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Arid climates, deforestation, and urbanisation have each aggravated the risk of wildfires in the MENA region. Countries have scrambled to find strategies to mitigate this, however, without resources, they remain at the mercy of the climate crisis.
GCC states have hurried to implement preventative climate measures as the frequency of sandstorms continues to rise. With the issue set to remain, the need for a regional action plan to mitigate its economic effects is needed now more than ever.
![Gulf coastline (3) [Clare Fieseler]](/sites/default/files/styles/large_16_9/public/2022-07/u_pwu1-s.jpeg?h=a1e1a043&itok=DrACn9q0)
Home to a surprisingly rich environment for sealife, scientists have called on Gulf states to do more to protect their waters.
Two Jordanian entrepreneurs want to depollute agricultural land and revive local industries in rural Jordan thanks to pyrolysis, a process that turns plastic into fuel.
![Marsh Arab villages of woven reed houses on small islands dot the landscape where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers meet at the legendary site of the Garden of Eden [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/large_16_9/public/2021-09/GettyImages-1211434527.jpg?h=2ffd00db&itok=aUuwBwlI)
One of Iraq's most enchanting ecological treasures, the Mesopotamian Marshes, is under severe threat from increased environmental degradation, having endured the wrath of Saddam and now the consequences of climate change.
Water security has become a national matter in the MENA region where 12 of the 17 most water-stressed countries in the world are located. So what strategies are being employed by the GCC states to counter this threat?
![A young boy seen selling clean water in a shop. Lebanon host over a million of refugees that had fled from the neighbouring country seeking safety [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/large_16_9/public/2021-09/GettyImages-868063398.jpg?h=16013371&itok=--hHJ4ik)
Amid further societal capitulation, Lebanon now faces the resurfacing of a water crisis that has placed families under renewed stress. °®Âþµº speaks with activists about their attempts to shed light on the issue.
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A relative lull in the Libyan conflict has meant aquaculture prospectors have travelled to the remote Farwa Island in search of economic opportunity, causing ecological damage and degradation to the once unspoilt area.
As the most prominent representative of the Arab world in the international community, can the Arab League yield major results for a region struggling with desertification, water scarcity, and other environmental issues?
A Yemeni petroleum tanker has spent several years anchored in the Red Sea, but a buildup of gases could cause the ship to explode, sparking an ecological crisis.​