Corporate Climate Judgment Day

The predicaments that have beleaguered some of the major global oil companies – in courts and within their own boardrooms – have proven beyond doubt that they will no longer be able to ignore the facts of science, rule of law and the pressure of public opinion ... more

Trump is transient coincidence, climate change is lasting reality

When I first met him 20 years ago, I did not notice that the veteran international banker had a particular interest in environment and climate change ... more

Waste cannot be treated by an odor expert

Two types of tax cannot be evaded: income tax and environmental tax ... more

Glasgow not Last Chance but Door to Opportunities

Climate Summit (COP26) enters its second week with global consensus on one matter: that climate is already changing at a dangerous pace due to human activitie ... more

Development and environment: Who is responsible?

The League of Arab States (LAS) did well when it recently established a special unit for Sustainable Development ... more

Which energy and for whom?

"Sustainable Energy for All" is a noble slogan, which triggered an international initiative led by former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ... more

Do we need a new pact for the environment?

Since the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment released its Stockholm Declaration in 1972, more than a thousand international agreements dealing with specific environmental issues have emerged ... more

If I were Neymar

While some countries cut budgets allocated for scientific research and the environment because they consider them a luxury at a time of austerity, they still find enough money to spend on things that they consider more important ... more

Is it too late for Lebanon’s environment?

In 2000, the late Prime Minister Rafic Hariri invited me to introduce environmental dimensions into his parliamentary elections platform, while the economic and social aspects were assigned to Bassel Fleihan ... more

Save the earth before your beautiful hair

Less than a week after the publication of figures on the unprecedented rise in global temperatures, a thermometer in Southern California’s Death Valley soared to almost 55 degrees Celsius, according to the U.S. National Weather Service, the highest temperature recorded anywhere in the world in the past 100 years ... more