Thirst for Water Justice in Tunisia — Yasser Souilmi
Research
28 November 2025
#Environment#Transitional Justice#Water
Energy Transition Challenges in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region — Diana Kaissy
Research
27 November 2025
#Environment#Iraq#Power Sector
4Dec
2025
Divergent Pathways to Energy Justice:  Comparative Perspectives from MENA
Conferences#Environment
Bridging the Energy Gap in Lebanon:  Natural Gas, Renewables, and Regional Connectivity — Laury Haytayan
Bawader / Commentary
16 October 2025
#Environment#Lebanon#Power Sector
Policy Brief:   Regulating a Pluralistic and Decarbonized Electricity Supply through Public Service Principles of Equity and Solidarity
Bawader / Commentary
16 October 2025
#Environment#Power Sector
Policy Brief:  Unlocking Solar Energy Access in Lebanon through Innovative Finance and Blended Models — Nicolas Farhat
Bawader / Commentary
10 October 2025
#Environment#Lebanon#Power Sector
Beyond a Technocratic Solution:  Iraqi Farmers and Local Climate Adaptation — Taif Alkhudary
Research
25 September 2025
#Environment#Iraq
 Pathways Towards Food Sovereignty in Lebanon
Pathways Towards Food Sovereignty in Lebanon — Zeead Yaghi
Research
12 September 2025
#Environment#Food Security#Lebanon
26Aug
2025
WebinarRethinking water governance in the WANA region through a Justice Lens
#Environment#Water
Syria’s Widespread Forest Fires:  A Legacy of Mismanagement and Failed Policies — Mawada Bahah
Bawader / Commentary
28 July 2025
#Environment#Syria
 Environmentalism and Disenchantment in a Destabilizing World: The Case of Lebanon
Environmentalism and Disenchantment in a Destabilizing World:  The Case of Lebanon — Sammy Kayed
Research
18 July 2025
#Environment#Lebanon
Environmental and Transitional Justice in Syria — Mustafa Haid
Bawader / Commentary
24 June 2025
#Environment#Syria#Transitional Justice
 Participants at an ARI meeting on "Unpacking Just Transition: Conception, Civil Society, and Governance in Tunisia’s Energy Pathway", October 2024.
Roundtable Report – In Pursuit of Energy Transition:  Will Tunisia Escape Green Colonialism? — Amani Othmen
Report
19 June 2025
#Environment#Power Sector#Tunisia
23Jun
2025
Post-Conflict Syria:  Evaluating the Impact of War on the Environment
Conferences#Environment
Environmental Struggle in the Middle East and North Africa:  A Research Agenda — Julia Choucair Vizoso
Research
9 May 2025
#Activism#Environment#MENA
Tunisia’s Climate Justice Movement — Mariem Madhi
Research
30 April 2025
#Activism#Environment#Tunisia
12May
2025
6th Annual Environmental Politics in MENA Conference  Rethinking Justice in Environmental Transition during Times of Conflict and Crisis
Conferences#Conflicts#Environment#MENA
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Civil Society Organizations and Just Transition in the Middle East and North Africa
25 April 2025
#Environment
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Conference: Rethinking the Nexus between Conflict, Climate Change and Environment in West Asia and North Africa
25 April 2025
#Environment
Lebanon’s Climate Actors
Research
25 April 2025
#Environment#Lebanon
Toward Inclusive Climate Action in Jordan — Hussam Hussein
Research
25 April 2025
#Activism#Civil Society#Environment#Jordan
 Beyond Scarcity: Social Inequality and the Politics of Water in Morocco
Beyond Scarcity:  Social Inequality and the Politics of Water in Morocco — Zakaria Ibrahimi
Research
10 April 2025
#Environment#Morocco#Water
Environmental Organizations and Mobilization in Tunisia — Mohamed Ismail Sabry
Research
2 April 2025
#Environment#Tunisia
Just Transition Green Bridge:  Tunisian Case Study — Yasmina El Amine
Research
27 March 2025
#Environment#Power Sector#Tunisia
14Apr
2025
WebinarEnvironmental Governance in State-Led Green Projects in North Africa
