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Greenpeace expresses concern over KSA net zero announcement: nothing but fossil fuel propaganda ahead of COP-26
Greenpeace MENA is concerned that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s announcement of its pledge to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2060, lacks a serious...
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Open letter to H.E. Dr. Walid Fayad, Minister of Energy and Water
First of all, we would like to congratulate you on assuming your new role as minister, while recognizing the immense responsibilities of the Ministry of Energy and Water (MoEW), especially in the current circumstances: the State failing to provide electricity...
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Greenpeace welcomes net zero commitment from UAE, urging Gulf countries to follow suit
Greenpeace MENA welcomes the United Arab Emirates’s announcement of its commitment to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050...
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Hot summer and severe fires..what’s the link with Climate change?
This summer, the Middle East has been hit with a wave of unprecedented heat and forest fires. We have witnessed nearly double the average number of forest fires in the region, as well as an increase in their intensity and destruction. But how are these catastrophes...
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UN must act to prevent major oil spill catastrophe in Yemen
Greenpeace called for swift action from the United Nations (UN) to resolve the long outstanding environmental and humanitarian threat posed by the FSO Safer
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Greenpeace MENA on the Mediterranean oil spill that has reached the Lebanese southern
We call for immediate action from the Ministry of Environment to assess the severity of this spill via an urgent survey and monitoring programme and to put in place a plan to minimize the impacts on...
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Greenpeace warns against importing highly polluting Iraqi fuel – Give our lungs a break!
Iraqi oil has a high sulfur content and using it for power generation will worsen the air pollution in Lebanon that has already reached an alarming level
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Sulphur Dioxide Emission Hotspots Report
This report was issued by Greenpeace India and Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air for 2020 and takes a close look at the emission hotspots of this poisonous gas
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Middle East Records Some of the Highest Global SO2 Emissions
The report revealed that Saudi Arabia recorded the highest levels of sulfur dioxide emissions in the Middle East and North Africa in 2019, followed by Kuwait, the UAE, Iraq and Morocco
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Greenpeace Statement: Open Letter to the UN regarding the FSO SAFER
12 August 2020: Commenting on the publication of an open letter to the UN Secretary-General urging them to take action to deal with the FSO SAFER oil tanker and stop a humanitarian and environmental catastrophe off Yemen, Greenpeace MENA Executive Director Zeina Alhajj said: