Lebanon showcases at COP22 cross-sectoral collaboration towards Climate Change Action
The Lebanese Ministry of Environment co-organized with the AUB’s Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs and UNDP a side event entitled: “Triangular climate action:...
Lebanese Minister of Public Works to “Greenarea”: We’reready for “Barbara Storm”
Social media pages in Lebanon were bombarded with pictures and videos showing the negative effects that came with the first rain on Lebanon’s streets, and this is what happens every year actually....
Wafaa and Other Women Start the First Waste Sorting Initiative in this Lebanese Town
“I’m a woman who’s tired of waiting… I’m tired from the sight of garbage. I feel danger is at the door. Women are half the society”, this is how Wafaa Fakhreddine expressed herself on her Facebook...
Why is defending Beirut’s only public beach so important?
On Saturday the 26th of November 2016, activists marched in Lebanon to raise their voices against the violations being made on the only remaining public beach in Beirut; Ramlet al Bayda. This is not...
What do you think is lurking in our food?
In France, more than 66,000 tons of pesticides are used each year in the horticultural and agricultural crops, while in the United States, 65% of food samples analyzed by the Department of...
COP22 outcomes and reactions
The major UN climate negotiations of the year, COP22, are about to close in Marrakech with the highlight of the meeting being that countries, business and investors showed their resolve and...
They drove 1,100 kilometers on bicycles from Seville to Marrakech with a message “moving for climate now”
COP 22 ceremony at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, currently being held in the Moroccan city of Marrakech, including a myriad of events and activities, not only on the...
The fight against deforestation is at the focal point of a side event meeting on Day 3 of COP22
The Arabia Room of the Blue Zone of the COP22, arbitrated a discussion on « Deforestation and Carbon Emissions ». The meeting which took place in the presence of a panel of experts and...
