Najib Saab HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN TIMES OF CORONA  10/11/2020

Welcome to AFED’s first virtual conference, which we hope will lead to concrete recommendations and trigger actual positive policy changes and action, in the health and environment arena...more

Najib Saab Urban forests for a moderate climate  1/10/2020

Heat waves sweeping across the globe have bigger effect in cities. Buildings of concrete and steel trap hot air and block circulation, while dark asphalt streets and stone pavements retain heat and cover natural soil, wiping trees and plant cover...more

Najib Saab Save the earth before your beautiful hair  1/9/2020

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

Najib Saab Do we need a new pact for the environment?  1/7/2020

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

Najib Saab The age of bicycles and internet  1/6/2020

When people went back to work in Geneva recently, breaking weeks of lockdown, they were surprised by unusually crowded roads...more

Najib Saab Does corona really benefit the environment?  1/5/2020

I did not agree with my friend, who is a renowned energy expert, that the environment was the only beneficiary of the coronavirus pandemic...more

Najib Saab Education on environment creates prosperity and stability  14/11/2019

When discussing environmental changes and challenges, and their relation to sustainable development, the role of education cannot be underestimated...more

Najib Saab Waste cannot be treated by an odor expert  15/6/2019

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