Category Archives: Climate Change

The Holy Quran: A New Ecological Paradigm

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Among the world scriptures, the Holy Quran provides a unique resource for building a new ecological paradigm. Grounded in the Abrahamic tradition, it presents a harmonious view of nature reminiscent of the Far East. In the Quran, “whatsoever is the heavens and on the earth glorifies God” (59:1; 61:1; 62:1; 64:1). “The stars and the trees prostrate” (55:6), “the thunder hymns His praise” (13:13), and “unto God prostrates whosoever is in the heavens and whosoever is on the earth, the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the trees, and the beasts” (22:18). In these and many other verses, the … Continue reading →

High-Integrity Carbon Offsetting: Empowering Individuals to Take Climate Action in the MENA Region

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The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is one of the fastest-warming regions on Earth. Rising temperatures, desertification, water scarcity, and extreme weather events increasingly threaten cities like Riyadh, Dubai, and Cairo. Average per-capita emissions: 7 tCO₂e/year (vs. global 4.4 tCO₂e) Gulf countries: often >10 tCO₂e due to heavy AC use, car-dependent transport, and imported meat-heavy diets. These emissions translate into heatwaves, degraded farmland, and air pollution affecting millions. While governments invest in renewables and adaptation, individual actions remain equally crucial. What is High-Integrity Carbon Offsetting? Carbon offsetting allows individuals to neutralize unavoidable emissions by funding projects that remove or … Continue reading →

Why New Zealand Has Encountered Atypical Gale-Force Storms in October 2025

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New Zealand has just experienced a very atypical weather system of gale-force winds reaching hurricane-force in certain locations across the land. It appears to have been triggered by the warm weather over the Antarctica in the previous month of September, As a result, the whole of New Zealand had to brace itself for abnormally higher temperatures and persistent gale force winds causing havoc across the nation. Temperatures across the land reached nearly 30 degrees on the day of peak impact.  The regions across the land were under severe weather warnings with fire bans and unessential services and activities brought to … Continue reading →

Unlocking Climate Finance and Investments in Jordan

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The Paris Agreement called for parties with greater financial resources to provide financial assistance to those with fewer and more vulnerable resources. Because large-scale investments are required to significantly reduce emissions or adapt to the adverse effects of climate change, climate finance is required for mitigation and adaptation. While almost all Arab States submitted their Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) by their Paris Agreement, only 11 provided cost estimates of their financial needs to implement their initial or updated NDCs. According to the UN ESCWA, Arab States received a total of USD 34.5 billion in climate finance over the period 2010 … Continue reading →

How Extreme Weather Forecasting Impacts Climate Change Initiatives

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Changes in worldwide climatic conditions caused by prolonged shifts in temperature and weather patterns continue to wreak havoc, affecting livelihoods. In extreme cases, the adverse effects of climate change have resulted in the loss of lives and property. Today, we frequently witness extreme weather conditions, including severe and ravaging droughts, recurrent hurricanes and tidal flooding, and hot summers resulting in heat waves and wildfires. Consequently, climate change initiatives take center stage to avert a predictable global crisis due to rising temperatures. Weather forecasts play a role in climate change initiatives. Weather forecasting enables communities to realize the effects of human … Continue reading →

The Impact of Climate Change on Children’s Health

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Global warming seriously threatens the existence of half of all plant and animal species in the regions of the planet with particularly diverse flora and fauna. If greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere remain at the current level, by 2080 50% of plant and animal species may disappear, in particular in Lake Baikal and in the Amazon. Endangered elephants and large pandas, as well as tens of thousands of plants, insects, and other living organisms that form the basis of life on the planet, are threatened with extinction in a number of regions. The study was conducted by the British … Continue reading →

How Climate Change is Threatening Life on Kiribati

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Life on an island in the South Pacific has long been considered an idyllic location. But that once reality is becoming a daunting nightmare for the people of Kiribati (pronounced Ke-ree-bas). This nation consists of three archipelagos in the centre of the Pacific Ocean. The total land mass is approximately 811km2 and is spread across 3.5 million km2  of ocean. Of the 33 island and atolls, two-thirds of these land masses are inhabited. The total population of 120,000 people predominantly live on the main island, Tarawa. With the growing trends in the changing global climate, this small Pacific community is … Continue reading →

