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Phenolives Turns Olive Oil Waste Into Healthy Flour
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Morocco Launches 'Morocco Offer' for Green Hydrogen Sector with 1M Hectares
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WeedOUT, Start-up Fighting Resistant Weeds, Secured $8.1 Million Round A
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Schneider's New Report on the Future of Energy Transition in Middle East
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COP 28: UAE Pledges $150M Funding For Water Security Solutions
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New Tech Tool Identifies What Food Production Residues Can Be Recycled
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BioScience 2023 State of the Climate Report: Entering Uncharted Territory
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Huge Floating Carpet of PV's Made to Follow the Sun
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Sharjah Launches Second Phase of Developing Mleiha Wheat Farm
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Masdar and Africa50 Join Forces to Accelerate Clean Energy Across Africa
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Blue Economy Valued at $3T - What's The Middle East Doing To Protect It?
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Senegal Struck $2.7bln Green Energy Deal with Richer Nations
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ChatGPT Designs Its First Robot - for Picking Tomatoes
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Dubai Can Now Produce Nearly 0.5 Billion Gallons of Desalinated Water a Day
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Bahrain Launches Its First Clean Energy-Powered Data Centre
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Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) is Aiming for a Low-Carbon Strategy
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Water Scarcity in the Middle East - Region Thirsty for Solutions
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Connecting Green Hydrogen MENA Returns to Dubai in 2024
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Israeli Foodtech Companies & Moroccan UM6P Agreed on Project to Feed 10M
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Saudi Launches Grand Plan For Drinkable Water "River" Longer Than The Nile
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BP, ADNOC Place $4B Offer for 50% of Israel's NewMed Energy
Water
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Egypt to Build 21 Desalination Plants - Attractive Investors Package
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New Breakthrough Protein Made from Microalgae
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Israel Climate Tech Map 2023
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Abraham Accords - How Is It Going So Far?
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Europe Rushing to Install Giant Solar & Wind farms in North Africa
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Watersight's Smart Water Sensing Device Won CES XTC Competition
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New Transparent Panels May Revolutionize Agrovoltaics
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South Africa IPP Office to Launch 513 MW Battery Storage Auction
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Morocco's Energy Challenges Despite Large Scale Renewables Projects
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800M Euro Desalination Tender in Morocco - Winners to be Announced Mid 2023
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First Regulated Carbon Market in Abu Dhabi - Mubadala Acquires Stake
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How to Make Climate Change Resistant Fruits
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Carbon Capture Turn Factory Smoke into Valuable Minerals
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Key MENA Renewable & Clean Energy Projects Under Development
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What is "Water Positive"? Why Major Corporations Pledge to It
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5 Nigerian Agrifintech Startups Providing Services for Smallholder Farmers
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Qatar 2022 - Is There a Chance for Net-Zero World Cup?
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UK and South Africa Partner on Minerals for Future Clean Energy Tech
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Africa Green Hydrogen Alliance Opportunities: $126 Billion, 4 Million Jobs
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Israel's H2Pro and Morroco's Gaia Energy Sign Green Hydrogen Agreement
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Morocco and Israel National Water Companies Sign Cooperation Agreement
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Emiraty, German & Israeli Researchers to Collaborate on Sea Research
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Israel and Jordan to Cooperate on Jordan River Restoration
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UAE & Indonesia signed Declaration of Intent to Boost Economic Development
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COP27: The Three Big Issues Around Climate Finance
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Saudi Arabia Energy Giant Aramco Unveils New $1.5B Sustainability Fund
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Lemonade Using Blockchain to Protect African Farmers from Climate Change
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DFC Invests $40M in EEG Fund Increasing Africa's Access to Off-Grid Energy
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Seed Stage Deal Activity is Up 70% YoY in African Agrifoodtech Investment
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Guinness Record to DEWA’s Jebel Ali Power and Water Desalination Complex
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All Electric Zero Emissions Jet for Regional Travel
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A New Wind Power Production Record Been Set by Siemens Gamesa
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Floods Risk is Mounting, Water Stressed Countries are Not Exempt
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Bahrain's EWA Issues Landfill Remediation Tender for 100 MW Solar Farm
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The Circulars Accelerator 2023 - Advancing Circular Economy
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Tunisia considers the launch of 3 tenders for 2,000 MW ren. energy
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Zambia to Launch Agri Comprehensive Insurance Program
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Israeli Startup Uses Tobacco Plants to Mass Produce Cultivated Meat
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Google.org Impact Challenge on Climate Innovation
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ABB Energy Efficiency Startup Challenge 2022
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Global competition for climate-focused startups & digital artists
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Morocco’s UM6P Ventures invests in an Israeli agrifood tech. startup
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Morocco votes 665 million dirham for water projects in rural areas
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“COP27 will be the COP for Action!" Says COP's Envoy Dr. Yasmin Fouad
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Israel and Jordan to Establish a Joint Industrial Zone on the Border
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Saudi Future City NEOM Unveils Design and Finance
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Israel’s AgriFood Week is back!
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Israeli Government Approved $870M to Boost Climate Tech
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World Bank Crises Support to MENA Countries Exceeds US$5 Billion
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How to Be a Good Climate Mayor? Think Health
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GCC Countries Are Pursuing Ambitious Green Energy Projects
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MENA Finance Ministries May Unlock Regional Climate Action
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Word Bank Opportunity: $180M Water in Agriculture Project in Morocco
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Angola and World Bank to Develop Water PPP Program
Energy
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ADNOC and TotalEnergies signed a strategic partnership agreement
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DEWA projects under IPP model attracts $10.9 billion
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Selina and Redefine Meat to Launch a World-wide Collaboration
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Autonomous Tractors Are Transforming the Agriculture Industry