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Participating world leaders and delegates pose for a family photo during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 12, 2024. Alexander NEMENOV / AFP

Did COP29 deliver real climate solutions?

The world needed to agree on how much rich nations would pay poorer nations for climate financing. After a walkout in Baku, delegates agreed on a figure that was cheered by some and derided by others.

Nazareth Seferian 27, Nov 2024
The technology powering our current industrial revolution needs so much energy and water that data centres are now competing with cities, with the environment and net-zero targets losing out Pep Boatella

How AI is draining the world of its energy sources

The technology powering our current industrial revolution needs so much energy and water that data centres are now competing with cities, with the environment and net-zero targets losing out

Khaled Kassar 14, Sep 2024
AI is creating more emissions, but it is also being used to find “smart” solutions to fight climate change and offset the cutting-edge tech’s growing contribution to it. Dave Murray

The AI revolution is leaving a very real carbon footprint

AI is creating more emissions, but it is also being used to find "smart" solutions to fight climate change and offset the cutting-edge tech's growing contribution to it

Marcelle Nasr 28, Dec 2023
Diania Estefana Rubio

US, China, and India are the top global polluters

In recent years, the world has witnessed a noticeable increase in the greenhouse effect phenomenon due to the increasing and continuous burning of fossil fuels, threatening Earth’s life-friendly…

Al Majalla - London 12, Dec 2023
A woman takes a selfie in front of a wall lit with the sign of COP27, as the COP27 climate summit takes place, at the Green Zone in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany/File Photo

COP27 Global CO2 Emissions to Rise Again, Climate Goals At Risk, Scientists Say

Global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels are on track to rise around 1% this year, scientists said on Friday, warning this would make it harder for the world to avoid disastrous…

11, Nov 2022
A participant stands near a logo of World Bank at the International Monetary Fund - World Bank Annual Meeting 2018 in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, October 12, 2018. REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo

World Bank to Give Egypt $400 Mln to Develop Sustainable Transport Infrastructure - Ministry

The World Bank has agreed to provide Egypt with $400 million to develop sustainable infrastructure and lower carbon emissions in its transportation sector, the ministry of international cooperation…

03, Oct 2022
The Egyptian government has signed a deal with Norwegian renewable energy company, Scatec  to develop 100MW Green Hydrogen plant in Ain Sokhna.

Egypt in Race Against Time to Produce Green Hydrogen

Egypt is racing against time to step up its green hydrogen production as a clean source of energy as part of its efforts to rely heavily on new and renewable energy. The Egyptian government…

Wael Salem 14, Aug 2022
Thousands of yellow vests (Gilets Jaunes) protests in Paris calling for lower fuel taxes, reintroduction of the solidarity tax on wealth, a minimum wage increase, and Emmanuel Macron's resignation as President of France, 09 February 2019. (Norbu Gyachung/Wikimedia commons)

A Safety Net for the Green Economy

In a dramatic move for global efforts to combat climate change, the European Union couple of weeks ago laid out an ambitious proposal to transition away from fossil fuels. Brussels’ announcement…

Simone Tagliapietra 31, Jul 2021
Jeff Bezos.(Illustration by Ali Mandalawi)

Jeff Bezos: A Billionaire's Journey to Space

Jeff Bezos, the world's richest man, has succeeded in realizing his dream of going into space, aboard his company's first manned flight, Blue Origin, giving an extra boost to the fledgling space…

Majalla 25, Jul 2021
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) watching as US President Donald Trump (C) shakes hands with Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, in Riyadh on May 14, 2025. Bandar AL-JALOUD / Saudi Royal Palace
Politics

Trump's lifting of Syria sanctions solidifies Iran's regional defeat

14 May 2025

It could very well boost Israel's security as well as that of everyone else in the region

James Jeffrey
US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman exchange a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) during a ceremony at the Royal Court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 13, 2025. REUTERS / Brian Snyder
Business & Economy

US, Saudi Arabia enter 'golden era' in defence, AI partnership

14 May 2025

A string of deals ranging from defence to technology were signed in Riyadh worth at least $300bn, including the "largest military sales contract in history"

Maher Chmaytelli
Rahaf Ayyad, a 12-year-old Palestinian who is suffering from malnutrition due to an Israeli-imposed starvation campaign, sits at a school-turned-shelter in al-Rimal in central Gaza City on May 4, 2025. Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP
Politics

Sunken faces: kids in Gaza waste away as Israel blocks aid

15 May 2025

As experts warn of a looming famine due to Israel's blocking of all aid for over ten weeks, Al Majalla speaks to affected families on the ground whose children have become skin and bones

Salem Al Rayyes
Lina Jaradat
Profiles

Ahmed al-Sharaa: the Syrian president with much to prove

14 May 2025

Al-Sharaa met Trump today in Riyadh, after the US president lifted sanctions on Syria on Tuesday, offering it "a chance at greatness". But who is the Syrian leader thrust into the global spotlight?

Bilal Saab
American President Richard Nixon made an official visit to Damascus on June 15, 1974, and was welcomed by Syrian President Hafez al-Assad. Getty
Documents & Memoirs

From Nixon to Clinton: Syrian-American summits since 1945

14 May 2025

Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, will meet Donald Trump in Riyadh today, making him the first Syrian leader to meet with a US president since Clinton's meeting with Hafez al-Assad in 2000

Sami Moubayed

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