Improving the Policy Environment for Financial Inclusion in the Arab World
The Middle East and North Africa is considered to be the most financially excluded region in the world, where only 21% of adults (about 42 million) have access to an account (excluding the Gulf...
Greenpeace Launches Solar Energy Education Project in Morocco
Greenpeace Mediterranean has launched Youth Solar, a project aiming to promote solar energy in Morocco through youth education. In a statement released July 31, the international environmental...
Israel’s Only Plastic Bottle Recycling Plant Set to Close
Israel’s only plastic bottle recycling plant is about to close and has already cut down on its number of employees and their work days. The Knesset Finance Committee has asked the Finance Ministry...
HUMID HEAT WAVES WILL TOP LIMITS OF HUMAN SURVIVABILITY
Blistering heat waves are becoming more frequent around the globe, thanks in large part to climate change. A 2003 heat wave in Europe killed 70,000; in 2010, at least 10,000 people died in a Moscow...
TAP to be safe for environment
Italian Ministry of Environment guarantees that the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) will not have any negative impact or consequences for the territories through which it will pass. This was stated by...
These 6 Activists Are Risking It All in the Name of Environmental Justice
Here’s a little salve if you’re feeling burnt out about the state of the world. The Goldman Environmental Prize is presented annually to activists around the globe who have spent years, often...
Japanese marine sampling data reliable, says IAEA
The IAEA has worked with Japanese laboratories since 2014, following a request by the Japanese government to assist it in ensuring that its sea area monitoring around Fukushima Daiichi maintains a...
Why Slovenia’s Piran is the antidote to Venice
In the 15th century, when the Adriatic town of Piran belonged to Venice and La Serenissima ruled the seas, a beautiful house went up on the harbour with triple-lancet windows, arabesque stone...
