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Posted: March 8th, 2010, 11:16am UTC
This article is originally published by the Star newspaper, March 8th 2010 By: Batir Wardam The continuous deterioration of the ecosystem components of the Zarqa River Basin since almost ...
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Posted: February 5th, 2010, 7:44pm UTC
By: Batir Wardam It has been more than 40 days since the USA and China drafted the toothless "Copenhagen Accord" in cooperation with Brazil, India and South Africa during the ...
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Posted: January 26th, 2010, 7:35pm UTC
This article was originally published by the Star newspaper, Monday 24-1-2010 By: Batir Wardam The year 2010 has been declared by the United Nations as the year of Biodiversity. ...
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Posted: January 21st, 2010, 8:15pm UTC
This article was originally published by the Star newspaper on 18-1-2010 By: Batir Wardam It has became a common conclusion for both environmentalists and "green economists" alike that any breakthrough ...
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Posted: January 13th, 2010, 3:01pm UTC
This article was originally published at The Star newspaper, Monday 11-1-2010 By: Batir Wardam Jordan's entrance to a knowledge economy depends not only on policies, legislation and ...
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Posted: January 5th, 2010, 6:27pm UTC
My weekly article published by the Star newspaper, Monday Jan 4th The Arab World is not a drop of oil. This innovative and striking slogan was raised by the ...
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Posted: December 28th, 2009, 10:12pm UTC
This article was originally publsihed by The Star newspaper, Monday Dec 29th, 2009 By: Batir Wardam The year 2009 can be better described, from an environmental perspective as ...
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Posted: December 25th, 2009, 8:49pm UTC
Source: Jordan Times By Hana Namrouqa The Ministry of Environment has launched a $4.3 million programme to develop the Kingdom's adaptation to climate change and sustain its Millennium ...
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Posted: December 24th, 2009, 3:44pm UTC
Source: Jordan Times By Hana Namrouqa The Kingdom will soon carry out economic and environmental studies for environment- friendly projects to cut down greenhouse gases, estimated at 20 ...
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Posted: December 24th, 2009, 3:32pm UTC
Source: Jordan Times 23-12-2009 By Omar Obeidat Authorities said yesterday there are currently no plans to levy more fees on hybrid cars as demand on such vehicles has ...
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Posted: December 24th, 2009, 3:29pm UTC
Source: Jordan Times By Hani Hazaimeh Despite the Kingdom's abundant sunlight and limited conventional energy resources, solar thermal power accounts for only 2 per cent of Jordan's energy ...
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Posted: December 18th, 2009, 12:45am UTC
Here is the full text of the speech by King Mohammad IV of Morocco delivered on his behalf by Prime Minister Abbas El-Fasi at the Copenhagen COP 15 Your ...
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Posted: December 18th, 2009, 12:07am UTC
Source: Petra News Agency His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday called on the international community to shoulder its responsibility to protect the future of humanity by combating climate change. ...
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Posted: December 18th, 2009, 11:13am UTC
Source: Terra Viva Terna Gyuse COPENHAGEN (IPS/TerraViva) – In outlining a position on climate change, the League of Arab States must somehow account for looming problems like water ...
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Posted: December 15th, 2009, 8:46am UTC
An insight from Science Devnet portal on the lack of reliable climate change data in the Arab world. Can't agree more. Abdulhakim Mahmoud [SANA'A] The Arab world must ...
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Posted: December 15th, 2009, 8:40am UTC
Global environmental law expert Bob Percival writes an interesting account of his recent visit to Jordan. http://globalenvironmentallaw.blogspot.com/2009/12/jordan-trip-copenhagen-conference-by.html I returned to the United States on Saturday after spending a ...
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Posted: December 15th, 2009, 8:18am UTC
Another glimpse of light for Arab environmental activism. Source: the Media Line Copenhagen, Denmark Liana B. Baker / TML – Three days before the U.N. climate talks kicked ...
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Posted: December 15th, 2009, 8:13am UTC
The cradle of Egypt's historic civilisation is slowly losing its economic value for some livelihoods, especially fishing. This is a report from IRIN “It’s becoming so hard these days. ...
