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environment

Abu Dhabi authority sees environment as key to future of farming

Iraqi water

A 2019 file picture shows wastewater flowing in central Basra, Iraq. (AP)

Shrinking water supplies threaten to put fragile Iraq ‘on the edge’

MENA

An Emirati man stands in front of rows of parabolic shaped mirrors at the Shams 1, Concentrated Solar power (CSP) plant, in al-Gharibiyah district on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi. (AFP)

Lower solar energy cost can lead to brighter future

MENA

An aerial view of the solar mirrors at the Noor 1 Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant, some 20km (12.5 miles) outside the central Moroccan town of Ouarzazate. (AFP)

MENA sees future in new clean energy technology

MENA

Energy with potential. Wind turbines at a wind farm in the southwestern Moroccan city of Tarfaya . (AFP)

Wind energy is a ‘key technology’ with benefits for MENA

Oman

A desalination plant is seen in the Omani port city of Sur, November 27. (AFP)

Water-scarce Oman banks on desalination, at a cost

Iraqi

Undrinkable. Water pours in Al Bida water tanks project in Basra. (Reuters)

Year after poisoning disaster, Iraq seeks end to its water crisis

Iraqi

An Iraqi youth jumps in the Euphrates river near the water-wheels in Hit, Iraq, July 23. (Reuters)

New app predicts water-related conflict up to year in advance

Climate change

Demonstrators roll a giant globe through a street as they take part in a so-called Climate March in Bonn, Germany. (AFP)

Europeans fear climate change more than terrorism or migration