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What Libya Must Do Now: Five Steps From Climate Plans to Real Change

One official document at the UN. A climate law. A fuel-subsidy bill of around $17 billion a year. And a fair deal for oil workers and the forgotten south. Here is what it would take to turn Libya's…

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Derna Was Warned: The Hour-by-Hour Story of a Preventable Disaster

Cracks were reported in the 1980s. Repairs were urged in 2003. The weather centre warned three days ahead. On 11 September 2023, both dams above Derna failed anyway — and floods have kept killing…

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Libya's Climate Plan, Decoded: What It Promises, What It Costs, and Who Pays

For the first time, Libya has counted its emissions and put a price on cutting them. The numbers reveal a surprisingly cheap first step — and a very large bill the country hopes others will pay.

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Present but Silent: Libya's Thirty Years at the World's Climate Table

Every year since 1995, the world has met to tackle climate change. Libya was in the room — and almost never spoke. Here is how that changed, and the one missing step that still keeps it outside the…

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When Rain Became a Threat: Fifty Years That Changed Libya's Climate

Libya is heating up twice as fast as the rest of the world. Its water is running out, its mountain forests are disappearing — and rain, once a blessing, now brings fear.

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Celebrating Jane Jacobs in the Local Community: Celebrating Women’s Contributions Across the Arab Region

The third edition of “Celebrating Jane Jacobs in the Local Community” brought together inspiring women from across the Arab region in Amman from 6 to 8 August. The initiative highlighted their…

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High-Level Conference on “Collective Action and Diplomacy in the Middle East. Which Prospects for Security?”

During a two-day conference experts, policymakers and practitioners from the Middle East, Europe, Germany and the United States discussed the trends, chances and limits of regional collective action…

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Blog: The UN Mission in Libya Between the Logic of Liberal Institutionalism and the Challenges of Conflict Management

Since the outbreak of the 2011 revolution, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has accompanied the country’s transition process. According to its mandate, the mission seeks to…

10. Podcast "Syria Alternative dialogues": The Role of International Financial Institutions in Shaping Economic Policies

In this episode of Syria Podcast: Alternative Dialogues, Rabih Nasr interviews researcher Nabil Abdo in an in-depth discussion about the role of international financial institutions, primarily the…