LATEST NEWS
 The Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) announced, at the conclusion of a consultation meeting it held in Oxford, UK, that its annual conference for 2013 will be h ...
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AFED Secretary General Najib Saab addressed the first session of the 16th Conference of the Arab Towns Organization, which kicked off in Doha. ...
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 The Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) will cooperate with universities in Bahrain to compile a report on environmental study programs in Arab universities and resea ...
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 Gulf countries should prioritize investing in renewable energy and embrace green economy to sustain their economic growth, a regional conference in Bahrain concluded. ...
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On the occasion of the regional conference on Energy Efficiency Policies for the Mediterranean and Arab region, held in Amman in April, AFED convened an expert consultation meeting on 2013 annual report on energy. ...
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 Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN) hosted in Amman an event to present the report of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) on Ecological Footpri ...
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 On the occasion of the Universal Session of the United Nations Environment Program at UNEP's Headquarters in Nairobi, the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) orga ...
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 Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) conducted two training courses Thursday and Friday on environmental education for 600 teachers and school coordinators. ...
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The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) has announced its new e-Learning course on “International Negotiations: Practical Skills and Techniques” which will be conducted in the Arabic language from February 18 to March 15, 2013. ...
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The Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) is organizing an environmental competition for Arab schools in collaboration with Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia magazine. The subject of the competition is to create an environmental page on Facebook. ...
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On the occasion of the UNEP Governing Council and Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC/GMEF), Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) cordially invites you to a roundtable on Green Economy: the Path to Reduce Ecological Footprint in Arab Countries, Wednesday 20 February 2013, 11 am, ...
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The Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) has launched the documentary “That They May Have Life,” which discusses ecological footprint and survival options in Arab ...
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MEMBERS NEWS
In line with the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) strategy for emergency preparedness, the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD) officially unveiled today its Emergency Operations Centre (EOC). ...
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 The Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) is honored to announce the inauguration of the "Maroun Semaan Chemical Engineering Building" at the University of Balama ...
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 The American University of Beirut is coming out in full force this year at the 2012 Beirut International Marathon, participating with 600 students and staff, under ...
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 Keeping pace with the natural phenomenon of Venus crossing the face of the Sun, Beirut Arab University's observatory, equipped with a telescope, ...
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The Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD) under the Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI), kicked off two of its ten Eye on Earth side events at the Rio+20 Athlete’s Park exhibition focusing on the outcomes of Eye on Earth Summit held in Abu Dhabi in December 2011. ...
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 GE had been eyeing wind energy for a decade before it paid $360 million for bankrupt Enron’s wind business in 2002. “If we had invested in wind in 1995, we probably would have been out ...
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LATEST REPORTS
 Survival Options-Ecological Footprint of Arab Countries is the fifth in the series of annual reports produced by the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) on ...
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 Green Economy: Sustainable Transition in a Changing Arab World is the fourth of a series of annual reports produced by the Arab Forum for Environment ...
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 The Arab world is facing the prospect of severe water and food shortages unless rapid and effective measures are taken to address the region's water scarcity dilemma. ...
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 Impact of Climate Change on the Arab Countries' is the second of a series of annual reports produced by the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED). ...
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 For the first time, a comprehensive independent expert report on Arab environment is released for public debate. Arab Environment: Future Challenges has been commissioned by the Arab ...
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SPOTLIGHT
AFED News in a Monthly E-Bulletin ...
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Egypt Green Building Council (Egypt-GBC) has announced EcoBuild Egypt Conference and Exhibition on 17-19 December 2013 in Cairo. ...
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AFED 2009 annual report on "Impact of climate change on Arab countries" continues to inspire studies on the subject. After the World Bank report "Adaptation to a changing climate in the Arab countries", a study published this week by the Center for American Progress entitled "The Arab Spring and Cli ...
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The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature, in collaboration with the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED), will be launching AFED's 2012 annual report under the title "Survival Options: Ecological Footprint of Arab Countries". ...
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Selected list of events which AFED is organizing, co-organizing, or participating in. The agenda will be periodically updated. For more information check the corresponding websites. ...
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The GCC region is characterized by a scarcity of water and arable land resources and an abundance of fossil fuels and renewable energy resources (wind and solar), as well as high vulnerability to the potential adverse impacts of climate change. ...
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 This year has been one of those worst-of-years and best-of-years. In its failures, there are signs of hope. ...
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 A special team from the reputed program “Kalam Ennas” hosted by Marcel Ghanem, attended AFED annual conference held on 29-30 November 2012. A special report on the conference was br ...
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 The Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) had an eventful sixth year of its life, in a turbulent region. It took real ...
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 More and more, AFED reports are gaining trust of worldwide scientific publication houses with the sharp pencil of analysis they bring, together with the right mix of peop ...
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As in Copenhagen, the last weekend before the arrival of Heads of State and Government, the final document for Rio +20, The Future We Want, ...
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