NAJIB SAAB Wars for Heaven Destroy Earth   9/9/2014

Reports of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) have repeatedly warned that demand on resources and nature services by Arab countries is double what the region’s natural systems can provide...more

Ashok Khosla The challenge and necessary risk of soft power.  2/9/2014

There are few parts of the world that have been immune from the tendencies in recent decades for societies and economies to become more and more consolidated, centralized and authoritarian...more

Mathis Wackernagel Bookkeeping – perhaps boring, but essential  1/7/2014

Without keeping track of income and expenditure, running a successful business or managing a household is hard. The likelihood of bankruptcy looms more heavily if we are oblivious. But if we understand income and expenditures, assets and liabilities, we can ...more

MOHAMED EL-ASHRY 2014 climate summit: genuine pledges or political rhetoric?  10/4/2014

On September 23, at the invitation of the UN Secretary-General, 100 Heads of State and Government, including 9 from Arab countries, were joined by more than 800 leaders from business, finance, and civil society, at the Climate Summit in New York....more

Ashok Khosla Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: The Priceless Resource  7/4/2014

If our economic activity destroys the capability of the ecosystem to sustain our life support systems, which it will do if our decision systems continue to ignore their value, future generations will pay a very heavy cost....more

Mari Luomi Mainstreaming Climate Policy in the Gulf Cooperation Council States  7/4/2014

It is globally accepted that 2 degrees Celsius is the temperature limit of dangerous climate change, and that we should collectively strive to stay below it. The recent report on mitigation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) confirmed that growth of greenhouse gas emissions continues despite global efforts to curb emissions, and that combustion of fossil fuels is the key driver of this growth. The report concludes that staying below 2 degrees requires major changes in terms of technology,...more

NAJIB SAAB How can we make oil energy for the future?  19/3/2014

Sustainability Week, which was hosted in Abu Dhabi, opened doors for the future. Discussions at the annual assembly of the International Agency for Renewable Energy (IRENA), the World Future Energy Summit and the Water Summit showed indisputably that the world as we know it is changing. ...more

IBRAHIM ABDEL GELIL EFFICIENT LIGHTING SYSTEMS IN THE ARAB REGION  5/2/2014

Energy-efficient lighting technologies are economical, commercially viable and technologically available, but due to several barriers, they have not reached their market penetration potential. A growing number of countries in the Arab region have already taken actions to transit to more efficient lighting systems. Replacing incandescent lamps in the residential sector is one of the most obvious and easiest methods to achieve energy-efficiency in the region. ...more