Fossil fuels have powered our societies for decades and contributed to great advancements in our modern world. However this has come at the cost of our environment, our health and our lives. An increasing cost that we cannot afford anymore. It is time to evolve beyond dirty and dangerous energies such as oil, coal and nuclear and to embrace clean, cheap and everlasting renewable energies. It is time for an energy revolution.
What you can do
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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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This is an Arab crisis
It is time for the Arab States to rise to the occasion and prevent one of the worst oil spills in history with devastating impacts for our region.
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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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For a healthy and clean air
More than 90% of the world’s population suffers from toxic outdoor air. Air pollution is estimated to cause more than 7 million premature deaths worldwide each year.
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Renewable Energy Youth
Renewable energy is cheap, sustainable, and already making our planet more green and peaceful. It disrupts corporate energy systems. It’s great for our health and there’s nothing better for our planet. Join the billions of people who are turning their faces to the sun and the wind. You know the future you want, now here’s…
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Greenpeace MENA’s 2024/2025 UAE Wellbeing Economy Award
Greenpeace MENA and Ajman University are excited to announce the call for submissions for the “Wellbeing Economy Award” — 2024/2025. This Award is launched in partnership with Greenpeace MENA, Ajman University and the UAE Universities Climate Network (UCN). We collectively invite researchers, academics, professionals, and young visionaries to contribute innovative, ongoing or published research papers…
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Learn About Plastic Pollution: Why we need a strong Global Plastics Treaty
Plastic pollution is one of the most pressing environmental issues of our time, but a strong Global Plastics Treaty must bring an end to it – from production to disposal.
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Greenpeace MENA Award: Alternative Futures – UAE Project
Announcing the call for submissions for “the Alternative Futures – UAE” project. This visionary initiative invites researchers, academics, professionals, and young visionaries to contribute innovative already established research papers outlining alternative future scenarios addressing the challenges and opportunities in UAE’s sustainable development journey.
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Greenpeace reveals 8 Middle-Eastern cities among most polluted in the world
Groundbreaking analysis of new satellite data by Greenpeace for the period of June 1 to August 31 reveals that several Middle Eastern cities feature in the most polluted cities in the world in terms of NO2 air pollution ranking.
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Greenpeace MENA on the Conclusion of the 2025 World Future Energy Summit: A Call for Accelerating the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – The 2025 World Future Energy Summit, hosted by the UAE and held as part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, concluded on January 16, serving as a pivotal platform to discuss strategies for advancing climate action and expediting the shift toward a sustainable, low-carbon future.
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Family of a young Iraqi who died from cancer linked to gas flaring takes legal action against BP
The Iraqi youth’s family takes legal action against BP due to their son’s cancer-related death resulting from gas emissions from the company’s oil flares.
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COP28 must answer the call for a fossil fuel phase out
As COP28 resumes for a second week, negotiators will be faced with answering the call for a commitment to a Fossil Fuel Phase Out in Dubai. Never before have we heard so many voices, coming from so many directions to seize the moment and commit to phasing out oil, coal and gas.