New Momentum to Build Social Protection Capacities
by MENA-Forum | 23 April 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Energy Transition, Sustainable Development | 0 Comments
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The International Labour Organization (ILO) and partner UN agencies are scaling up support to strengthen social protection systems in Arab countries across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in response to growing pressures from conflict, displacement, economic instability and climate shocks.
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The Iran War Has Forced the US-Gulf Alliance Forward
by MENA-Forum | 22 April 2026 | Culture, Energy Transition, Sustainable Development, Technology | 0 Comments
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They won’t say it in public. But in private conversations since the February 28 outbreak of war in the region, Gulf officials tell me that they have absorbed Iranian retaliation for hosting a US-Gulf security architecture they were never permitted to name. The current terms are no longer acceptable.
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World’s Top Fossil Fuel Importers Spent USD 314 Billion
by MENA-Forum | 21 April 2026 | Climate Change, Energy Transition, Sustainable Development, Technology | 0 Comments
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By prioritizing fossil fuels over clean energy by a margin of 2.5 to 1, the world’s largest economies are subsidizing their own vulnerability to geopolitical crises by choosing to lock in high-risk, volatile energy systems instead of investing in lasting stability.
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