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COP30 President Andre Correa do Lago gestures as the plenary session was interrupted following Colombia's  intervention at the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belém, Pará state, Brazil, on 22 November 2025. PABLO PORCIUNCULA / AFP

COP30: discussions, delayed delivery and disappointment

The leaders of the world's three biggest polluters did not attend, and fossil fuels were not mentioned in the final text. Has COP run its course?

Nazareth Seferian 29 November 2025
Lina Jaradat

COP30 in Brazil: a new test of climate action will

For the first time, the United Nations Climate Change Conference is being held in an Amazonian city. Can its position at the heart of the climate crisis lead to tangible action?

Alaa Emara 13 November 2025
Sara Padovan

It’s time to build a regional climate fund

As global climate finance falters and US support disappears, the MENA region faces a widening funding gap. Now is the time to create a regional climate finance mechanism.

Léa Eid 27 May 2025
A climate change activist takes part in a protest against the impact of US policy on climate change before the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump outside the US embassy in London. Reuters

Where will Trump's war on climate protections take the world?

Picking up where he left off in his first term in office, the US president is machine-gunning the legislation, funding, and personnel aimed at tackling the planet's most existential threat

Alaa Emara 23 March 2025
US Presidential nominee Donald Trump and Republican US Representative from New York, Lee Zeldin, at the Drexelbrook Catering & Event Center on October 29, 2024, in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. CHIP SOMODEVILLA/AFP

Climate change and the next administration

There are obstacles to Donald Trump's attempts to reverse progress

The Economist 16 November 2024

Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason on today's paradigm shift

The award-winning author, documentary-maker, and former presidential candidate talks to Al Majalla about Elon Musk being a 'tragic god' and how our environmental paradigm shift is changing things

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 05 October 2024
Diana Estefanía Rubio

Climate change and misinformation top global risks in 2024

What can we expect in 2024? Record global temperatures with increasingly harmful effects, a cost-of-living crisis, and escalating tensions in the Middle East

Al Majalla - London 23 January 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 December 2023
Activists demonstrate during the United Nations COP28 climate summit in Dubai, Wednesday, December 6, 2023. AP

COP28 centres public health in global warming debate for first time

In a series of exclusive interviews with attendees, Al Majalla rounds up some of the latest expert thinking about the impact of climate change on public health.

Alaa Emara 13 December 2023

Why climate change is a threat to global health

At COP28, we can help transform the entire climate finance infrastructure for impact. We are calling on international financial institutions and multilateral development banks to help.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber and Vanessa Kerry 03 November 2023
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An Iranian holds a picture of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei; Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, killed by an Israeli air strike on September 27, 2024; and Iran Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani, killed by the US in January 2020. ATTA KENARE / AFP
Politics

Israel sharpens its focus amid growing unrest in Iran

11 January 2026

Last year's 12-day war with Iran was ostensibly aimed at its nuclear programme. This time, the regime is significantly weakened, presenting an opportunity Israel may feel it can't miss.

Michael Horowitz
Al Majalla
Politics

The Donroe Doctrine and the new hemispheric order

12 January 2026

Pressure builds on Venezuela after Trump appoints himself 'acting president'. With Colombia, Mexico and Cuba seemingly also in the line of fire, they will be closely watching what happens in Caracas.

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra
Government forces patrol the Sheikh Maqsoud neighbourhood after taking control of the area, following the collapse of an agreement between the Syrian government and the SDF, in Aleppo, Syria, on 10 January 2026. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
Politics

What next for Syria after tenuous Aleppo ceasefire?

10 January 2026

It remains unclear if Damascus's move to kick the Kurds out of Aleppo will pressure the SDF to implement the 10 March deal to integrate its forces into the Syrian army or harden its resolve to resist

Haid Haid
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan (L) gives a joint press conference with his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty (R) at Tahrir Palace in the centre of Cairo on September 10, 2024. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP
Politics

Egypt steps up its balancing act amid Yemen rift

08 January 2026

The UAE backs southern Yemenis who want secession, while Saudi Arabia wants a unified Yemen. Egypt also favours unity, but is close to both Gulf states, putting it in a difficult position.

Amr Emam
Al Majalla
Documents & Memoirs

Putin foreshadowed the Ukraine war in 2008 meeting with Bush

06 January 2026

Recently declassified meeting minutes between the two leaders show how Washington was well aware of Moscow's grievances over NATO expansion, but went ahead anyway

Samer Elias

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The ‘Donroe Doctrine’ makes no sense

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