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Iraqi authorities have launched an investigation into a mass fish die-off in the southern marshes near Najaf [Getty]

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Iraq launches probe into mass fish deaths in marshlands

Officials suspect low oxygen levels due to drought, evaporation, and high temperatures exacerbated by climate change.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

02 June, 2025

A technician walks next to a dam at a station connecting the Sebou and Bou Regreg basins near the city of Kenitra on January 20, 2025. (Photo by ABDEL MAJID BZIOUAT/AFP via Getty Images)

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Morocco 'water highway' averts crisis in big cities but doubts over sustainability

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

30 March, 2025

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Jordan

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Green Iris: The initiative healing Jordan's environmental crisis

Stefano Nanni

25 March, 2025

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Tunisia's top religious council refuses to cancel Eid Al-Adha

Basma El Atti

13 March, 2025

The parliamentary bill would see Turkey pledge to become a net-zero economy by 2053

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Turkey's ruling party submits climate change bill to parliament

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

21 February, 2025

Syria drought [Getty]

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Syria endowment ministry urges rain prayer amid drought fears

The New Arab Staff

15 January, 2025

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Ban Solar Geoengineering

Usrof & Ravi & Bruggink & Njuguna

09 January, 2025

World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General (WMO) Celeste Saulo attends a press conference on the WMO's State of Global Water Resources Report, in Geneva on October 7, 2024.

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Climate change brought extreme weather, heat in 2024: UN

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

30 December, 2024

Geologist reveals how ‘end times’ sign could turn Arabian Peninsula green [Getty]

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Expert reveals how 'end times' sign will turn Saudi Arabia green

The New Arab Staff

27 December, 2024

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The Turkish village facing the loss of its fishing traditions

Gonca Tokyol and Ingrid Woudwijk

24 December, 2024

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Unpacking climate, conflict and crisis in The Heat and the Fury

Usman Butt

18 December, 2024

A shepherd dog stands next to it's flock on the bed of the dried up Studen Kladenets (Cold Well) reservoir dam, near Kardzhali, southern Bulgaria, on August 28, 2024. The dam is the 3rd largest in Bulgaria with its 27.8 km². Both southern and eastern Europe are faced with "persistent and recurrent drought conditions," according to the latest situation report by the European Union. The

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2024 'certain' to be hottest year on record: EU monitor

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

09 December, 2024

A park employee walks around in the Al-Ghat National Park on November 28, 2024. Saudi Arabia will host the COP16 UN conference on land degradation and desertification next week as the top oil exporter pitches itself as an environmental defender despite criticism of its role at climate talks. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine / AFP)

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Saudi Arabia hosts UN talks on drought, desertification

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

29 November, 2024

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Sudan

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Rising floods and droughts in Sudan leave millions in crisis

Alessandra Bajec

26 November, 2024

22 Arab countries at COP29 have rejected the targeting of fossil fuels [Getty]

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Arab Group rejects any COP29 text targeting fossil fuels

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

22 November, 2024

Azerbaijan greenwashes authoritarianism at COP29

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Azerbaijan greenwashes authoritarianism at COP29

Arzu Geybulla

19 November, 2024

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Environment and Climate

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War and military emissions are the elephant in the room at COP29

Rouba Abo Ammo

19 November, 2024