Coming Together for Refugee Education
<p>This report predicts that unless immediate and bold action is taken by the international community to beat back the catastrophic effects of COVID-19 on refugee education, the potential of millions of
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Environmental challenges in the MENA region
<p>This paper summarizes the core environmental challenges in the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region. It is an adapted and extended version of the Environmental Outlook for the West Asia Region, published
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One of Africa’s Most Fertile Lands Is Struggling to Feed Its Own People
When the Jordanian army went shopping for land in northern Sudan in late 1999, its scouts came across what appeared to be a food-growing paradise. The terrain was vast, flat, and fat with nutrients. The
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India is now a world leader in renewable energy
Developing nations are now driving the world’s gradual shift towards renewable energy, and India has become one of the leaders of the pack. With increased investments and clean energy installations,
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Enhanced climate action in response to 1.5°C of global warming: scaling up Nationally Determined Contributions
Even a small increase in global warming will have profound impacts on communities, new ACT report finds. Climate change experts from the ACT Alliance network have published a report assessing the threats
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Evaluating renewable energy manufacturing potential in the Arab region: Jordan, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates
This study assesses the potential for manufacturing renewable energy components in Jordan, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates. All three countries possess strong market potential, combined with existing
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Refugees ready to go green and become ‘innovation hubs’
Many refugees would like to buy low-carbon stoves and lights but poor access in camps and a lack of funding is forcing them to rely on “dirty and expensive” fuels, a report said on Tuesday. Millions
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Water integrity voices from the Middle East and North Africa
This compilation of case studies is the product of water integrity action plans developed and enforced during implementation of the Regional Capacity Building Programme on Water Integrity for the MENA
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Developing Nations’ Solar Capacity Increases 54% In 2016, Finds BNEF Climatescope
Across 71 emerging markets a total of 34 GW worth of new solar capacity came online in 2016, an increase of 54% year-over-year and has more than tripled in three years, according to new figures from Bloomberg
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Shedding light on electricity utilities in the Middle East and North Africa: insights from a performance diagnostic
The electricity sector in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is in the grip of an apparent paradox. Although the region continues to hold the world’s largest oil and gas reserves and has been able