King of Jordan inaugurates solar power plant at Royal Court 18/5/2015

King Abdullah Ibn Al-Hussein on Sunday inaugurated a solar-run power plant with a 5.6-megawatt (MW) capacity at the premises of the Royal Court. ...more

Merkel calls for global emissions trading system 18/5/2015

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Saturday for the European Union's Emissions Trading System (ETS), the bloc's flagship policy to cut greenhouse gas emissions, to become a global system. ...more

Ecuador breaks Guinness reforestation record 18/5/2015

Ecuador broke a world record for reforestation Saturday, as thousands of people pitched in to plant 647,250 trees of more than 200 species, President Rafael Correa said. ...more

NASA finds Antarctic ice shelf a few years from disintegration 15/5/2015

The last intact section of one of Antarctica's mammoth ice shelves is weakening fast and will likely disintegrate completely in the next few years, contributing further to rising sea levels, according to a NASA study released on Thursday. ...more

A deepwater fish joins mammals, birds in the warm-blooded club 15/5/2015

Move over, mammals and birds, and make room for a fish called the opah in the warm-blooded club. ...more

Record ivory, rhino horn cache found in Mozambique 15/5/2015

Police in Mozambique said Thursday they had seized 1.3 tonnes of elephant ivory and rhino horn -- the result of killing about 200 animals -- in the country's biggest ever find of illegal wildlife products. ...more

Solar-powered ATMs to deliver clean drinking water in Pakistan 15/5/2015

Punjab province is set to launch an innovation for water-short Pakistan: Solar-powered ATMs that dispense clean water when a smart card is scanned. ...more

Ecomagination at 10: A status report 15/5/2015

It’s been a decade since General Electric, on May 9, 2005, launched Ecomagination, its marketing play with an environmental focus. ...more

AFED at UNEP’s Environment Outlook Network in Amman 14/5/2015

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) organized a regional consultation in Amman on the Arab content of the Global Environment Outlook (GEO). ...more

New climate deal seen aiding GDP, lacking sanctions: U.N. chief 14/5/2015

A U.N. deal to combat global warming due in December will seek to lift world economic growth and be based more on encouragement than threats of punishment for non-compliance, the U.N.'s climate chief said on Wednesday. ...more