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Things you can do
We want you to take action because together we’re strong.
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#AirWeShare – JOIN THE MURAL MOVEMENT
Across Lebanon, Iraq, Tunisia, and Morocco, Greenpeace MENA is teaming up with Phenomena & T.Durden, local artists, and frontline communities to turn walls into powerful calls for clean air. Through bold graffiti murals, the #AirWeShare campaign transforms air pollution, an invisible crisis, into visible art that sparks awareness and action. Visitors are invited to capture…
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UN Climate Change Conference – COP30 in Belém, Brazil
This year, the world’s eyes turn toward COP30 in Belém, Brazil — taking place in what is already the hottest year ever recorded. Although the Middle East and North Africa region bears only a minimal historical responsibility for global emissions compared to major industrialized nations, it ranks among the most affected by the severe consequences…
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UN Climate Change Conference – COP29
Now in its 29th year and facing a crucial moment, the UN Climate Change Conference must agree on a new climate finance package. Finance is a cornerstone of global cooperation on climate change and a central component of the Paris Agreement’s commitments. Climate justice can only be achieved when we end the root cause of…
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A Breath of Fresh Air: Everyone deserves clean air
What comes to mind when you think of clean air? A beautiful landscape? Exercising outdoors? Picnicking in the park with loved ones or riding a bike? Submit your photo now and be a part of the change.
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Protect what you love!
Join us on a humble journey through the magical world of Mother Nature, to the land we rely on every day for the air we breathe and the water we drink. This land is our home, our source of livelihood, and a legacy for our children and grandchildren.
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COP28
The 28th UN Climate Conference is taking place at the end of a year when we saw record temperatures, thousands of people dying in floods in Libya and Algeria and wildfires spreading across Syria, Tunisia, and Lebanon. We are in a race against the climate crisis clock and it’s accelerating fast, so world leaders need…
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#ClimateJusticeNow
The Middle East and North Africa is warming at twice the global average – impacts are being seen in communities and the natural world throughout the region.
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Climate justice for the MENA youth.
Climate change is bad for everyone, but it is making some people’s lives worse. The basic essentials for good health and well-being of our generation, food, air and water, are all being heavily affected. The current economic system that was chosen by the Global North has created the climate disaster we now face and has…
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The climate justice clock is ticking.
The MENA region is particularly impacted by the adverse effects of climate change in every possible way. Children, women, indigenous communities, properties, crops and ecosystems are daily being reduced to mere figures and stories of climate change victims. They are our sisters, our brothers, our homes, our livelihood, our serenity and our culture.
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Have You Experienced the Impacts of Climate Change?
Since climate change is one of the most serious threats facing the Middle East and North Africa, and as part of our awareness project to combat and adapt to its impacts, we want to hear from you, and from citizens across the region who are witnessing the changes around them caused by global warming.
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Extreme Heat Waves and Wildfires: How to deal with them?
As temperatures keep rising to historic highs due to climate change, wildfires are becoming more frequent and severe in almost every region of the world. Therefore, it is necessary to spread awareness on how to prevent and deal with them. It is common knowledge that the culprit is climate change, so let us be prepared!
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FSO-SAFER: A ticking time bomb
FSO Safer is a floating oil storage and offloading vessel that is moored in the Red Sea north of the Yemeni city of Al Hudaydah . Safer was built in 1976 by the Hitachi Zosen Corporation in Japan as the oil tanker Esso Japan.
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Fight Climate Change!
Climate change is happening. Those who have contributed the least to the climate crisis are the most at risk. That’s why a growing number of communities are taking legal action: to hold governments and fossil fuel companies accountable and to secure their rights to a stable climate and healthy environment.
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#AirWeShare: Graffiti for Clean Skies
Across Lebanon, Iraq, Morocco, and Tunisia, Greenpeace MENA, along with young artists and local communities, turns walls into calls for clean air. Join #AirWeShare and reclaim our right to breathe. We’re Painting the Air We Deserve.
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Closing the 1.5°C Ambition Gap: The UAE’s Moment to Lead the World from Words to Action
The UAE can leverage its decarbonization leadership to lead the global transition from fossil fuels, moving from low-cost oil to sustainable energy pioneer.
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Blooming Futures Report: Supporting the UAE’s Journey Toward a Wellbeing Economy
The report, titled “Beyond Extractivism: Towards a Feminist and Just Economic Transition in Morocco and Egypt”, challenges the widely held belief that European investments create mutual benefits. Instead, it reveals how these investments in oil, gas, renewable energy, green hydrogen, and agriculture in Morocco and Egypt often perpetuate unfair resource exploitation, with wealth and benefits…