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Posted: December 15th, 2009, 8:10am UTC
While the public opinion and activists all over the world are showing public expressions for the need to reach the deal in Copenhagen our Arab street are quite like a ...
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Posted: December 10th, 2009, 10:04am UTC
Source: Wall Street Journal By SPENCER SWARTZ With some of the world's fastest-growing oil consumers under pressure to cut carbon emissions, big petroleum-producing states are beginning to fret ...
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Posted: December 8th, 2009, 11:09pm UTC
Source: Going Green Patrick Galey As a small country, Lebanon punches above its weight in many spheres. Its financial sector is apparently invulnerable to global shocks; it has ...
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Posted: December 8th, 2009, 10:56pm UTC
Source: AFP By Andrew Newby Dubai's debt crisis may make a small dent in its greenhouse gas emissions but the Gulf emirate faces an enormous task to cut ...
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Posted: December 8th, 2009, 10:51pm UTC
Source: The Media Line Written by Benjamin Joffe-WaltPublished Sunday, December 06, 2009 As the petroleum powers send their negotiating teams to the Copenhagen climate change summit, Middle Eastern ...
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Posted: December 8th, 2009, 9:05am UTC
It is unfortunate that Saudi Arabia is still playing a disruptive role in the climate negotiations supported by some so-called "resaerchers" who write in Saudi newspapers with skeptic positions regarding ...
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Posted: December 7th, 2009, 8:50am UTC
This article, published by the Wall Street Journal documents the positions of the key countries having a strong impact on the outcome of the Copenhagen conference. Strangely though, they have ...
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Posted: December 7th, 2009, 8:44am UTC
For the first time in the history of press, to the best of my knowledge a common global editorial was published by 56 newspapers in 45 countries. The editorial was ...
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Posted: December 2nd, 2009, 8:05am UTC
Here are the full recommendations of the AFED 2nd annual conference taht was held in Beirut last month The Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) held its second ...
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Posted: December 2nd, 2009, 10:56pm UTC
Source: The Jordan Times By Hana Namrouqa The Ministry of Environment has sent a memorandum to the Cabinet, proposing that the Yarmouk River Basin be designated as the ...
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Posted: November 24th, 2009, 8:12am UTC
The Copenhagen Diagnosis project has released a major report that compiles all significant scientific data that has been documented between 2007-2009 after the release of the IPCC's fourth assessment report ...
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Posted: November 24th, 2009, 9:23am UTC
The most comprehensive report documenting and discussing the projected impacts of climate change on the Arab world has been released by the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) in ...
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Posted: November 16th, 2009, 10:38pm UTC
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has issued a landmark report documenting the cost-effectiveness of investing in natural resource management and ecosystem restoration as a tool for adaptation to climate ...
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Posted: November 13th, 2009, 2:53am UTC
Source: Jordan Times By Hana Namrouqa Jordan’s water resources will be depleted by climate change even if the Kingdom witnesses an increase in precipitation, a report launched on ...
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Posted: November 11th, 2009, 8:57am UTC
The Arab Environment Watch blog has went through many evolutionary phases during the past 4 years. The various phases of the blog were reflecting the changes in my professional career ...
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Posted: November 11th, 2009, 7:47am UTC
Source: Pal Telegraph, processed from World Bank resources The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is particularly vulnerable to climate change. It is one of the world's most ...
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Posted: November 11th, 2009, 7:21am UTC
Source: Jordan Times Tuesday Nov 10th 2009 By Hana Namrouqa The Ministry of Water and Irrigation on Monday highlighted the measures it has taken to protect the Kingdom's water ...
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Posted: November 9th, 2009, 8:23am UTC
Source: IRIN The conversion of excess rice straw into fertilizer, rather than simply burning it off could be the solution to a problem that has plagued Cairo residents for ...
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Posted: November 9th, 2009, 8:20am UTC
Source: Jordan Times By Hana Namrouqa Precipitation in Jordan, the fourth water poorest country in the world, is expected to decrease by 20 per cent within the next ...
