CategoriesEnvironmental Articles NewsOn a busy street downtown is a life-size ice sculpture of a polar bear. It’s melting, revealing a fearsome-looking bronze skeleton underneath. Designed by artist Mark Coreth, the display is not a decoration but a warning: Climate change is killing wildlife like polar bears, which depend on sea ice.
CategoriesEnvironmental Articles Our NewsThe conclusion of the workshop “The Role of the Jordanian Judiciary in Addressing Environmental Crimes (First Level)”, as part of the project “Administrative Structure of the Environmental Justice Sector in Jordan” NCEJ The workshop on “The Role of the Jordanian Judiciary in Addressing Environmental Crimes (First Level)” was concluded today, as part of the “Administrative […]
CategoriesEnvironmental Articles Our NewsNCEJ The second session of the workshop “The Role of the Jordanian Judiciary in Addressing Environmental Crimes (First Level)” was launched. It included the following topics, “The specificity of civil liability for environmental damage and the difficulties it raises” and was presented by Judge Abdullah Abu Al-Ghanem, and ” Sensitivity of evidence in environmental crimes”. […]
CategoriesEnvironmental Articles Our NewsThe workshop on “The Role of the Jordanian Judiciary in Addressing Environmental Crimes (First Level)” was launched today as part of the “Administrative Structuring of the Environmental Justice Sector in Jordan” project, which is organized by the National Center for Environmental Justice (NCEJ) with the support of the French Embassy.
CategoriesEnvironmental Articles Our NewsRecent increases in gas prices and advances in electric vehicle technology have made electric vehicles more affordable than petrol-powered vehicles.
CategoriesCOP27 Environmental Articles Our NewsNearly 200 countries, including the European Union, agreed on a historic step to expand payments to countries vulnerable to climate change when they announced approval for the formation of the Loss and Damage Fund. NCEJ By: Hanin Abu Alrub Had the agreement not been agreed, the Sharm el-Sheikh summit would have been considered an undisputed […]
CategoriesEnvironmental Articles NewsWork is starting on the biggest environmental treaty since Paris. It aims to tackle plastic pollution.
CategoriesEnvironmental Articles NewsIt’s that time of year again: the pre-Christmas consumer frenzy also known as Black Friday. During the biggest shopping event of the year, retailers slash their prices. But what does that mean for the environment? NCEJ The season for bargain hunting has begun. Or so we are told. Every year come the end of November, […]
CategoriesEnvironmental Articles Reports and StatisticsSeven ways in which our destruction of the natural world has led to deadly outcomes NCEJ 1. As Indian vultures decline, the number of rabies cases rise In the early 1990s, vultures across India started dying inexplicably. Long-billed, slender-billed, and oriental white-backed vultures declined to the brink of extinction, with the number of India’s most […]
CategoriesCOP27 Environmental Articles NewsThe fund would target the most vulnerable countries, delegates said, a key demand from wealthy nations that didn’t want money flowing to China and other higher-income countries. NCEJ Negotiators at United Nations climate talks struck a deal Saturday to set up a fund that would pay for climate-related damage in vulnerable countries, officials said, handing […]
