CONTENTS

FROM DEVASTATING WARS TO DEVELOPMENT BATTLE  EDITORIAL BY NAJIB SAAB 4 | QUOTES AND FIGURES 6 | ALICE IN WONDERLAND COMMENTARIES 8 | HOW SWITZERLAND MADE HISTORY WITH GREEN ECONOMY VOTE BY MATHIS WAKERNAGEL 12 | BREAKING THE SPIRAL OF SILENCE PERSONAL TIPS TO TALK CONVINCINGLY ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE 14 | ENVIRONMENT NEWS 16 | SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN A CHANGING ARAB CLIMATE 2016 REPORT OF THE ARAB FORUM FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT 24 | AFED NEWS 32 | AFED’S 2016 WORK REPORT | THE ROLE OF ARAB DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SDGs IN ARAB COUNTRIES BY ABDULWAHAB AL-BADER 42 | THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, A BOTANICAL GARDEN IN BEIRUT 44 | AUSTRALIA’S UNIQUE CREATURES 50 | OFID: SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FOR ALL BY SULEIMAN AL HERBISH 58 | ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK: FINANCING COMPREHENSIVE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 60 | KUWAIT FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE: FOSTERING TECHNOLOGY,  RESEARCH AND INNOVATION 62 | TOWARDS ZERO HUNGER IN ARAB COUNTRIES 64 | THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY JOINS EFFORTS TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE KIGALY ACCORD TO PHASE OUT HFCs 70 | FLOATING DANGER SEA CONTAINERS SPREAD PESTS AND DISEASES 72 | AROUND THE WORLD IN A ZERO-EMISSION BOAT 75 | INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ RIGHTS VIOLATED IN THE NAME OF CONSERVATION 76 | ENVIRONMENT MARKET 79 | NEW SCIENCE 80 | CALENDAR 82