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Posted: November 9th, 2009, 8:17am UTC
I was not able today to participate in the very enlightening consultation meeting for WANA forum and the opening keynote address by HRH Prince Hasan bin Talal, due to urgent ...
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Posted: November 6th, 2009, 8:46am UTC
Last month I was involved in the translation of the landmark report to be released by the Arab Forum on Environment and Developemnt on Nov 19th in Beirut entitled "Impacts ...
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Posted: November 6th, 2009, 8:37am UTC
This may be hugely disappointing for the majority of world population and environmental activists, but many countries will be rejoice in secret if a deal is not reached at Copenhagen ...
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Posted: November 6th, 2009, 9:26am UTC
Ministers of Environemnt in Jordan (Khalid Irani) and Sweden (Andreas Calgren) have wrote a joint article that was published by the Jordan Times on Thursday Nov 5th, in preparation for ...
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Posted: November 5th, 2009, 8:44am UTC
I have always admired the encyclopedic knowledge of HRH Prince Hasan bin Talal and I always feel encaptivated while listening to his speeches or reading his articles. I think, however ...
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Posted: November 5th, 2009, 8:38am UTC
It might be a little bit late but this feature published in the Economist's issue of October 15th provides a harsh but justified criticism of the Arab education system, especially ...
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Posted: November 3rd, 2009, 8:58am UTC
Under the theme 'strategic implications of climate change" the Biterlemons has published a package of articles and interviews reflecting the potential and current impacts of climate change on the region ...
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Posted: November 3rd, 2009, 9:52am UTC
The role of scavengers in waste management is currently increasing in many Arab cities, but without a proper and sustainable apparatus for organization and processes of the various waste collection ...
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Posted: November 3rd, 2009, 9:46am UTC
Source: Amnesty International Amnesty International has documented the methodical practices by Israel resulting in denial of the palestinians' right to access to their water resources in the occupied palestinian ...
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Posted: October 30th, 2009, 9:15am UTC
In rich and technologically advanced saudi Arabia there are open discussions about the methodology of nuclear waste disposal. In Jordan this issue is muted by mainstream media and the propaganda ...
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Posted: October 30th, 2009, 9:08am UTC
Source: The National Leah Oatway DUBAI // The former US vice president Al Gore urged Gulf leaders yesterday to keep trying to capture the world’s renewable energy market.Mr ...
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Posted: October 16th, 2009, 12:38am UTC
Yesterday marked the global Blogging Action Day 2009 with the all important theme of Climate Change being the common denominator of all the blogs posted on that particular day, almost ...
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Posted: September 17th, 2009, 1:47am UTC
A very inspiring story about civic mobilization from Egypt source: the National Matt Bradley, Foreign Correspondent The streets of Egypt’s capital have never been particularly clean, said ...
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Posted: September 17th, 2009, 1:37am UTC
Source: IRIN news SYRIA: Cleansing the olive oil business Syria’s huge olive oil industry is leaving its mark on the environment. Waste products from olive oil processing mills ...
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Posted: September 17th, 2009, 1:32am UTC
Source: IRIN news SYRIA: Drought driving farmers to the cities Thousands of Syrian farming families have been forced to move to cities in search of alternative work after ...
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Posted: September 17th, 2009, 1:27am UTC
source: IRIN News Jordan's plan to save the shrinking Dead Sea by channelling more water to it from the Red Sea could have a detrimental environmental impact, environmentalists have ...
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Posted: September 17th, 2009, 1:24am UTC
Source: Jordan Times 17.9.2009 By Hana Namrouqa Jordan will demand industrial countries’ support for national projects that curb the impact of climate change in the upcoming UN Climate ...
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Posted: September 17th, 2009, 1:22am UTC
This is the editorial of Najib Saab publisher and editor-in-chief of Environment & Development the leading environmental magazine in the Arab World for the September issue http://www.najibsaab.com/english/editordetails.asp?id=220 Climate Change: Challenge ...
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