#Environment
27Mar
2025
WebinarParticipatory Approaches to Conflict, Climate Change, and Environment Case Studies from the Levant
#Conflicts#Environment
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Environment’s pulse podcast with Sanaa Moussalim
12 March 2025
#Environment#Morocco
Participatory Approaches to Conflict, Climate Change and Environment:  Case Studies from the Middle East and North Africa
Book
11 March 2025
#Conflicts#Environment#MENA
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Climate Change Awareness in Morocco: Towards Effective Environmental Education
12 February 2025
#Environment
Navigating the Challenges of Environmentalism in an Increasingly Authoritarian Iraq — Taif Alkhudary
Research
6 February 2025
#Activism#Environment#Iraq
Iraq at the COP:   A Misguided Environmental Doctrine — Safaa Khalaf
Bawader / Commentary
9 January 2025
#COP#Environment#Iraq
Mobilizing for the Environment in Iraq
Research
25 October 2024
#Activism#Environment#Iraq
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Renewable Energy in Lebanon:  Chaos, Individualism, and the Drive for Survival — Laury Haytayan
Bawader / Commentary
11 October 2024
#Environment#Lebanon#Power Sector
26Sep
2024
EU- MENA Structured Policy Dialogue Session:  Promoting a Just Energy Transition in MENA
Conferences#Environment#Power Sector#Transition
Town Hall Meetings Summary:  Lebanon’s Solar Energy Boom
Report
22 August 2024
#Environment#Lebanon#Power Sector
Background Paper:  Just Environmental Transition in Lebanon — Yusra Bitar
Research
22 July 2024
#Environment#Lebanon#Transition#Transitional Justice
16Jul
2024
WebinarIraq's Enduring Challenges:  Environmental Damage and Public Health in a Post-Conflict Landscape
#Conflicts#Environment#Iraq
24Jun
2024
2nd Townhall Meeting:  Enhancing Community Engagement through a Policy Implementation of the Decentralized Renewable Energy Law
Conferences#Environment#Lebanon
 photo from COP28 by Ari Team
Did the COP28 Outcomes Support the Most Vulnerable Communities?  — Safa' Al Jayoussi
Bawader / Commentary
13 June 2024
#COP#Environment#Transition
Lebanon’s Solar Rollout:  In What Ways Has It Been an Unjust Energy Transition? — Yusra Bitar
Research
12 June 2024
#Environment#Lebanon#Power Sector
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What Role Do the EU’s Green Policies Play in Supporting a Just Energy Transition in MENA?
21 May 2024
#Environment#Transition
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Second Annual Conference on Conflict, Climate Change and the Environment
8 May 2024
#Environment
24Apr
2024
WebinarWhat Role do the EU’s Green Policies Play in Supporting a Just Energy Transition in MENA?
#Environment#Reform#Transition
5Mar
2024
Second Annual Conference:  On Conflict Climate Change and the Environment in the Middle East and North Africa Region
Conferences#Environment
Environmental Mobilization Amid Tunisia’s Waste Crisis — Maha Bouhlel
Research
18 January 2024
#Environment#Tunisia
 Lebanon’s Environmentalists and the Fight for Nature
Lebanon’s Environmentalists and the Fight for Nature:   Reflecting on Successes and Failures of Recent Mobilizations — Julia Choucair Vizoso
Research
4 January 2024
#Activism#Environment#Lebanon
Civil Society Organizations and Just Transition in the Middle East and North Africa  Challenges and Opportunities
Report
6 December 2023
#Environment#MENA#Transition
8Dec
2023
Climate Finance and Just Transition in the Arab Region:   What Impacts for Fragile Countries
Policy Dialogues#Environment#MENA#Reform#Transition
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Ahmed Al-Wadaey - Environmental Policies in Yemen
21 November 2023
#Environment#Yemen
29Nov
2023
WebinarCOP28:  What Finance is Left for Conflict and Crisis Ravaged Countries?
