Environment and Climate

COP28 ended with a call to transition away from fossil fuels, but failed to lay out a realistic and fair plan. Could a non-proliferation treaty be the answer?

Conflict, COVID-19, and climate change have left nearly 60 million Arabs hungry. Without reforming MENA's agri-food systems, the region will remain at risk.

As global debt mounts, climate vulnerable nations in the Global South grapple with two crises at once. At COP28, they're saying climate finance isn't enough.

Climate change and political turmoil have short-circuited Tunisia's energy sector, with blackouts disrupting the state's infrastructure and services.

At the UN climate summit in Dubai, experts and activists are sounding the alarm on the devastating toll of rampant militarisation on our planet, and why Israel's war on Gaza is a climate justice issue.

For the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice, Palestinian and environmental activists are calling for an immediate cessation of Israel's settler-colonial enterprise in Palestine and the swift dismantling of climate colonialism around the world.

Arab countries jointly negotiate at climate talks under the umbrella of the Arab States group, led by Saudi Arabia and dominated by the interests of oil-producing countries. But this year, the positions of Emiratis and Saudis may not align.

Around the world, climate change-induced extreme weather events and environmental changes are driving more and more people to flee their homes. However climate refugees remain invisible in international frameworks that protect other displaced people.

As a hundred nations jointly call for a speedy end to fossil fuels at COP28, some GCC countries, including the COP28 host, are in the line of fire for stalling commitments and playing with words.

Despite the floodwater receding, the echoes of Pakistan's 2022 floods still loom large in a country on life support, with around eight million Pakistanis now in need of urgent humanitarian assistance due to malnutrition and disease.