CategoriesEnvironmental Articles Our News Our OpinionA recent report by Global Energy Monitor was issued on Tuesday, July 19, stating that the total renewable energy in the Arab world amounts to 73.4 gigawatts, concentrated in particular in solar and wind energy. By: Hanin Abu Alrub Head of Media Department – National Center for Environmental Justice The report showed that Jordan is […]
CategoriesEnvironmental ArticlesIn late July, the UN General Assembly is expected to vote on a draft resolution recognizing the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. Costa Rica, the Maldives, Morocco, Slovenia, and Switzerland presented the draft text to the 193-member Assembly, the UN’s most representative body, last June, following the landmark resolution adoption of […]
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 […]
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 […]
CategoriesEnvironmental Articles Reports and StatisticsThe last seven years have been the seven warmest on record for the planet, new data shows, as Earth’s temperature continues its precarious climb due to heat-trapping fossil fuel emissions. A new analysis by the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, which tracks global temperature and other climate indicators, found 2021 was the fifth-warmest year […]
CategoriesEnvironmental Articles Reports and StatisticsFrom plastic pollution to extreme weather and the extinction crisis, the year ahead promises tough fights, enormous challenges and critical opportunities. A new year brings with it new opportunities — and more of the same environmental threats from the previous 12 months. But as we see year after year, many environmental issues tend to fly […]
CategoriesEnvironmental Articles Reports and StatisticsThe European Commission has proposed plans to classify some categories of gas and nuclear energy as green, drawing criticism from Germany. The proponents argue that the gas and nuclear energy sectors are necessary to aid the transition to cleaner energy use. But Germany’s environment minister called the plan “completely wrong”. This comes two months before […]
CategoriesEnvironmental Articles Reports and StatisticsThe ESG landscape will become more complex in 2022, and in-house counsel and compliance professionals should be aware of five emerging trends, say Crowell & Moring’s Thomas A. Lorenzen and Elizabeth B. Dawson. Findings of a recent Crowell survey shows that only about two-thirds of in-house counsel said they were up to speed on environmental […]
