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Oct 28, 2021
A Hot Dusty Crossroads
How waves of environment-related displacement are transforming rural – and urban – Iraq.
Aug 9, 2021
Greece’s fires cause choking smoke, threaten heritage sites
The earliest signs of trouble came around midday on Thursday, August 5. Wafts of thick black smoke darkened the sky to the south and west of the Greek hilltop where my partner and I had rented…
Apr 14, 2021
The Use of Climate as a Scapegoat for Governance Abuses and Failures – and Why That’s a Problem
Getting environmental officials to expound on their countries’ crises can be futile in much of the Middle East and North Africa (and well beyond). These officials might not want to talk about pollution…
Mar 3, 2021
Environmental Activism along
a Warming Mediterranean.
Forging Regional Engagement at a Time of Climate Crises
Feb 26, 2021
The return of a once-dying lake
Lake Urmia in Iran was once the world's second largest salt lake, but in a matter of years it shrank to almost nothing. Now, the lake is slowly coming back to life.
Feb 26, 2021
Why Water Conflict is Rising, Especially on the Local Level
That future wars will be fought over water, rather than oil, has become something of a truism, particularly with regard to the Middle East. It’s also one that most water experts have refuted
Feb 8, 2021
Mediterranean fishermen face perfect storm as tensions and temperatures rise
Climate change and geopolitical troubles make fishing an ever more difficult business.
Jan 12, 2021
How We Misunderstand the Magnitude of Climate Risks – and Why That Contributes to Controversy
The Syrian civil war has raged for almost a decade now, and in the climate security community it can feel as if we’ve spent at least that long arguing about its causes. For every claim about the impact…
Dec 15, 2020
Bringing the Natural World into America’s Middle East Policy: Averting a Crisis Foretold
Today, the Middle East faces a severe security concern that is crystalizing in plain view: the human impact of a rapidly changing natural world.
The region, home to some of the world’s…