Volume 13, No.129, December 2008
5 Ambitious initiatives do not beg legitimacy (editorial by Najib Saab)
16 Arab Environment 2008 AFED’s annual conference in Manama, Bahrain
28 Squandering energy is squandering a national resource by H.E. Ali Al-Naimi, Saudi minister of petroleum and mineral resources
30 Poverty is the biggest hindrance to development by Suleiman Al-Herbish, director general of OPEC Fund for International Development
32 Testimony of an old man documentary featuring Mohamed Kassas
38 AFED launches its environmental corporate responsibility programme
39 Solid waste management in aluminum smelters
47 Climate change is devastating Inuit’s way of life
52 Radiation legacy in Iraq
56 A green economy creates millions of green jobs
60 The deadly dozen: diseases spreading with climate change
62 Power from salt water by osmosis
66 Congo River may lift Africa from poverty
68 Tin islands of Indonesia
70 Modern technology renders Brazilian sugarcane cutters jobless
Letters 6 Environment in a month 8 UNEP news 14 new science 72 Calendar 80
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