environmentandclimate
"Since the war began, two of my children have walked 14 kilometres (nine miles) daily to get water for the family," says Issa, a father of seven from North Darfur state. In the blistering sun, as temperatures climb past 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), Issa's family — along with 65,000 other residents of the Sortoni displacement camp — suffer the weight of the war between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). When the first shots rang out more than a year ago, most foreign aid groups — including the one operating Sortoni's local water station — could no long...
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Climate change is changing dust storms — a natural phenomenon in the Middle East — into a more common and broad hazard to health and economics throughout the area, a new study%3A&text=Climate%20change%20is%20transforming%20dust,region%2C%20a%20new%20study%20shows.) reveals. The study claims%3A&text=Climate%20change%20is%20transforming%20dust,region%2C%20a%20new%20study%20shows.) that while other human activities are also partly to blame, global warming is the main reason for the rise in dust levels in several Middle Eastern regions. In a recently published paper in the journal Science of the T...
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Throughout Jordan, residents are raising the alarm over informal dumpsites, where piles of household waste, construction debris, and other discarded materials are plaguing the outskirts of major cities. According to eyewitnesses across several governorates, the sight of garbage mounds has become a common occurrence in the Levant country, where a growing solid waste crisis is threatening the lives of its 11.9 million citizens. “Jordan produces 2.7 million tonnes of solid municipal waste each year, and only seven percent is recycled, while a whopping 93 percent is buried or left to rot in the op...
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Heavy clouds burst over the concrete metropolises of the UAE and Omani mountainsides in mid-April, submerging homes, cars, and vegetation in both Gulf states. On April 16, the UAE experienced its heaviest rainfall recorded when 100mm of rain poured down on Dubai over 12 hours — a level usually witnessed over a whole year — while Oman saw similar downpours with 21 people killed in flash floods. "Urban planners and scientists warn that Oman and the UAE will need to adapt their cities for more extreme weather due to global warming" Satellite imagery showed unprecedented pools of water dabbing the...
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On March 25, London's Science Museum opened its Green Energy gallery, following a major protest the previous Saturday by climate justice, the South Asian diaspora and Palestinian organisations. The gallery is sponsored by Adani Green Energy, a company owned by Indian billionaire businessman Gautam Adani’s self-named conglomerate, the Adani Group. "Adani’s long-standing connections with the far-right regimes of India and Israel set this sponsorship apart" The ultimate exercise in greenwashing, the Green Energy gallery sits at the intersection of multiple interrelated issues — the overarching qu...
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Over the thousands of years humans have spent farming the Fertile Crescent, it has never ceased to be a hotbed of innovation. Today, Iraqis are experimenting with a type of agriculture that may reshape the region: growing plants without soil. As global warming and environmental degradation cause irreversible changes to the composition of Iraq’s farmland, the soil-free, water-saving science known as hydroponics offers the country of 40 million — home to two of the world’s most famous rivers — a chance to adapt to this new reality. Meanwhile, the international community will be waiting to see wh...
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Italy's lenient foreign policy with Israel may be influenced by the gas concessions off Gaza's coast that Israel recently handed to Italian oil company, Eni. On October 29, three weeks after Israel began its assault on Gaza, Israel's Energy Minister awarded 12 gas exploration licenses in two concessions zones. One of the zones is Zone G, awarded to Eni, the United Kingdom's Dana Petroleum and Israel's Ratio Petroleum Energy. The Italian oil giant led the concession. "Why Gaza? Before October 7, Israel's blockade [of Gaza] is also tied to the huge gas fields off the coast. Some estimates put th...
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