| | Figures do not make facts | | Najib Saab
January 2013
The findings of the 2012 Annual Report of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED), Survival Options and Ecological Footprint of Arab Countries, were as stunning and alarming as the footprint image that covered the report’s front page as well as the backdrop of the plenary hall at AFED’s annual conference. |  | | more... | |
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| | Let's not plunder the future | | Najib Saab
December 2012
Demand for life-supporting goods and services in the Arab countries is twice the potential renewable resources that their ecosystem scan provide. This imbalance between domestic supply and demand for resources is a threat to future growth opportunities and quality of life. |  | | more... | |
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| | Morocco: in the eye of the sun | | Najib Saab
November 2012
The costs of switching to greener production patterns, adopting sustainable natural resource management and reducing impact on the environment remains, by all means, less than the lowest cost estimates of any known corrective measures. |  | | more... | |
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| | Environment Carnival | | Najib Saab
June 2012
Will the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) turn to an environment Carnival? Most likely, yes. The Conference is not expected to come out with any real commitments. Among the fifty thousand participants, just a few heavy-weight heads of state will attend, while the conference seats and the beaches of Rio de Janeiro will be filled with conference tourists and international bureaucracy |  | | more... | |
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 | | | Arab Environment in 10 Years | | | ARAB ENVIRONMENT IN 10 YEARS crowns a decade of the series of annual reports produced by the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) on the state of Arab environment. It tracks and analyzes changes focusing on policies and governance, including level of response and engagement in international environmental treaties. It also highlights developments in six selected priority areas, namely water, energy, air, food, green economy and environmental scientific research. |
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