The UAE is a country built within a hostile environment of soaring temperatures and scarce water desert. To allay the thirst of its population, the Gulf State has so far relied on the desalination of seawater. However, in the face of climate change and rapid population growth, it knows, it cannot get away with this forever and explores more sustainable solutions.

As he sees the first of his successes making its way towards local markets, Azem Abu Daqqa feels very positive. The launch of an agricultural project in the south of the Gaza Strip, which challenges the reality of the Israeli blockade and the scarcity of job opportunities for the thousands of university graduates, is promising.

Among the greatest threats to Algeria’s 1,622 km long coastline are irresponsible fishing practices and a complacency about marine pollution, especially plastic waste. HOME Environmental Association in Tipaza is trying to change that.

Has it ever crossed your mind that you are eating plastic on a daily basis? That you are drinking it? Apart from the thousands of trending pictures and videos on social media of animals and fish tangled in plastic, or even filled with plastic, are you aware that 83 % of our tap water contains microplastics?

Water is life – and the motor of development. Since gaining independence in 1956, Tunisia has gone to great lengths to mobilise its water resources in order to meet the country's demand for drinking water and to protect the environment by improving sanitation. But has it done enough?
 

When residents of Zagora in southern Morocco protested in 2017, demanding the right to safe drinking water, the authorities arrested 23 of them in what became known as the “thirst revolution”. The residents of Zagora and its environs, however, continue to suffer from a water shortage.