Climate crisis

US, EU lawmakers demand UAE remove oil executive as Cop28 head

Sultan al-Jaber’s lead of Cop28 reflects an emboldened Gulf region basking in its return to influence over energy markets and climate talks

Russia-Ukraine war

The return of global catastrophe: Seven great crises and the one that’s coming

Joe Gill

Cop28 in Dubai: A convenient cover for state repression

Bill Law

The dirty secret Europe is hiding at Cop27

Jonathan Cook

Climate change 'forcing half of youth' in Mena to reconsider having kids

Blocking roads isn’t crazy - it’s our last hope that sanity will prevail

Jonathan Cook

UN agency stresses need to address climate-displaced peoples at Cop27

Climate crisis: Green colonialism is a new form of empire

Hamza Hamouchene

Weeks before COP27, Cairo's first bike-sharing project comes to nothing

'Tragic': Algeria wildfires kill dozens after blistering heatwave

Iraq sandstorms: The dual threat of climate change and bad governance

Ibrahim al-Marashi

In pictures: Eighth sandstorm in two months envelops Iraq

The impact of climate change on the MENA region

Poverty, displacement and 300 storms: How 'climate violence' threatens Iraq

Safaa Khalaf

Syria is a warning of climate catastrophe that region cannot ignore

Haian Dukhan

'Too much': Gaza's farmers suffer from climate crisis, occupation

Iran riot police arrests scores in Isfahan water protests

Israel’s water control

COP26: Middle East climate activists slam deal as 'epic' greenwashing failure

Earthquakes, floods, wildfires and a scorpion plague: The Middle East's weekend of climate chaos

Thunderstorms cause deadly scorpion infestation in Egyptian city