Climate change

Saudi Arabia fights to derail pledge to transition away from fossil fuels at Cop29

Since agreeing to a historic pledge to transition away from fossil fuels, the kingdom is working to stall talks at this year's summit

Final Cop28 deal to 'transition away' from fossil fuels is a 'death warrant', campaigners say

Israel's war on Gaza

Critics of Israel's Gaza mass killings face 'unprecedented' UN policing at Cop28 in Dubai

Cop28: The climate crisis has been hijacked by corporate power

Hamza Hamouchene

Israel's war on Gaza

For Palestinians, attending climate summits like Cop28 is 'illogical'

Cop28: Host UAE emission reduction plan 'falls short', says UN chief Guterres

Cop28: In a first, Qatar’s emir shakes hands with Israeli president

'Eco-normalisation' goes ahead at Cop28 in Dubai despite Israeli war crimes

Manal Shqair

UAE to seek oil and gas deals at climate talks, leaked documents reveal

'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