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EVENTS

27th Session of the UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum
16 - 17 February 2013
Nairobi, Kenya
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Waste to Energy + Recycling 2013
19 - 20 February 2013
Bremen, Germany
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UAE Ecological Footprint Initiative
by Laila Abdullatif and Tanzeed Alam




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Sudbury’s Environmental Revival
The story of reversal of 100 years of environmental chaos in a Canadian city

by Boghos Ghougassian

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The Arab Spring and Resource Management

by Farouk El-Baz
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What’s at Stake?

by Mathis Wackernagel


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Energy Efficiency: no-regret climate
policy option for the Arab countries.
byIbrahim Abdel Gelil

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Silent Spring: Rachel Carson’s Legacy
by Tala Kardas


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Korea’s 4 Years of Green Growth
Policies: Impacts and Prospects
bySoogil Young

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Sustainability Seoul Style
World Consulting Engineering Conference
by Shada El-Sherif


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Global Green Growth Forum in Copenhagen: Resource efficiency  key to economic development


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Waste-to-Energy Technologies To Meet Energy Demands
by Boghos Ghougassian


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‘People’s Summit’ in the Streets of Rio
by Gabriela Speziali


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Rio, the States, the people
by Cynthia Fleury


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Lebanon’s Construction Boom and the Challenges to Urban and Environmental Planning
by Waltraud Frommherz-Hassib


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BankMed Goes Green
by Reem Haddad

Green projects through the Happy Planet campaign

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Ancient Rice Terraces of Batad
by Meryl Haddad

Journey to this world heritage site in the Philippines

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Ecological Footprint and Sustainability Options in the Arab Countries
AFED 2012 Annual Report

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District S: Green Neighborhood Development
by Nader Al-Nakib

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ARZ Green Building Rating System

by Samir Traboulsi

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War on Resources in South Sudan
by Boghos Ghougassian

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Souk El Tayeb”: Lebanese Market for Organic Food
by Nidaa Hilal

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Startling Treasures in Mexico’s Underwater Caves
by Paul Jeffrey

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The National Bioenergy Assessment for Lebanon
by Hassan Harajli

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Restoration of Wadi Hanifa Wetlands
by Mohammad Al-Asad and Wael Al-Samhouri

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Efficient Lighting Activities in the Middle East and North Africa
by Ibrahim Abdel Gelil

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Green Islamic Bonds
by Bashar Zeitoon

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Global Initiatives and Regional Cooperation to Eradicate Energy Poverty
by Jose-Maria Figueres

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A Green Economy for Arab Future
by Mohamed El-Ashry

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Green Economy and Climate Change
by Andrew Steer

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Global Initiatives and Regional Cooperation to Eradicate Energy Poverty
by Suleiman Jasir Al-Herbish

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The future of an ancient city

By Julian Cribb

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The Blue Peace: Rethinking Middle East Water

Commentary By Hadi Tabbara

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Energy For Sustainable Development
By Mohamed El-Ashry

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A Road Map for Climate Negotiations
By Mostapha Tolba

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Towards a science-led climate policy in the Arab region
By Ibrahim Abdel Gelil

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Hazardous Waste Dilemma in the Arab Region: An Eye on Environmental Health Ramifications
By Basel Al-Yousfi
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The CEDRO Impact
By Hassan Harajli

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Greywater Treatment and Reuse in Southern Lebanon
By Boghos Ghougassian
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11 - 17 February 2013

GREEN NEWS

The world’s largest river system, the Amazon, is being rapidly degraded and imperiled by dams, mining, overfishing, and deforestation, warns a study published by an international team of scientists.

China's cabinet has issued a timetable for oil companies to deliver cleaner fuel nationwide beginning this year, the Xinhua news agency reported, but the new standards won't become mandatory for four years despite rising public anger over choking air pollution.

World food prices stabilized in January after falling in the previous three months, the United Nations food agency said, but it warned that adverse crop weather could cause violent price spikes due to tight grains stocks.

As part of an international collaboration with the International Energy Agency, the US Energy Department launched a new database that includes results of environmental monitoring and research efforts on wave, tidal and current energy development worldwide. It will help industry regulators and energy project developers deploy sustainable ocean energy projects in an environmentally responsible manner.

Electricity supplied from a new wind farm is cheaper than that from a new gas or coal-fired power plant in Australia, reports a new analysis published by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

The fledgling market for demand management contracts in the United Kingdom has received a major boost, after its government signed up to a four year scheme that aims to reduce energy consumption in public buildings, hospitals, military bases and universities at times of peak demand.

Global warming is likely to bring more rain to hydro-dependent Norway, giving a further boost to power production that reached a record high last year due to ample rainfall, the government said.

A nuclear accident similar to the one at Japan's Fukushima reactor would cost France about 430 billion euros ($580 billion), or 20 percent of its economic output, as reported in a study on the possible financial impact of a nuclear crisis.

China’s decision to open up collective forest for sale by individuals to outside interests will put 345,000 hectares or 15% of the giant panda’s remaining habitat at risk, warns a letter published in the journal Science.

One of the world's biggest pulp and paper companies said it would stop using timber from Indonesia's natural forests and only use trees from plantations in a drive that an environmental group said may be a milestone if the company keeps its promise.

The European Court of Auditors has criticized the EU’s waste management infrastructure, which has received €10.8 billion in structural funding since 2000, for its "limited" effectiveness.

The California Fish and Game Commission voted to recommend protection of the great white shark, the world's largest predatory fish, in waters along the Pacific Coast, under the state's endangered species law.

The United States will not be able to meet its goal of slashing greenhouse gases 17 percent by 2020 from a 2005 baseline without taking additional steps to target emissions, a new report found.

Poachers have killed more than 11,000 elephants in Gabon's Minkebe National Park rainforest since 2004, Gabon's government said, with the massacre fuelled by increasing demand for ivory in Asia.