Reports

Summary Launched in 2025, the UN80 Initiative is the most comprehensive internal reform plan the United Nations has undertaken in over a decade. Unveiled by Secretary-General António Guterres, it was …

1. Executive Summary The transition from a linear “take–make–dispose” model to a circular economy has emerged as a priority in addressing global challenges related to resource depletion, waste generation, and …

Executive Summary This report highlights recent developments in biodiversity conservation across the Arab region during April 2026. Key updates include ecosystem revival in Saudi Arabia’s Northern Borders, and the regional …

Key message: CBAM is not yet a direct tax on most raw agricultural exports, but it is already reshaping the cost, data and competitiveness environment around Arab agri-food value chains …

There is a familiar way to read regional escalation: watch oil prices, track shipping lanes, and estimate the hit to growth. But that lens is now too narrow. What the …

Executive Summary Electronic waste (e-waste) is one of the fastest-growing waste streams globally, driven by rapid technological change, rising consumption of electronic devices, and increasingly short product lifecycles. Countries in …

Executive Summary The Iran war has turned the Strait of Hormuz into a food-security chokepoint. FAO warns that 20–45 percent of key agrifood inputs depend on passage through Hormuz and …

Executive Summary Artificial intelligence is becoming a foundational capability for service delivery, industrial upgrading, and public-sector modernization. For the Arab region, the transition to AI-intensive economies intersects with three structural …

Core Thesis: National Adaptation Plans are most useful not when they only describe climate hazards, but when they show how adaptation choices affect people, livelihoods, inequality, fiscal space, and implementation …