REVOLUTIONS DO NOT SUBSTITUTE ENVIRONMENT EDITORIAL BY NAJIB SAAB 4 | QUOTES AND FIGURES 6 | letters 8 | ALICE IN WONDERLAND COMMENTARIES 10 | 10 MISTAKES IN CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY REPORTS 12 | ENVIRONMENT NEWS 14 | SUSTAINABLE ENERGY IN ARAB COUNTRIES AFED REPORT 2013  (COVER STORY) 24 | AFED NEWS 38 | OFID’S ENERGY FOR THE POOR INITIATIVE 44 |  ENERGY EFFICIENCY TO DEVELOP THE DEAD SEA ZONE 46 | GREEN BUILDINGS FOR THE ARAB REGION 48 | STRATEGY OF THE ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK 49 | KUWAIT FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVENCEMENT OF SCIENCE SUPPORTS RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY 50 | KHARAFI NATIONAL, PIONEER IN UTILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE 52 | AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH BOOSTS DEVELOPMENT 54 | THE ROLE OF PRIVATE SECTOR IN DEVELOPING NATURAL GAS IN THE ARAB WORLD BY MAJID JAAFAR 56 |  MoSTAFA K. TOLBA’S MEMOIRS PART 1: THE BIRTH OF UNEP 58 | MANGROVE AND ALHAFEYA PROTECTED AREA IN SHARJAH 66 | THE BLACK FOREST LAND OF WILDERNESS AND MYTHS IN GERMANY 70 | ENVIRONMENT ON FACEBOOK RESULTS OF AFED’S COMPETITION FOR ARAB SCHOOLS 74 | NEW SCIENCE 78 |  CALENDAR 82