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#SeeYouInCourt: Climate litigation heats up
World
September 24, 2021
#SeeYouInCourt: Climate litigation heats up
As the pivotal COP26 climate conference nears, there is a sense of betrayal within the climate movement that setting more…
Alexandria aims to break Guinness World Record with largest beach cleaning campaign
Egypt
September 21, 2021
Alexandria aims to break Guinness World Record with largest beach cleaning campaign
In an effort to break a new Guinness World Record, Alexandria Governor Mohamed al-Sharif praised cleaning work on Monday conducted…
UN to world leaders: To curtail warming, you must do more
World
September 20, 2021
UN to world leaders: To curtail warming, you must do more
Pressure keeps building on increasingly anxious world leaders to ratchet up efforts to fight climate change. There’s more of it…
Rich nations failing to meet climate funding goal: OECD
Environment
September 17, 2021
Rich nations failing to meet climate funding goal: OECD
Rich countries are making little progress towards meeting their pledge to provide annual climate change mitigation funds, the Organization for Economic…
As its rivers shrink, Iraq thirsts for regional cooperation
Middle East
September 7, 2021
As its rivers shrink, Iraq thirsts for regional cooperation
HALABJA, Iraq, Sept 6 (Reuters) – “Where we are standing right now, there should be a river,” says Nabil Musa,…
Indigenous leaders push new target to protect Amazon from deforestation
Environment
September 5, 2021
Indigenous leaders push new target to protect Amazon from deforestation
MARSEILLE, France, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Indigenous groups urged world leaders on Sunday to back a new target to protect…
Jordan’s water crisis deepens as climate changes, population grows
Middle East
September 3, 2021
Jordan’s water crisis deepens as climate changes, population grows
AMMAN, Sept 2 (Reuters) – At a private underground well in Amman, Imad Suleiman waits for hours to pump water…
Once green, prehistoric Arabia drew early humans from Africa
Middle East
September 2, 2021
Once green, prehistoric Arabia drew early humans from Africa
WASHINGTON (AP) — Huw Groucutt passes rolling sand dunes as far as his eye can see when traveling to archaeological…
Divers monitor whale shark in Red Sea
Environment
September 1, 2021
Divers monitor whale shark in Red Sea
A number of divers are monitoring the rare whale shark, known as Bahloul, near the area of Sharm al-Naga, north…
Oil spill from power station spreads along Syria’s coast
Middle East
August 25, 2021
Oil spill from power station spreads along Syria’s coast
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A massive oil spill caused by leakage from a power plant inside one of Syria’s oil…