MOHAMED EL-ASHRY Arabs gain from strong climate deal  7/12/2015

Climate change, once considered an issue for the future, has now moved firmly into the present...more

NAJIB SAAB AFED Environment Survey in 22 Countries: Public ready to shift consumption patterns, Lebanese Least Confident in Government  9/11/2015

The Arab public is ready to pay more for energy and water and embrace changes in consumption patterns if this will help preserve resources and protect the environment, according to a survey carried out by Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) in 22 countries....more

NAJIB SAAB When Amateurs Administer People’s Affairs  2/10/2015

Landfills don’t solve the garbage problem, as much as producing more food doesn’t solve the hunger problem. Although part of the solution, both approaches are examples of partial measures bearing the seeds of bigger problems....more

Ahmed Abdulmuttaleb Baharoon Eye on Earth demonstrates critical role of data for sustainable development  30/9/2015

In 1987, the Brundtland Commission launched the notion of sustainable development ...more

Ashok Khosla Sufficiency and efficiency: putting need above greed  23/9/2015

What hope is there for this planet if the countries of the global South start to consume resources as the global North does today? Or if the vast numbers of poor in our world demand the same things the rich few already have? They are not only entitled to do so under any concept of fairness and justice, but are also being encouraged to by the forces of the global market. What will be the demographic, economic and environmental impact in the longer term if poverty and marginalisation in the economy of our world further delays the stabilisation of its population? ...more

Ashok Khosla Whose Reality Counts?  3/9/2015

The world has for so long been run by those who have usurped the power to run it, and in the manner that is to their best advantage, we frequently forget that they have no more right to do so than anyone else....more

Ashok Khosla Raising energy services to reduce carbon emissions  30/7/2015

Most governments drive into the future with only the rearview mirror to guide them. Despite growing scientific evidence that our present patterns of consumption and production are leading to massive disruption of the planet’s life support systems - particularly its climate and living resources – the momentum of our economies seems only to grow. International treaties have been negotiated to slow this headlong race to self-destruction, but the foot on the accelerator pedal continues to press harder than the one on the brake; the biggest polluters are still the biggest defaulters....more

NAJIB SAAB Environment Field for All, Not Pretenders  17/6/2015

The worst thing that may afflict the environment is when it becomes a subject for personal conflicts and a scene for scrambling for prestige...more