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Saudi Arabia determined to protect, preserve its vegetation cover
The Saudi government is determined to curb activities that threaten the environment to protect its vegetation cover, reduce desertification, combat climate change and improve quality of life and protect the planet for future generations.
Saudi Arabia ‘leading the way’ in climate change fight
Saudi Arabia will be doing more than many Western countries to tackle climate change by the end of the decade, Prince Abdul Aziz bin Salman, the Kingdom's energy minister, told a panel of energy leaders at the Future Investment Initiative forum in Riyadh.
Ranvir Nayar: Politicians taking easy way out of recession will cost planet
Having anyone other than Trump in the White House would see a significant alteration, if not total reversal, of his environmental policies.
Mumbai must face up to climate change’s existential threat
As early as the year 2050, great chunks of Mumbai could be permanently underwater, according to a 2019 report by the US-based climate science group Climate Central. All those people now living on the Mumbai coastline would have to find another place to live.
How the Middle East's water shortage drives demand for live animal imports
The increasingly dry region relies on imports of sheep and cows from as far as Brazil to satisfy the rapidly growing population.
Marine ecosystems endangered by tanker sabotage in the Gulf
Sabotage attacks targeting four oil tankers off the coast of the UAE's Fujairah port earlier this month prompted an immediate concern for environmentalists — the damage to marine ecosystems.
The signs of climate change in the Middle East
In 2018, the Emirates Wildlife Society and World Wide Fund for Nature warned of significantly hotter summers, with increased sandstorms.