CategoriesEnvironmental Articles NewsIn an urgent open letter, more than 900 international law, environment, and peacebuilding experts and more than 155 organizations from more than 75 countries warned that Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine poses profound risks not only to the sovereignty and human rights of the Ukrainian people but to the environment of Ukraine and the wider […]
CategoriesEnvironmental Articles News Our NewsThe National Center for Environmental Justice (NCEJ), represented by Dr. Mohammad Eyadat, chairman, participated for three days, in a preparatory workshop on forest and land management, climate change and the interrelationship between them, organized by the Dibeen Association for Environmental Development in partnership with the Habitat International Union (HIC), in preparation for the Seventh Earth […]
CategoriesEnvironmental Articles News Reports and StatisticsSingapore as of late is continually building its reputation as a City in Nature, with Singaporean design long having a strong consciousness to acknowledge that green spaces matter. Urban planners and architects alike have taken a conscientious decision to weave in nature throughout the city as it continues to uproot new buildings and developments, incorporating the […]
CategoriesNewsQueen Rania of Jordan has called on the global community to unite in the face of climate change. The Queen made the statement in a set of remarks recorded in a video message for the first-ever Earthshot Innovation Showcase at Expo 2020 Dubai on 10 February, where the Duke of Cambridge was in attendance. The event […]
CategoriesNewsThe Italian parliament approved a law making protection of the environment part of the Constitution in a vote politicians and activists hailed as significant for the country’s future. The law says the state must safeguard the environment, biodiversity and the ecosystem “in the interest too of future generations”. It said any private economic initiative must […]
CategoriesNews Reports and StatisticsThe World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the huge amount of medical waste produced as a result of tackling the COVID-19 pandemic poses a threat to human and environmental health. In a new report, the United Nations health agency said waste syringes, used test kits and old vaccine bottles have all piled up to create […]
CategoriesNews Reports and StatisticsA new report warns that warmer, shorter seasons are fueling greater demands for energy – and water-intensive snow canons, creating more dangerous conditions. Climate change is threatening the future of the Winter Olympics and snow sports by eroding the season and forcing more dangerous, artificial conditions, experts have warned in a report published a week […]
CategoriesNews Reports and StatisticsThe Secretary-General of the Ministry of Environment, Muhammad Khashasnah, said that the environmental situation in the Dead Sea is dangerous, and that its decline threatens the ecosystem, as the salinity level in it is 34%, while the salinity rate in the Red Sea is 3.9%. Khashashna stressed that the responsible authorities want to stop the […]
CategoriesEnvironmental Articles News Reports and StatisticsClimate change is threatening to destroy treasures buried in the UK as the soils that protect them dry out. A Roman toilet seat, the world’s oldest boxing glove, and the oldest handwritten letter by a woman are some of the extraordinary objects discovered in at-risk British peatlands. It means climate change could undermine our understanding […]
CategoriesNews Reports and StatisticsDead seals, fish and birds have washed up on Peru’s shore covered in oil after the spill. A refinery blamed waves caused by the eruption of a volcano in Tonga. The Peruvian government on Saturday declared a 90-day “environmental emergency” in damaged coastal territories, after an oil spill that saw 6,000 barrels of crude oil […]
