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Libya Herald
7 hours ago
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- Libya Herald
NOC launches phase three of its one million tree-planting initiative by end 2026
Libya's state National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced yesterday that it is preparing to launch Phase Three of its One million Tree-planting Initiative. It said this phase will involve afforestation at oil sites and municipalities adjacent to oilfields to reduce carbon emissions. It will have the objectives of enhancing vegetation cover in industrial areas, improving air quality, reducing carbon dioxide and supporting local biodiversity. The initiative, the NOC added, is implemented in cooperation with local and international partners and the active participation from oil sector workers. The NOC said ''thousands'' of trees were planted in the previous two phases and that the initiative comes as part of its sustainability strategy and commitment to plant one million trees by 2026. Phase One launched in 2024 It will be recalled that the NOC had launched the first phase in February 2024. The NOC said the campaign comes within its 'Thinking About Tomorrow' initiative to reduce carbon emissions launched by its then Chairman, Farhat Bengdara, in December 2023 at the World Climate Summit (COP28). The campaign aims to plant one million trees in 40 sites distributed throughout all regions of Libya. It targets several locations by planting types of forest seedlings that are appropriate for their nature, to serve and achieve multiple environmental purposes, increase green spaces in areas where there are few forest seedlings, and enhance agriculture to adapt to the risks of climate change and withstand drought and the factors of desertification witnessed by the global climate crisis. The NOC had reported that the launch of this campaign witnessed great cooperation from several parties, such as the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock and its affiliated bodies, civil society organizations, school students, local councils in municipalities, scout and guide regiments, and security personnel in the two regions. 100-million tree planting initiative adopted by PM as one of its ''Strategic Projects'' It will also be recalled that in December 2024 Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister, Abdel Hamid Aldabaiba, approved the ''Green Libya Initiative'' to plant 100 million trees in various Libyan regions, under the supervision of the Executive Team for the PM's Initiatives and Strategic Projects, and in partnership with local institutions and foreign oil companies. The initiative is supported by the following foreign oil companies operating in Libya: Equinor, Halliburton Wintershall, Tatneft, Oilinvest, Tamoil, Gazprom, OMV, ENI, Repsol, BP and Suncor. . PM Aldabaiba launches ''Green Libya Initiative'' – includes planting 100 million trees NOC and AGOCO launch tree-planting campaign in all AGOCO company sites NOC prepares first 100 hectares in Wahat area as part of one million tree planting initiative First batch of trees for Tripoli's one million tree planting project arrive – over 45,000 trees planted in 16 months NOC continues its initiative to plant one million trees to reduce carbon emissions Second batch of trees arrive in Tripoli as part of the one million tree-planting initiative At COP28, NOC launches ambitious 'Think Tomorrow' environmental initiative ( Agricultural Ministry holds meeting to discuss implementation mechanism of 100 million tree planting initiative Oilinvest launches one million tree forestation initiative in Libya for Greenhouse Gas Removal ( Ministry of Planning confirms development of integrated plan to plant 100 million trees by 2030 ( The 2023-24 tree planting season launched to activate the 100 million trees by 2030 initiative ( Tree-planting campaign launched in Sirte ( Gharian to plant one million olive trees and 500k almond trees ( Libya aims to plant 20 million olive trees through private sector ( NOC starts first phase of its campaign to plant a million trees Tripoli University launches tree-planting campaign Tags: NOC National Oil Corporationone million treestree trees
Al Etihad
02-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Etihad
Pope warns of Earth being 'ravaged' by climate change
2 July 2025 16:42 ROME (dpa)Pope Leo XIV has warned of the dangers of climate change as much of Europe swelters under a heatwave."Extreme natural phenomena caused by climate change provoked by human activity are growing in intensity and frequency, to say nothing of the medium and long-term effects on humans and the environmental devastation being wrought by armed conflicts," said the head of 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide in a wrote that in various parts of the world "our earth is being ravaged."The pope made his comments on a day of prayer for the preservation of creation proclaimed by the Catholic Church."On all sides," the pope continues, "injustice, violations of international law and the rights of peoples, grave inequalities and the greed that fuels them are spawning deforestation, pollution and the loss of biodiversity."Leo warned that the medium and long-term effects of "ecological devastation" were not being sufficiently taken into pontiff has been in office since May as the successor to the late Pope Francis. According to the Vatican, it is still unclear whether he will attend the World Climate Summit (COP30) in Brazil at the end of the year.
