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Greenpeace MENA congratulates Egypt and UAE as next climate COP hosts
Reacting to the announcement that Egypt and the United Arab Emirates will be the next hosts of the 27th and 28th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP) respectively, Ghiwa Nakat, executive director of Greenpeace MENA, said...
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Greenpeace expresses concern over KSA net zero announcement: nothing but fossil fuel propaganda ahead of COP-26
Greenpeace MENA is concerned that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s announcement of its pledge to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2060, lacks a serious...
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Open letter to H.E. Dr. Walid Fayad, Minister of Energy and Water
First of all, we would like to congratulate you on assuming your new role as minister, while recognizing the immense responsibilities of the Ministry of Energy and Water (MoEW), especially in the current circumstances: the State failing to provide electricity...
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Annual Report 2020
The establishment of Greenpeace Middle East and North Africa could not have happened in a more challenging and turbulent time for our region. Not to forget how the Covid-19..
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Greenpeace welcomes net zero commitment from UAE, urging Gulf countries to follow suit
Greenpeace MENA welcomes the United Arab Emirates’s announcement of its commitment to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050...
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Conclusion: Social and climate justice between the economic and the political
Human societies have a close relationship with ecosystems and economic and tourism growth which has led to resource depletion and environmental degradation which has increased the importance of "environmental justice".
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Chapter VI: Food sovereignty and environmental violations: The case of Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco
Environmental damage, Liberal growth policies in the agricultural sector, exploitation of resources, destruction of the environment, heavy use of chemicals...
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Chapter V: Biodiversity from a climate and social justice perspective
Biodiversity includes all living beings on Earth and their interaction with each other. These ecosystems form the basics of human culture.
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Chapter IV: energy sovereignty between environment and social justice: the cases of Egypt, Algeria and Irak
No man can deny or ignore climate change and its implications, particularly on the economic, social, and environmental life. Researchers have focused...
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Hot summer and severe fires..what’s the link with Climate change?
This summer, the Middle East has been hit with a wave of unprecedented heat and forest fires. We have witnessed nearly double the average number of forest fires in the region, as well as an increase in their intensity and destruction. But how are these catastrophes...