climate crisis

People walk through a street in the village of Sidi Bou Said on January 27, 2026, after the region was hit by Storm Harry. Authorities have ordered the evacuation of several homes at risk of collapsing in the tourist village.
Tunisia
Environment
Live Story

Tunisia famed blue-and-white village threatened after rains

Tunisia’s iconic blue-and-white village of Sidi Bou Said faces landslide risks after record rainfall triggered hillside collapses and left homes under threat.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 January, 2026
The receding waters of Latyan Dam reveal a dry riverbed near Tehran, Iran, on November 10, 2025. (Photo by BAHRAM/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
Tehran
MENA
Live Story

Iran president says capital move needed due to overcrowding, water crisis

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 November, 2025
US military
COP30
Voices

COP30: Can defunding armies help the world hit climate goals?

Nandita Molloy

Nandita Lal

19 November, 2025
COP30 must do good, not just avoid harm
COP30
Perspectives

COP30 must do good, not just avoid harm

Eileen Mairena Cunningham

Eileen Mairena Cunningham

11 November, 2025
Tunisia_protests
Tunisia
Environment and Climate
Live Story

Residents of Gabès rise up against decades of toxic pollution

The New Arab Staff

Intissar Gassara

04 November, 2025
Wide shot of the Great Ziggurat of Ur in southern Iraq (Photo by Helene Franchineau/Getty Images)
Iraq
MENA
Live Story

Cradle of civilisation at risk of erosion in Iraq due to climate change

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
31 October, 2025
JORDAN WATER SECURITY ISSUES
Jordan
Environment
Live Story

Climate fund backs $6 billion Jordan water project with its largest deal

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
31 October, 2025
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AI in MENA
Environment and Climate
Live Story

AI in MENA: From environmental strain to social inequity

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Anisa Abeytia

16 September, 2025
COP30 must make good on past climate commitments
COP30
Perspectives

COP30 must make good on past climate commitments

Jacinda Arden, Carlos Lopes, Laurence Tubiana

Jacinda Arden, C Lopes, L Tubiana et al.

24 July, 2025
Latakia wildfires
Wildfires
Environment and Climate
Live Story

Syria's coastal forests face devastating losses after wildfires

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

23 July, 2025
Jordan water crisis
Water Scarcity
Environment and Climate
Live Story

Habak: Jordan's first women-led hydroponics cooperative

The New Arab Staff

Huda Alhanayfah

22 July, 2025
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Climate Change
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Lights, camera, climate: MENA filmmakers tackle a burning region

The New Arab Staff

Sarah Khalil

10 July, 2025
Madleen: Not all heroes wear kuffiyehs, but Greta Thunberg does
Gaza flotilla
Voices

Madleen: Not all heroes wear kuffiyehs, but Greta Thunberg does

Nadeine Asbali

Nadeine Asbali

12 June, 2025
Fossil capitalism is a leech that feeds on the graveyard of Gaza
Gaza War
Perspectives

Fossil capitalism is a leech that feeds on the graveyard of Gaza

Mohammed Usrof

Mohammed Usrof

11 March, 2025
Morocco Flag
Morocco
MENA
Live Story

Morocco floods: child drowns in storm drain, another missing

Basma El Atti
07 March, 2025
LA
United States
Perspectives

Using prisoners to put out LA wildfires is a case for abolition

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Black Lives Matter UK

29 January, 2025
SKY
climate crisis
Perspectives

Ban Solar Geoengineering

PS

Usrof & Ravi & Bruggink & Njuguna

09 January, 2025
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Morocco
Environment and Climate
Live Story

How the climate crisis threatens Morocco's cultural traditions

Ilhem Rachidi

Ilhem Rachidi

25 September, 2024
Gaza War
World
Live Story

Who defaced Stonehenge and is Gaza war involved?

The New Arab Staff
19 June, 2024
Are Arab leaders doing enough to combat climate change in MENA?
climate crisis
Perspectives

Are Arab leaders doing enough to combat climate change in MENA?

Moez Abeidi

Moez Abeidi

11 June, 2024
India
World
Live Story

India court urges heatwave emergency declaration as deaths rise

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
31 May, 2024