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Five years since the end of the ISIL(so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) conflict in 2017, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Iraq and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), with funding from the Government of Japan, has established a debris recycling centre in Mosul. After its initial use, the centre has now been handed over to Mosul Municipality for its continued, sustainable operation.

Jordan’s Ministry of Environment, the Royal Scientific Society (RSS), and the National Agriculture Research Center (NARC) with the support of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre have concluded a three-day capacity-building workshop held in Amman on climate change and the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

In 1972, Sweden hosted the first world conference to make the environment a major issue: the “United Nations Conference on the Human Environment”. Par...

An agreement was signed on Monday between the UN Environment Program and Nusaned for pilot projects in Lebanon aiming to introduce sustainability for local businesses.

Panelists discussed how blockchain can help aid climate action.

With limited resources and ballooning populations, perennial food waste and wastage have yet to be surmounted on the global scale. For this, the United Nations Environment Programme-West Asia (UNEP-Waste Asia) has selected 10 leading chefs that include Emirati Musabbeh Alkaabi, for its “Recipe of Change” campaign.

Back in 2019, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration following a proposal for action by over 70 countries.

Al Bussaya, Muthanna Province, Iraq – The wind whipped relentlessly across the open deserts of Muthanna province as Ali Thajeel moved his camel herd along the rugged plains in search of greenery. Decades ago, he remembered, April was a time when the sandy soil turned into grazing land to allow his livestock to gain weight ahead of the scorching summer heat. But in recent years, his camels had to make do with scattered patches of scruffy grass. “There’s no rain, and the land is dry. The gr...

Al Bussaya, Muthanna Province, Iraq The wind shook the open desert of Muthanna province mercilessly as Ali Thajeel moved his camel herd across the rugged plain in search of greenery. A few decades ago, he recalled, April was the time when the sandy soil turned into grassland, before his animals gained weight before the scorching summer heat. But in recent years, his camels have had to settle for scattered patches of mixed grass. “It’s not raining and the ground is dry. The grass has become ...

‘There’s no rain’: Climate change threatens Iraq’s Bedouins Simona Foltyn UP NEXT Al Bussaya, Muthanna Province, Iraq – The wind whipped relentlessly across the open deserts of Muthanna province as Ali Thajeel moved his camel herd along the rugged plains in search of greenery. Decades ago, he remembered, April was a time when the sandy soil turned into grazing land to allow his livestock to gain weight ahead of the scorching summer heat. But in recent years, his camel...