Squashed Insects Greetings from your Windshield... 1/10/2006 Volker Steger

Now, what's that gunk on my car? Clearly most victims of traffic accidents aren't human, they arent't even vertebrates. ...more

Helping Lebanon minimize environmental damage 1/9/2006 Habib El-Habr

News in the past two months has been dominated by the situation in Lebanon. Not only is Lebanon a member state of the UNEP Regional Office for West Asia, the home of the Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia editorial team, it is also my family home. ...more

Rehabilitating Lebanon's environment 1/9/2006 Achim Steiner

You can clean up the language of war and conflict-smart bombs, surgical strikes, collateral damage, friendly fire-but cleaning up the consequences is a far harder task. ...more

Arab Public Opinion & the Environment Report of 18-Country Survey 1/6/2006 Dr. Mostafa K. Tolba and Najib Saab

The survey on environmental trends in Arab countries was organized by Al-Bia Wal- Tanmia (Environment & Development) magazine, in cooperation with the Regional Office for West Asia of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP/ROWA) and the Council of Arab Ministers Responsible for the Environment (CAMRE). ...more

Inventing for the Environment 1/4/2006 Arthur Molella and Joyce Bedi

"Inventing for the Environment" consists of a collection of essays written by specialists in a wide variety of fields; they include environmental, science technology and business historians as well as engineers, scientists, architects and town planners. ...more

Renewable Energy: Germany's Choice for the Future 1/3/2006 Joachim Fischer and Boghos Ghougassian

Renewable energy and energy efficiency are being taken seriously in Germany as major options for the future. Projecting the energy supply sector in 2050 makes it clear that when renewable energy systems are adopted, combined with energy efficiency measures, they offer excellent prospects for the sustainable development of German economy and protection of the environment. ...more

Dirty Thirty: Europe's most polluting power stations 1/12/2005

After a summer of climate-related flooding, droughts and heatwaves in parts of Europe, a new ranking by WWF reveals the continent's worst climate polluting power stations. ...more

CO2 Storage May Minimize Climate Change 1/12/2005

New IPCC report confirms that CO2 capturing and storage could play a major role in combating climate change - but only if key constraints are addressed ...more

Workshop Review Municipal Executives Discuss Environmental Management 21/11/2005 Lea Kai & Nadine Haddad

Once again the composting plant in Kherbet Selem captured the interest of the participants from Lebanese and Arab Municipalities, during a site visit as part of the curriculum of the Second Regional Workshop for Municipalities held in Beirut between14-19 November 2005, at the le Meridien Commodore Hotel in Beirut. ...more

One Planet Many People: Atlas of Our Changing Environment 1/11/2005

UNEP's bestseller highlights rapid urbanization, forest loss and other environmental changes as depicted by satellite images ...more