#Environment#MENA#Reform#Transition
20Nov
2023
WebinarCOP28:  The Voices and Demands of Youth Advocates
#Environment#MENA#Reform#Transition
Oil and Gas in Lebanon:  A Competition between Sun and Sea — Laury Haytayan
Bawader / Commentary
23 October 2023
#Environment#Lebanon#Power Sector
20Jul
2023
WebinarDocumenting the Impact of Armed Conflicts on the Environment in MENA:   Understanding the Public Health Effects
#Environment#MENA#Reform#Transition
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Yemen’s Environmental Crisis:   The Forgotten Fallout of an Enduring Conflict — Sahar Mohammed
Research
15 June 2023
#Conflicts#Environment#Yemen
Environmental Mobilization in Iraq:  NGOs, Local Actors and the Challenge of Climate Change — Safaa Khalaf
Research
25 May 2023
#Activism#Environment#Iraq
29May
2023
Civil Society Organizations and Just Transition in the Middle East and North Africa:  Challenges and Opportunities
Conferences#Environment#MENA#Transition
Lebanon’s Unregulated Forests:   How Tragedies Can Ignite Homegrown Transformations — Sammy Kayed
Research
3 May 2023
#Environment#Lebanon
Tunisia:  A Participatory Approach to Addressing Waste Crisis in Sfax — Maha Bouhlel
Bawader / Commentary
13 April 2023
#Environment#Tunisia#Waste
11Apr
2023
WebinarJust Environmental Transitions in Arab Politics
#Environment#MENA#Transition
Evaluating Environmental Policies in Yemen — Hisham Nagi
Research
5 April 2023
#Environment#Public Policy#Yemen
Tunisia’s Energy Sector:  A Just Transition Analysis — Yasmina El Amine
Bawader / Commentary
2 March 2023
#Environment#Transition#Tunisia
For immediate release:  Rethinking the Nexus between Conflict, Climate Change and Environment in West Asia and North Africa
Press Release
24 January 2023
#Conflicts#Environment#MENA
31Jan
2023
Conference:  Rethinking the Nexus between Conflict, Climate Change and Environment in West Asia and North Africa
Conferences#Conflicts#Environment#MENA
Webinar Summary:  Documenting the Impact of Armed Conflicts on the Environment in the Middle East
Conference Report
4 January 2023
#Conflicts#Environment#Webinar
 ari-arab-reform-initiative-tunisia-green-hydrogen-strategy
Who Benefits from Tunisia's Green Hydrogen Strategy? — Aïda Delpuech
Research
20 December 2022
#Environment#Power Sector#Tunisia
 ari-arab-reform-initiative-tunisia-green-hydrogen-strategy
Who Benefits from Tunisia’s Green Hydrogen Strategy? — Arab Reform Initiative
Press Release
20 December 2022
#Environment#Power Sector#Tunisia
29Nov
2022
WebinarDocumenting the impact of armed conflicts on the environment in the Middle East:  Filling the Gaps
#Conflicts#Environment#MENA
The COP27:  What’s at stake for activists, climate finance, and loss and damage? — Arab Reform Initiative
Conference Report
11 November 2022
#Environment#MENA#Social Justice
11Oct
2022
WebinarCOP27:  What's at stake for regional climate activists?
