Overview As of April 2026, the tropical Pacific resides in a state of “ENSO-neutral” conditions—a deceptive atmospheric ceasefire. While the public notices “unseasonal” tremors, such as the intense March 2026 …
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Safeguarding the Oceans through the Compliance Lens: The Dual Challenge of Financing and Reporting Fatigue
by CEDARE Teamby CEDARE TeamThe Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction, commonly known …
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Defying Trump’s “Don’t mention the climate” stance (Guardian, 2026), an important shift emerges in how climate marine risk is being understood. Marine heatwaves are increasingly researched as a critical amplifier …
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Financing Nature in the Arab Region – Turning the Wheel on the “Big Nature Turnaround”
by CEDARE Teamby CEDARE TeamThe 2026 edition of the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) State of Finance for Nature report delivers a stark warning: global finance flows directly harmful to nature reached USD 7.3 …
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Nature-Based Solutions as a strategic resilience pathway in the Arab region
by CEDARE Teamby CEDARE TeamThe Arab region, the arena of the Iran war, is entering a period of intensifying climate stress marked by worsening water scarcity, land degradation, extreme heat, coastal risks, and growing …
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Amidst geopolitical roller coasters threatening global oil supply, fossil fuel actors are increasingly shaping the voluntary carbon market (VCM) (Carbon Market Watch, 2026). This is not just by using carbon …
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The Second Global Stocktake (GST2) at a Crossroads: Adapting to a More Complex Climate Landscape and Geopolitical Reality
by CEDARE Teamby CEDARE TeamAs highlighted in the Climate Change Expert Group (CCXG) Global Forum on the Environment and Climate Change held on 17-18 March 2026 (OECD, 2026), the second Global Stocktake (GST2) will …
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Solar Energy as a Strategic Option Amid Geopolitical Transition
by CEDARE Teamby CEDARE TeamThe international arena is witnessing a noticeable escalation in geopolitical tensions and regional conflicts, which has directly affected the stability of global energy markets. Traditional energy sources such as oil …
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Climate Security in an Era of War and Fragility: Now Means Now!
by CEDARE Teamby CEDARE TeamAs geopolitical instability reaches its peak with the current Iran War, climate risks are increasingly treated as security risks, through food and water stress, disaster-response capacity, displacement, and state fragility. …
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When Treaties Meet Barrels: a need for a “climate-aligned” approach to inevitably growing oil production
by CEDARE Teamby CEDARE TeamAs wording of fossil fuel “transition” is diluted into flexible formulations, an implementation vacuum emerges, now widened by the effective US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on 27 January 2026, …