Category Archives: Climate Change

How MENA Eco-Creators Turn TikTok Views Into Action

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A beach cleanup video shot in Alexandria can pull two million views. The cleanup itself might pull eleven volunteers. That gap is the real story of environmental content in the Middle East and North Africa right now. Attention is cheap here. Turnout isn’t. And the creators who close that gap are doing a handful of specific things the rest of the field keeps missing. The audience is already sitting there MENA doesn’t have a reach problem. As of October 2025, Saudi Arabia and the UAE were among the countries with the highest TikTok penetration per adult population on the globe—around … Continue reading →

Carbon Offsetting in Practice: Why the Quality and Mix of Carbon Projects Matter

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Carbon offsetting is often reduced to a simple calculation: estimate emissions, purchase an equivalent number of carbon credits, and claim that the impact has been addressed. In practice, the decision is much more complicated. A tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent may look identical in a spreadsheet, but the project behind that tonne can be very different. Some projects prevent emissions, some reduce them, and others remove carbon from the atmosphere. Storage may last for very different periods, and the risks associated with each project can vary substantially. For individuals and businesses trying to make more responsible climate decisions, the important … Continue reading →

Impact of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Major Ecosystems

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Anthropogenic climate change is hindering a wide variety of organisms, their genetics and species’ habitats – in short, biodiversity. The accelerated pace of human development and its impacts on biodiversity which sustain it, is both massive and significant. Biodiversity is inextricably linked to climate; climate change is both a cause and an effect of biodiversity change. Climate change jeopardizes the services offered by the global ecosystems that have been taken for granted. Let us examine how anthropogenic climate change is affecting various ecosystems: Agricultural Ecosystem Agricultural ecosystems are spread around the globe; hence, the impacts of climate change on agricultural biodiversity … Continue reading →

El Niño, Your Leftovers, and the Methane Problem Hiding in Plain Sight

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A limp celery stalk, a banana peel or yesterday’s rice hardly looks like a climate problem. Once those scraps disappear into the kitchen trash, most of us stop thinking about them. Yet food does not disappear when it leaves the kitchen: it enters a waste management system, and if that system ends in a landfill, the climate consequences can be surprisingly significant. That may seem far removed from El Niño, but the connection is worth examining carefully. Food waste does not cause El Niño, and composting cannot control it. El Niño is a natural Pacific Ocean-atmosphere cycle. The connection is … Continue reading →

Financing Climate Resilience in War Zones

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In the global effort to fight climate change, war zones face a massive problem. Countries like Iraq, Syria, and Yemen suffer from extreme heat, dry weather, and shrinking water supplies. Yet, they receive very little financial help. Standard green finance systems require stable governments, safe conditions, and clear profits to work. During a war, those conditions do not exist. To help these areas, the Green Climate Fund has changed how it operates. By adapting its rules, the Fund now spends money directly into active conflict zones, showing how environmental aid can still reach people living through war. The biggest hurdle … Continue reading →

الابتكار من أجل التنمية المستدامة.. مسؤولية الجميع

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على مرعقود طويلة،  اقتصر تقدم و تطور العلوم والتكنولوجيا والابتكارعلى البلدان الأكثر تقدما، حيث لا يزال الاستثمار في مجال البحث والتطوير دون الطموح في البلدان النامية. حتى مع وجود أشخاص ذوي قدرات و مواهب بارزة،  لا يزال البحث والتطوير  محصورين  في نطاق المختبرات فقط، بعيدا  عن التفاعل مع حاجات السوق والمجتمع. ولكن ليس من الممكن بأن يستمرالحال كذلك كون الإجراءات والخطوات الجماعيه المتخذة على الصعيد المحلي هي الأدوات الأساسية نحو التغيير العالمي  ولا تعمل الأهداف العالمية للتنمية المستدامة على تسليط الضوء على الابتكار كأحد الأهداف التنموية فحسب، بل تؤكد أيضا على الأهمية الكبيرة للابتكار من أجل تحقيق الأهداف الأخرى. سواء … Continue reading →

