Egypt and Israel: Renewable Energies for Peace
Egypt’s intense preparations for the international climate conference that it will host in Sharm el-Sheikh were evident at the World Youth Forum that met there this past January.
Egypt’s intense preparations for the international climate conference that it will host in Sharm el-Sheikh were evident at the World Youth Forum that met there this past January.
Israel will have much less rain, the study predicts, but when it comes it will wreak destruction.
Middle East Eye looks at how the climate crisis is impacting the region, and what is being put forward at the climate summit
Where civilization emerged between the Tigris and Euphrates,
climate change is poisoning the land and emptying the villages
“The climate crisis is one of the major issues on the world agenda. It concerns the lives of all of us,” says the Israeli prime minister
The kingdom’s plans to cut carbon emissions by 2060 can revolutionise climate dialogue
Drought, rising temperatures and poor farming practices are taking a devastating toll on the country’s wildlife
A climate change conference will underscore to policymakers in the Middle East and the east Mediterranean that the switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources is needed urgently because greenhouse gas emissions are helping to drive up regional temperatures faster than in many other inhabited parts of the world.
This summer has been tough for Baher, a father of two. Iraq’s 2020-2021 rainfall season was the second driest in 40 years, according to the United Nations, causing the salinity of the wetlands to rise to dangerous levels.
No nation in the Mediterranean region has been hit harder by climate change than Turkey. But as heat and drought increase, Turkey is doubling down on water-intensive agriculture and development and spurring a water-supply crisis that is expected to get much worse.