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Welcome to the Arab Middle East Office of the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Ramallah |
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New webpage on climate change by the World Bank – the site contains information on the main activities undertaken or planned by the World Bank to address climate change in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). more... | |
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Climate change is one of the greatest environmental challenge facing the world today. Rising global temperatures will bring changes in weather patterns, rising sea levels and an increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. This dossier collects a number of articles, documents and links that appear helpful to understand the impact of Climate Change on the region. more..
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The first zero carbon and zero waste city in the world is to be built in Abu Dhabi, watch on arabenvironement.net. Arab Environment net. is a blog by Batir Wardam that serves as an update and analysis of the linkages between environment, science, and economy in the Arab World. more... |
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Birzeit University took the initiative to provide for the BirMun conference in 2008. It was challenging task which took a lot of negotiating and organizations skills to bring the different delegations from across the globe to Palestine. To get an insight of the event, read the personal report by participant Stefan Buildt. more |
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Projects
Getting ready for the future? James Wiegel wrote about his experience of being the facilitator of a workshop on strategic planning for a group of young Fateh members. Forty such events are planned across the Territory in the coming months to produce a set of practical proposals for the party, and for the Palestinian people. more...
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Articles
Future Refugees - facts and figures Actual facts and numbers concerning Palestinian refugees in the World and their status, collected and updated by the Negotiation Affairs Department (NAD). more...
Magazine on Palestine and environment The monthly magazine "This week in Palestine" covers in its February issue a number of environmental issues such as climate change, water, solid waste, wildlife, bio-diversity in plants, legislation, awareness, love of nature and many more issues. The issue No 118 can be downloaded under http://www.thisweekinpalestine.com/
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Dossiers
Middle East Conference in Annapolis/Maryland” The German foundation Heinrich-Boell-Stiftung asked authors from the region, Germany and the US to write their assessments concerning success or failure, possibilities and perspectives of the meeting in Maryland.
Democracy - A life without Violence and Discrimination is possible. The regional campaign to protect Arab women from domestic violence of the network SALMA extended its efforts to raise awareness on violence against women and advocate for enacting a law to protect families/women from violence more...
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Disclaimer
"The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and can therefore in no way be taken to reflect the opinion of the Heinrich Böll Foundation. - Heinrich Böll Foundation’s Arab Middle East Office is not responsible for the content of other websites linked to, or referenced from this website. Any statement, opinion or view in relation to any person or organization which is not specifically attributed to AMEO may not necessarily reflect that of AMEO." |
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