AFED Conference on Arab Food Security in Amman Arabs import half their food 26/11/2014

The Arab region imports half the food it needs. However, Arab countries can boost their food production, primarily by improving productivity and irrigation efficiency, in addition to regional cooperation. ...more

Beirut bank gets Lebanon’s largest rooftop garden by Green Studios 21/11/2014

From San Francisco, to Amsterdam to Cairo, and now Beirut. Rooftop gardens are growing everywhere. Fueled by a desire to suck greenhouse gases, create heat sinks, beautify the city and even grow food, rooftop gardens may be the only way to feed our planet’s 7 billion mouths. ...more

U.N. Green Fund gets $9.3 billion in pledges at Berlin conference 21/11/2014

Donor nations pledged up to $9.3 billion on Thursday to a U.N. fund to help developing countries tackle climate change, but environmental campaigners said the funds fell short of what they want. ...more

Not so fast: Planting trees might cause warming? 21/11/2014

Afforestation (planting trees) to mitigate climate change could cause warming rather than cooling globally due to non-carbon effects of land use change, according to new research from the University of Bristol. ...more

UK unveils first waste-fueled bus 21/11/2014

The UK's first ever bus powered on human and food waste has taken to the road today which engineers believe could provide a sustainable way of fuelling public transport - cutting emissions in polluted towns and cities. ...more

Your city’s water would be cleaner if it had a magic island in it 21/11/2014

Urban waterways are usually the worst; just picture any inner-city harbor, anywhere, and you’ll see what it means. But maybe they don’t have to be! Wetlands are nature’s oldest tech for cleaning up bodies of water — and there is way to get some wetlands back into our city waterways. ...more

Wildlife devastated in South Sudan war: conservationists 20/11/2014

Warring factions in South Sudan have slaughtered, poached and eaten "alarming" numbers of endangered wildlife, devastating one of Africa's largest migrations, conservationists warned Wednesday. ...more

Australia stands firm against G20 pack on climate change 20/11/2014

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Wednesday warned that next year's landmark climate change summit in Paris will fail if world leaders decide to put cutting carbon emissions ahead of economic growth. ...more

EU Court rules against UK for failure to tackle air pollution 20/11/2014

The European Court of Justice delivered a landmark verdict yesterday by ruling in favor of ClientEarth's case against the UK Government for its failure to tackle air pollution. ...more

Underwater photography competition winners 2014 - in pictures 20/11/2014

The British Society of Underwater Photographers has unveiled the 2014 winners of its annual DIVER Annual Print Competition, with judges unanimously naming British photographer Terry Steeley as the overall winner for his otherworldly shot of a diver in Taj Mahal cenote in Mexico. ...more