A problem as unprecedentedly large and destructive as climate change demands bold new thinking and urgent action. Yet since the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, geopolitical tensions have …
Opinion
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Faced with the threat of climate change and growing technological competition from the United States and China, a growing number of politicians across the European Union are calling for reindustrialization …
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Food & WaterOpinion
Preserving Vital Resources: Navigating the Challenges of Water Aquifer Management
by salehThe Middle East is currently bustling with economic growth and innovation, yet it is simultaneously grappling with water challenges as climate change disrupts traditional precipitation patterns, resulting in unpredictable rainfall. …
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The European Union’s Green Deal is one of the bloc’s most successful and transformational policy frameworks, offering a clear path toward full sustainability by mid-century. But emerging challenges, such as …
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The world is burning, and our political leaders are failing us. With temperatures rising at an alarming rate, it seems that anyone who believes it is still possible to limit …
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Since the European Green Deal was introduced in 2019, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has touted it as the European Union’s new economic-growth agenda. After all, while the strategy’s core objective is …
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As countries around the world experienced record temperatures last year, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres declared, “We must turn a year of burning heat into a year of burning ambition.” But to …
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EnergyEnvironmentOpinion
The grass will be greener in the GCC: The transition to a sustainable and resource secure future
by salehAs COP28 finished in Dubai with the signing of the agreement on The Global Climate Fund for vulnerable countries, many people thought that this represented a new chapter in the …
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EnvironmentOpinion
Designing the future – integrating climate resilience into occupational health & safety
by salehThe recent storms in Dubai have made us all too aware of our fragility to mother nature. As the clean-up operation is well underway and the quick-thinking emergency services deal …
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Improving energy efficiency is undoubtedly a good thing. But efficiency should not be confused – as it sometimes is – with sufficiency, which calls for limiting energy consumption and is thus closely connected …