Middle East
Saudi Arabia will host the Middle East’s largest solar facility
The Water and Electricity Holding Company (Badeel), a subsidiary of the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), and ACWA Power have…
Adaptation lessons from Israel’s Negev Desert: A source of climate hope
Recent UN climate conferences have seen louder calls to both prepare and finance climate adaptation plans, as the impacts of…
Is Saudi Arabia’s ‘The Line’ just an oil crisis failsafe?
Just 40km from Sharm El Sheikh, the Egyptian resort town where COP27 will take place in November, is NEOM, Saudi…
Arab states target fivefold increase in wind and solar by 2030
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has big plans for renewables. It aims to add a total of…
Will sandstorms force the Gulf to address climate change?
In the Gulf, sandstorms were once regarded as a natural marvel – a mystical event that would occur once or…