Climate Change Impacts in North Africa

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In North Africa, rising temperatures associated with climate change are expected to decrease the land areas suitable for agriculture, shorten the length of growing seasons and reduce crop yields. The decrease in annual precipitation that is predicted for Northern Africa in the 21st century will exacerbate these effects, particularly in semi-arid and arid regions that rely on irrigation for crop growth. Whilst extreme events associated with climate change, like floods and droughts, will probably set economic development back many years, approaches to climate change adaptation are not usually aligned with development issues. Climate change mitigation will divert resources from programmes … Continue reading →

Science Diplomacy in the Age of Climate Change

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Climate change is the defining transboundary challenge of the twenty-first century. Rising temperatures, extreme weather events, sea-level rise, biodiversity loss, food insecurity, and water scarcity transcend political boundaries, making unilateral action insufficient. Although climate change is fundamentally a scientific issue, its solutions depend on international cooperation, political negotiation, financial solidarity, and technological innovation. At the intersection of these dimensions lies science diplomacy, an approach that integrates scientific knowledge into diplomatic processes while simultaneously using diplomacy to foster scientific cooperation. Science diplomacy has evolved from a complementary policy tool into a central mechanism for addressing climate change because it enables governments … Continue reading →

التغير المناخي بين السماء و الأرض

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إن الدول و الحكومات و أصحاب السلطة جد مقصرون في تشجيع مواطنيهم على تبني ممارسات الحفاظ على البيئة و الطاقة و الماء, و لا يمكن أن يقتصر التشجيع على التحسيس و التشجيع فقط بل يجب أن يتعداه إلى إجراءات ملموسة إما ماديا أو تشريعيا. رسميا و إعلاميا تتخذ الدول توجهات صداحة و براقة على المستوى الدولي لكن يبقى هذا ضعيفا و محدودا على مستوى التعامل اليومي و المجتمعي الداخلي أو ما يسمى باللامركزية و كأن الأمر يهم الدول و هي في معزل عن الأفراد و الأشخاص الذين يكونوهم. أو أن هؤلاء الأشخاص غير معنيون بالتلوث و التغير المناخي. و هنا … Continue reading →

Green Finance in the Middle East: An Overview

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Green finance is among the most important enablers that would boost innovation and increase the adoption of green solutions and practices across different industrial sectors. Green finance, which has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years, provides public well-being and social equity while reducing environmental risks and improving ecological integrity. Middle East is making good progress towards green growth and low-carbon economy. “The latest regional trends highlight the need for green financing mechanisms to support transition to green economy”, said Ruba Al-Zu’bi, a well-known sustainability expert. “While green may be the obvious feasible and sustainable approach, access to finance makes … Continue reading →

Islamic Perspectives on Overpopulation, Overconsumption and Climate Change

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Overpopulation – and incipient overconsumption – are the twin products of the capitalist system. Consumerism is characterized by the desire for material goods. It is the dominant ideology of our times and holds responsibility for the Climate Crisis. This is as consumerism is intimately linked with anthropocentrism, environmental destruction and global inequality Moreover, Islam can provide a thoroughgoing critique of the prevailing socio-economic system.  As such, it is necessary to develop a strong Islamic platform in order to work towards economic justice and sustainability. Overpopulation can be better understood through analysis of overconsumption and resource depletion. The scale of the … Continue reading →

عِقْد العمل: المدن وأنسنة أهداف التنمية المستدامة

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بقي أمامنا 10 سنوات على إنجاز ما التزمنا به ضمن الأجندة العالمية للتنمية المستدامة 2030. إلا أن وتيرة التقدم في تحقيق أهداف التنمية المستدامة أبطأ من المطلوب. في كانون الثاني/يناير 2020، وفي محاولة لتسريع التقدم وتكثيف الجهود، أطلق الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة أنطونيو غوتيريش “عِقْد العمل والإنجاز من أجل التنمية المستدامة”. ويستند العِقْد إلى ثلاثة مستويات من العمل: العمل العالمي، والعمل المحلي، والعمل الشعبي. وعقب أسابيع من الإعلان، ضرب وباء “كوفيد-19” الكرة الأرضية وفاقم التحديات أمام جهود تحقيق أهداف التنمية المستدامة حول العالم. وفي حين أن رفاه الإنسان يقع في صميم التنمية المستدامة، إلا أن التوقعات تشير إلى ارتفاع معدل … Continue reading →