#Activism#Environment#MENA
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Expert Interview - Ilyes Ben Ammar
19 September 2022
#Environment#Transition#Tunisia
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Expert Interview - Perla Daou
7 September 2022
#Environment#MENA#Transition
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Expert Interview - Rabie Wahba
7 September 2022
#Environment#MENA#Transition
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Expert Interview - Nadine Wahab
7 September 2022
#Environment#MENA#Waste
Unpacking solid waste management policies in Lebanon:  Public policies based on power-sharing politics rather than evidence-based decision-making — Cynthia Kreidy
Research
19 August 2022
#Environment#Lebanon#Pollution#Waste
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Expert Interview - Nada Trigui
8 August 2022
#Environment#Food Security#MENA
War in Ukraine and food insecurity in Tunisia:  Where is reform most needed? — Khouloud Ayari
Bawader / Commentary
4 August 2022
#Environment#Food Security#Tunisia
 2022-06-16--Impacting Policies Waste Management and Advocacy in Lebanon
Impacting policies:  Waste management and advocacy in Lebanon — Samar Khalil
Research
16 June 2022
#Environment#Lebanon#Reform#Waste
31May
2022
WebinarSecond Annual Conference on Environmental Politics:  Towards a Just Environmental Transition in the Middle East and North Africa
Conferences#Environment#MENA#Reform#Transition
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Origins and prospects of climate change activism in the Arab region:   Rethinking the development and market economy model — Habib Maalouf
Blog
22 April 2022
#Activism#Environment
 Waste Management Governance in Lebanon and Potential Reform
28Apr
2022
WebinarWaste Management Governance in Lebanon and Potential Reform
#Environment#Lebanon
FSO Safer potential marine disaster:   Yemen's environment worst nightmare — Hisham Nagi
Bawader / Commentary
4 March 2022
#Conflicts#Environment#Yemen
9Feb
2022
WebinarTunisia at COP26:  From the local to the international
#Environment#Tunisia
Marine pollution:   A growing concern for the southern suburb of Tunis — Khouloud Ayari
Bawader / Commentary
20 January 2022
#Environment#Pollution#Reform#Tunisia
26Jan
2022
WebinarArab Climate Futures:  Of risk and readiness
#Environment#MENA#Reform
6Dec
2021
WebinarFrom Agareb to Borj Chekir:  Waste management in Tunisia, an environmental and political problem
#Environment#Governance#Tunisia#Waste
17Nov
2021
WebinarLebanon at Glasgow COP26:   Perspectives from Within
#Environment#Lebanon
ARI Publishes Winner of 2021 Student Essay Contest
Press Release
31 August 2021
#Activism#Environment
How can activists best advance environmental reforms in MENA? — Rory Quick
Bawader / Commentary
31 August 2021
#Environment#MENA#Reform
Water Politics in Libya:  A Crisis of Management, not Scarcity — Malak Altaeb
Bawader / Commentary
29 June 2021
#Environment#Libya#Water
15Jun
2021
Webinar Inaugural Conference on Environmental Politics in the Middle East and North Africa
#Activism#Conflicts#Environment#Governance#Reform#Social Justice
 arab-reform-initiative-environmentalism-after-decentralization-the-local-politics-of-solid-waste-management-in-tunisia
Incomplete Decentralization:  Solid Waste Management, Local Politics, and Environmental Activism in Tunisia
Press Release
29 April 2021
#Decentralization#Environment#Tunisia
 arab-reform-initiative-environmentalism-after-decentralization-the-local-politics-of-solid-waste-management-in-tunisia
Environmentalism After Decentralization:  The Local Politics of Solid Waste Management in Tunisia — Lana Salman
Research
29 April 2021
#Environment#Tunisia#Waste
Arab Reform Initiative Launches New Environmental Politics Program
Press Release
19 April 2021
#Activism#Environment
22Apr
2021
WebinarA Euro-Mediterranean Green Deal?  The Case of Circular Economy in Tunisia
#Environment#Tunisia
 arab-reform-initiative-the-environmental-impact-of-syrias-conflict-a-preliminary-survey-of-issues
The Environmental Impact of Syria’s Conflict:   A Preliminary Survey of Issues — Roba Gaafar
Bawader / Commentary
7 April 2021
#Conflicts#Environment#Syria
 ari-bawader-recycling-waste-lebanon-scaled
Recycling Policies from the Bottom Up:   Waste Work in Lebanon — Elizabeth Saleh
Bawader / Commentary
8 January 2021
#Environment#Lebanon#Waste
Stopping the Bisri Dam:  From Local to National Contestation
Bawader / Commentary
3 April 2020
#Activism#Environment#Lebanon#Natural Resources