Nonexistent government action on climate change as iconic lakes such as Urmia in northwest Iran disappear.
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With Egypt’s COP27 six months away, experts are calling attention to the MENA region’s transition to clean energy.
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Nuclear power can help transition away from fossil fuels, but for Middle East nations there are dangers at every turn.
Iran is the world’s sixth-highest greenhouse gas emitter but its sanctioned economy has few moves to make to go green.
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PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s new government faces budget crisis triggered by coronavirus and oil price out.
