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Environment

environment

Visitors look at screens displaying images of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Solar Park at the solar plant in Dubai. (AFP)

Hot Sahara sun could ensure cleaner future

plastic

Environmental dilemma. Seagulls search for food near a sewage discharge area next to piles of plastic bottles on the seaside of Ouzai in Lebanon. (AFP)

Technological remedies to plastic waste in the Mediterranean are themselves risky

Egypt

Choking the river. Egyptian volunteers collect waste and plastic as part of a campaign to clean up the Nile River.(Reuters)

Egypt steps up campaign against sea plastic waste

Marc Espanol-34622

Egypt

Palm wood products displayed at the Egyptian Bureau for Cultural and Educational Affairs during London craft week foto supplied

The win-win revolution of turning discarded palm ribs into modern furniture

Karen Dabrowska

Iraq

A canal with low water level at the Al-Mashahada pumping station north of Baghdad, April 16. (AFP)

Despite full reservoirs, Iraq water woes far from over

Iraq

A picture taken on April 16, 2019 shows the Mosul Dam lake, around 50 kilometres north of the Iraqi city of Mosul. (AFP)

Rains like no other: Iraq is tested in era of climate change

Water

Rusted cisterns are seen at the Al-Mashahada pumping station north of Iraq's capital Baghdad, April 16. (AFP)

Despite full reservoirs, Iraq water woes far from over

Morocco

Growing push. An aerial view of the solar plant of Ouarzazate in central Morocco. (AP)

Morocco strives to reduce energy bill

Mohamed al-Alawi

UAE

Flamingos are seen at the Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. (Dubai Municipality)

UAE basks in limelight with nine wetlands on Ramsar list