Algae vs. Oil Spills and Climate Change: An Opportunity for Middle Eastern Seas

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Oil spills, marine pollution, and climate change have become global challenges, particularly acute in oil-producing regions. The Persian Gulf and coastal waters of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, and the UAE are areas with heavy concentrations of petroleum infrastructure, where any incident could trigger an environmental disaster. Nature itself may hold the solution: marine algae can cleanse water of petroleum products and absorb carbon dioxide on a massive scale. This has been demonstrated by scientists in various parts of the world’s oceans. Seas under threat The Persian Gulf serves as the heart of the global oil economy. Dozens of oil platforms, … Continue reading →

السياسات المناخية في تونس : ناجعة رغم ضعف الإمكانيات

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أصبح التغير المناخي حقيقة واقعة في تونس التي تعاني الأمرين  لمجابهة مشاكل  التصحر وندرة المياه وتدهور الموارد الطبيعية. وبالرغم من إسهامها المحدود في انبعاثات غازات الدفيئة على مستوى العالم، إلا أن أخطار التغير المناخي الواقعة عليها قد تكون عالية التأثير و هو ما يسيل الكثير من الحبر حول مدى نجاعة السياسات المناخية بتونس. وضعت تونس، وهي رابع دولة عربية قدّمت مساهماتها المعتزمة المحددة وطنيا في مجال خفض الإنبعاثات من الغازات الدفيئة ، تغيّر المناخ في مرتبة متقدّمة على جدول أعمالها السياسي والاقتصادي باعتبارها  البلد الأول في المنطقة الذي ضمّن دستوره الوطني الجديد إقرارا بتغيّر المناخ تفرض من خلاله الدولة  الحق … Continue reading →

How Education Can Help With Solving Global Warming?

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Climate scientists are sure that humankind contributed to Global Warming. Increase in temperatures create a potential for rising sea level and reducing land surface on which people can live, undermining water and food security, ecosystems, infrastructure, and human health. Struggle for resources is likely to provoke armed conflicts and mass migration. Since this problem is aggravating very rapidly, actions should be taken to prevent or at least slow down further climate change and adapt to its effects. Local responses proved to be ineffective. Therefore, states should develop a complex of behavioral, institutional and technological approaches, mix different strategies, combine policies, … Continue reading →

تغير المناخ والخطاب الإسلامي و عهد جديد من الاستدامة

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تشير الاتجاهات البيئية العالمية إلى أننا نواجه مخاطر نقاط التحول والتغيرات الدائمة في البيئة وفي قدرتها على دعم وتعزيز حياة الإنسان في كل أبعادها.  هذه الحالة من عدم التوازن والتلوث، و التي یشار إليها في الإسلام بإسم "فساد"  تعزى إلى أفعال الإنسان. هذا و يشكل تحويل المجتمع واقتصاد العالم نحو الاستدامة أكبر تحد للعالم في القرن ال21. من الملهم تسخير المعارف والثقافة المحلية للإبلاغ عن الاستدامة. فالإسلام بوصفه عالمى الانتشار ومنهاج للحياة، يمكنه أن يقدم نظرة مستقبلية جديدة لعلاقة الإنسان بالبيئة داخل اقتصاد السوق المعولم. البيئة والتنمية المستدامة هما عبارة عن أرضية محايدة للحوار بين الثقافات في الشرق والغرب،  وذلك … Continue reading →

Karachi Rains: A Mother’s Not-So-Subtle Reality Check on Pakistan’s Climate Mess

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So, picture this: last week, Karachi’s sky got moodier than a teenager denied WiFi. It started with a sweet little drizzle, all innocent, and then—bam—full-on monsoon meltdown. I basically turned into Usain Bolt, sprinting out to grab my kids from a school that, naturally, is miles away. By the time I made it there, the city was a mess: traffic frozen, bikes half-submerged, cars doing their best imitation of stranded whales, and a whole army of parents and kids shivering and soggy on the sidewalks, totally over it. Getting home? That was just round one. The power was out (classic … Continue reading →