By: Mohammad Yahia Published by: Islam Online     Every summer, over one million tourists flock to Alexandria, Egypt, to enjoy the sun and the beaches. The historic city, with its magical charm, is also home to four million people. But the beautiful fragile coastal city of the Mediterranean Sea stands to lose much from the imminent danger of climate change, and it may not even be Egypt's... [read more]

The landmark annual report published by the WorldWatch Institute with the title of "State of the World" has just been released for the 2008 edition. This year the report focused on innovations for a sustainable economy and includes a variety of ideas and trends for a greener economic policies for all countries in the World.  This is the press release of the report by WorldWatch Institute   Environmental... [read more]

By: Batir Wardam     The Economics of environmental degradation in Jordan have been calculated in a recent study by the World Bank. The cost of environmental degradation in Jordan was estimated at JD 205 million or 3.1% of GDP. In detailed figures water pollution was found to be costing 0.71 to 1.24% of GDP while Air pollution costing 0.69% of GDP. Moreover Land degradation cost 0.46% of GDP while... [read more]

This is my weekly environmental article published in the Star newspaper this week   By: Batir Wardam   Awake from Hybernation The National Agenda was prepared in 2005 and launched in 2006 comprising a comprehensive political and socio-economic reform plan for the country until 2017. The National Agenda was based on extensive research and integrated inputs from key players and organizations... [read more]

As if the Arab World does not have more than its fair share of catastrophies in the form of occupation, drought, civil wars, terrorism and oppression it is expected that Climate Change will add more mayhem, especially in North Africa.   According to a new report published by UNEP, Climate change is likely to aggravate old conflicts and could even turn into wars or violence in many parts of the... [read more]

The dream of development in the Arab World is to manage to produce sustainable mechanisms to turn deserts into productive land on the long run without polluting it with pesticides and ending up in irreversible salinization of the land after a few years, let alone water resource depletion. Experiments are always important to study, and Egypt has emerged in the past few years with some very promising... [read more]

Any new year is always a good time for reflections and assessments. It has been almost two years since the establishment of this blog and I am very proud to see the increasing interest from readers all over the world. In fact, what pleases me more is the fact that the Arabic platform of this blog is much more popular than the English one, with almost 270,000 hits in the Arabic blog. This shows a high... [read more]