Tag: Desertification

What is Land “COP” in Saudi Arabia and why should we care?

The UN COP events aren't only about climate change. There is a COP for the land and the meeting is happening now in Saudi Arabia.

Holding back the deserts with a saxaul tree

Africa is getting its Great Green Wall, meanwhile Saudi Arabia is also suffering from climate change-induced draught and is starting to do something about it by planting more local trees that love the desert.

Africa’s Great Green Wall works!

Africa’s Great Green Wall (GGW) programme to combat desertification in the Sahel region is not only crucial to the battle against climate change but also makes commercial sense for investors, a new study led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and published in Nature Sustainability shows.

UN applies agricultural tech innovation to improve drought resilience for farmers

Today is World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought celebrations, and the FAO's Graziano da Silva said:  "It is quite impossible to avoid a drought from happening, but we can avoid a drought turning into famine or displacement of people."

Kuwait to endure unlivable August heat and humidity

A Kuwaiti meteorologist warns said the tiny coastal country on the Persian (Arabian) Gulf will witness a significant rise in...

Bio-Pyramid turns Egyptian pyramid into a desert-reversing skyscraper!

Seven designers teamed up on a project to transform an ancient Egyptian pyramid into a green skyscraper that works to...

This “Green Machine” mobile city fertilizes the Sahara Desert as it moves

Posterity may end up migrating from place to place to find food like our nomadic ancestors did if we...

Wind-powered Tumbleweed robot rolls back encroaching deserts

Desertification has gobbled up huge swaths of the Middle East and North Africa, a fact that Jerusalem-based industrial designer...

Middle East Deserts as Seen From Space: Far-Out Photos!

The European Space Agency (ESA) publishes satellite photos of Earth (and photos of space taken from Earth) in...

Climate Change in the Arab World – a New Blog

We are absolutely thrilled to announce the launch of a new blog that will devote itself to climate change...

Environmental Protests of the Middle East Show Eco Awareness in Arab World

During the last six years, the words energy security, water security, and food security could be found a lot...

Qatar’s First Saltwater Barley Crop Sprouts in the Desert

Water scarcity combined with desertification makes for a scary combination in the Middle East, but The Sahara Forest Project (SFP)...