Tag: politics

    A new energy future fueled by Emirati and Israeli peace

    It was a year and one month ago when first media reports of an emerging normalization agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates appeared. The Israel-UAE normalization agreement, was initially agreed to in a joint statement by the United States, Israel and the UAE more than a year ago, on August 13, 2020, officially […]

    The weight of the world: on framing the fight against climate change
    07 Sep 2021

    “The oil-producing countries work to translate their wealth into international influence, resulting in a geopolitics that more often than not reignites old conflicts, although it sometimes creates new ones.” Let’s get acquainted with the article by Alaa Abd El Fattah. He’s the webmaster of Panorama, and an Egyptian blogger, software developer, and political activist. He […]

    “Natural state” and “social responsibility of property” as responses to the eco-crisis

    The world is almost entirely changed by humanity. Even in Antarctica, you will find microplastics and chemicals, the consequences of pollution. Climate change is taking place on all continents. We’re on the verge of collapse, and the 2020-2021 lockdowns are just his rehearsal. Fossil fuels will run out, and it will take hundreds of years […]

    With the Hope Line, Iran aims to boost seawater transfer to fight growing drought

    Blessed with milder temperatures than its Gulf neighbors as well as abundant rain and snow fall, Iran is one of the last countries in the region to introduce a seawater transfer plan to fight unprecedented levels of drought. The plan, once fully implemented, could help build water corridors linking the shores of Iran’s southern Gulf […]

    Transatlantic Climate Action in the Gulf and Great-Power Competition
    07 Aug 2021

    This piece is part of the series “All About China” – a journey into the history and diverse culture of China through short articles that shed light on the lasting imprint of China’s past encounters with the Islamic world as well as an exploration of the increasingly vibrant and complex dynamics of contemporary Sino-Middle Eastern […]

    UAE asserts intense climate action equals strong economic growth at high-level pre-COP26 climate talks in the UK
    01 Aug 2021

    Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, the UAE’s Special Envoy for Climate Change and Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, met his counterparts in London for high-level talks ahead of November’s COP26 climate change summit in the UK, WAM reports. During the ministerial gathering, which included ministers from 40 countries, and in meetings with UK […]

    Ecological revolution. The energy industry is on the verge of a new era – Financial Times
    27 Jul 2021

    Looking back over the past decade, we can conclude that the pace of progress in the fight against climate change has been too slow. Carbon emissions continued to rise, and although they decreased in 2020 due to coronavirus lockdowns, in 2021, carbon emissions will return to their “consistently high levels,” Financial Times reports. According to […]

    G20 fails to agree on climate goals in communiqué
    26 Jul 2021

    Energy and environment ministers from the Group of 20 wealthy nations have failed to agree on the wording of crucial climate change commitments in their final communique, Italy’s Ecological Transition Minister Roberto Cingolani said on July 23, Reuters reports. The G20 ministers failed to reach an agreement in Naples on a common goal – to […]

    Opinion: US economic sanctions against Iran are triggering environmental damage

    US sanctions against Iran seem to be a purely political act in a geopolitical confrontation. We usually hear about them in the context of the “nuclear” confrontation between the two states. Instead, the medal has a flip side, which former US President Donald Trump, and now Joe Biden, preferred not to voice. Here is an […]

    Mismanagement and overexploitation threaten Persian Gulf ecosystem – Iranian official

    The Persian Gulf ecosystem and biodiversity are being destroyed due to mismanagement, overexploitation, and lack of supervision, Tehran Times states. Criticizing the internal and external threat to Persian Gulf biodiversity with domestic and foreign issues, Issa Kalantari, head of the Iranian Department of Environment (DOE), said that “Persian Gulf biodiversity has been abandoned due to […]