Category Archives: Environment

الامن البيئي في التشريع البلدي البحريني

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الامن البيئي من القضايا المقلقة للشعوب لذلك تصدرت اهتمام الدول والمجتمع الدولي، وتجسد ذلك الاهتمام في تبني المجتمع الدولي منظومة من الاتفاقيات والقرارات الدولية التي تضع المعايير والحدود القانونية في منع الانشطة البشرية التي يمكن ان تتسبب في احداث الدمار البيئي الشامل، وتشكيل الخطر المباشر على الامن البيئي للمجتمعات البشرية، وعززت تلك الاجراءات القانونية بالتفاعل الملحوظ للدول في اعتمادها التشريعات البيئية، وتشكيل منظومة الادارة البيئية، وبالتفاعل مع ذلك المسار وتعزيزا للحرص الدولي في الحد من تصاعد مستويات الازمة البيئية العالمية، وصون كوكب الارض من الاخطار البيئية المدمرة للبيئات والاحياء الطبعية والجنس البشري، اعتمد اهداف التنمية المستدامة. البحرين من الدول الفاعلة … Continue reading →

Integrating Faith and Sustainability: The Essence of Eco-Islam

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The climate crisis has become a key issue in recent years. Changing temperatures and weather patterns have raised alarm bells worldwide, impacting every aspect of our lives. The average global temperature is 1⁰C above the global average levels before the Industrial Revolution. At this rate, scientists estimate that average global temperatures may rise by 2⁰C by 2100. This will spell disaster for the environment at large. Even minute changes in the environment can spell an ecological disaster. Let us investigate how the climate crisis is impacting our lives and what we can do as Muslims to avert the unfolding disaster. … Continue reading →

How to Reduce Your Plastic Footprint: 5 Easy Tips

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With recent reports on the staggering amount of plastic waste floating in our oceans, rivers and lakes, it is high time we start doing something about this problem. Recycling is good, but for many reasons, it is not the answer to the global plastic pollution. We must all learn how to reduce the amount of plastic waste we are producing in the first place. Here are my five favorite ways to reduce your personal plastic footprint. 1. Bring Your Own Bag Billions of plastic shopping bags are used worldwide every year. Shops give them out for free to their customers, … Continue reading →

Why We Need to Stop Using Fossil Fuels? Understanding the True Impact

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Fossil fuels have a wide range of applications including generation of electricity, transport fuels, making products like plastics, cosmetics, and even certain medicines. But why scientists and environmentalist are fighting to end the use of fossil fuels and promoting solar and wind energy instead? The damage that fossil fuel cause to the environment is affecting the entire ecosystem. The impact is disastrous and haunting for the health of our planet. These damages are in some cases easy to see and evaluate such as pollution and land degradation. However, the damage can take various forms and be hidden and difficult to measure such … Continue reading →

The Environmental Impact Of Web3

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Assessing the environmental impact of a broad ecosystem is not simple. When trying to measure the carbon footprint of the internet, one has to consider all the layers that are part of this system. Web3, like the traditional web, has layers, so the only way to analyze its sustainability is by segments. The motivation for the evaluation of web3 is obvious: if web3 represents an evolution of web2, it must also be more sustainable. In this article we will first define what web3.0 is and what its layers are. Then we will assess what its environmental impact is and if … Continue reading →

Paris Agreement: Role of Effective Climate Governance Framework

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While many consider that history was made as industrialized and developing countries jointly agreed on the same climate policy framework for the first time ever; others alert that the Paris Agreement is only as good as its implementation plans and review mechanisms. Nevertheless, the Paris Agreement and the process around it demonstrate an exemplary model for global climate governance and climate policy advocacy. The question now is whether such international governance breakthrough could trickle down to the national and local levels across the globe. Countries and regions are challenged to move forward with the implementation leveraging the high momentum and … Continue reading →

9 Ways to Make an Eco-Friendly Company Culture

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It’s a key time for a lot of businesses right now to capitalize on being more eco-friendly and sustainable in how they do things. People are increasingly concerned about the effects of climate change, and working toward increased sustainability attracts not only customers but also potential talent as well. Advantages of an eco-friendlier approach to business include reducing your costs, building your reputation for corporate responsibility, and perhaps even qualifying for government subsidies. Building an eco-friendly company culture should be your starting point because it’s your corporate culture that sets the tone for everything else you do. The following are … Continue reading →

The Challenges of Public Health and Environmental Stability

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The environment and the climate are all part of our daily life. We live and interact with the environment and the climate also influences our lives by moderating and impacting our environment. Regardless of which continent one focuses one, the concerns are similar across the globe. Many, many people across the globe live off the land. A large portion of the global population is totally dependent on agriculture and livestock farming. We call this subsistence farming. Regardless of nomenclature, these lives are hinged to and dependent on farming in an environment that is rapidly changing as the temperatures rise and … Continue reading →

How IoT is Making a Deep Impact on Sustainable Development

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The Internet of Things (IoT) is currently trending with its ever expanding eco-system of digital sensors, appliances and wearable smart devices. Like other sectors, the role of IoT in sustainable development and environment protection will be crucial in the coming years. Environmental degradation is occurring all over the world. Land degradation, deforestation and desertification pose a growing threat to food security and water availability. Widespread loss of biological diversity is undermining the productive capacity of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. This reduces access to essential environmental goods and services, including vital ecological processes such as water purification, nutrient cycling, control of … Continue reading →

How To Score Deals When Shopping For Eco-Friendly Essentials

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Shopping for green and sustainable products is a great initiative you can do to be a more responsible citizen. With so many products on the market today that harm the environment and deplete natural resources, the damage done to the planet is getting worse. However, while many individuals would want to do their part to minimize this damage, they might find it challenging to use green products. Organic materials and other natural products usually have higher price tags. This could be why many industries use unnatural ingredients, chemical compounds, and other more affordable materials that are unfriendly to the environment … Continue reading →

What to Study if You Are Interested in the Environment?

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Caring for the environment is everyone’s job. Therefore, many young people have projected this desire to preserve ecosystems and protect the planet to a professional field, choosing a university career that allows them to achieve this goal. In this sense, careers related to the care of the environment covering areas such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, geology and botany – are crucial when it comes to training professionals capable of contributing to the market from a responsible perspective with the environment. Do you think your path lies in environmental and ecology careers? Then check out the following professional alternatives. Degrees that … Continue reading →

Biggest Risks in the Oil and Gas Industry and How to Mitigate Them

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The oil and gas industry is universally considered one of the riskiest industries and arguably one that faces several challenges. Over the years, there have been notable cases of oils spills and refinery explosions linked to devastating environmental effects. Other concerns include the construction of oil and gas infrastructure, which causes environmental pollution and disruption of wildlands and wildlife habitat. All these are serious concerns that the entire industry and government institutions are trying to solve. In recent years, oil and gas giants have developed risk assessment and mitigation measures to help them stay competitive in the highly volatile market. … Continue reading →