Transatlantic Leadership Network Recognizes Author for Contributions to Peaceful Development in Eastern Mediterranean WASHINGTON, DC November 9, 2023: Doha-based Lebanese author Roudi Baroudi was one of two people presented with the 2023…
Category: Blue Economy
Green power is the first domino
As world leaders convene at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27), it is obvious to all that bolder action is needed to avert disaster. The UN warns that global efforts to reduce…
China is doubling down on coal despite its green ambitions
Bloomberg / Beijing China is building a vast array of new coal-fired power stations, potentially more than the operating capacity of the US, even though it knows the plants will probably never…
The EU’s carbon border tax could hurt developing nations
By Miriam Gonzalez Durantez And Calli Obern/ Stanford In July 2021, the European Commission did something that no other major governing body had ever attempted: It tied trade policy to climate policy….
The coming green hydrogen revolution
By Jean Baderschneider/ Washington, DC Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread environmental disruption and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on…
Cheaper, changing, crucial: the rise of solar power
AFP/Paris Generating power from sunlight bouncing off the ground, working at night, even helping to grow strawberries: solar panel technology is evolving fast as costs plummet for a key segment of the…
No net zero without nature
By Nigel Topping And Mahmoud Mohieldin/ London Businesses, investors, and governments that are serious about fulfilling net-zero emissions pledges before 2050 should be rushing to protect, conserve, and regenerate the natural resources…
Why Biden’s climate agenda has faltered
Instead, he has seen his legislative ambitions defeated by Congress, the Supreme Court has delivered a hammer blow to the federal government’s ability to regulate greenhouse gasses, and the Ukraine crisis has…
No trash goes to waste on recycling Greek islands
By Sebastien Malo/ Tilos Before the tiny Greek island of Tilos became a big name in recycling, taverna owner Aristoteles Chatzifountas knew that whenever he threw his restaurant’s trash into a municipal…
Aviation: long-term climate goal key to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050
The global aviation industry has committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. This commitment brings the industry in line with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5C goal. Climate change is the greatest threat…