for stolen manhole covers

Robert McKelvey

Robert McKelvey

05 May, 2022

Members of International delegations pose for a group photo outside the COP22 climate conference on November 18, 2016

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A greener and greater Morocco: Towards a sustainable future

Yasmina Achlim

12 January, 2022

The Solid Waste Management Project - cover

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Jordanian women drive eco-economy with recycling initiative

The New Arab (From the Arabic Edition)

21 December, 2021

Members of the Egypt delegation accept the next COP (Conference of the Parties) for COP27 which will be held next year at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, during the COP26 Closing Plenary Part 1 on November 11, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland [Getty Images]

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Will Sisi's bet on COP27 nomination prove to be an own-goal?

The New Arab

14 December, 2021

People cool themselves off as a tourist rides a horse at Clifton beach in Karachi, Pakistan

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The Last Earthlings: Cleaning up Karachi's beaches

Anmol Irfan

20 October, 2021

Marsh Arab villages of woven reed houses on small islands dot the landscape where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers meet at the legendary site of the Garden of Eden [Getty Images]

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Mesopotamian Marshes: Cradle of Iraqi ecosystem faces decay

Austin Bodetti

15 September, 2021

This picture taken on June 10, 2021 shows an aerial view of Libya's Farwa Island [Getty Images]

Environment and Climate

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Libya's idyllic Farwa Island at risk of ecological peril

Austin Bodetti

14 September, 2021

Workers sort recyclable materials from trash at a landfill centre near the town of Zahle, in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, on November 25, 2010 [Getty Images]

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Lebanese NGO repays community via recycling exchange scheme

Robert McKelvey

Robert McKelvey

07 September, 2021

Water scarcity, desertification, pollution, and rising sea levels threaten the GCC's environmental security [Getty Images]

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Tip of the iceberg: GCC's environmental worries pile high

Sabena Siddiqui

01 July, 2021

Sunset over the River Nile in Sudan's capital, Khartoum [Getty Images]

Environment and Climate

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Sudan's newfound devotion to environmental protection

Austin Bodetti

09 June, 2021

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'Greening the desert': What drives militants' environmentalism?

05 March, 2019

Sylvian Mecadier

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The final days of the Iraqi marshes

Sylvain Mercadier

31 January, 2019

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Oman blazes trail for environmentalism in the Arab world

12 December, 2018

Environment and Climate

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'Greening the desert': What drives militants' environmentalism?

Austin Bodetti