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Farmers ride a donkey cart past dead palm trees in Skoura, Morocco, a rural oasis area measuring 40 square kilometres. AFP / Fadel Senna
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People attend the opening ceremony of the Saudi Green Initiative Forum on October 23 in the Saudi capital Riyadh. Fayez Nureldine / AFP
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Traffic moves slowly in the Iranian capital Tehran in January as high levels of pollution engulf the city. Atta Kenare / AFP
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Volunteers plant trees on the Kesra mountains in Tunisia's Siliana region back in 2019. Fethi Belaid / AFP
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The aftermath of Cyclone Shaheen in Oman's Al Batinah region in October. Haitham Al-Shukairi / AFP
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A farmer grafts in eastern Iraq during a blistering summer heatwave. Ahmad Al-Rubaya / AFP
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Hussein Gadain, centre, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation representative, checks solar panels with farmers in Kafr Al Dawar in northern Egypt's Nile Delta in 2018. Mohamed El Shahed / AFP
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Jordanians take part in the planting of eucalyptus and carob saplings near the forest of Kufranjah, north of Amman, in February. Khalil Mazraawi / AFP
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The Al Huwaiza Marshes, 420km south of Baghdad on the Iraq-Iran border. Asaad NIAZI / AFP
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The solar tower of Israel's Ashalim power station is surrounded by solar panels in the Negev desert. Emmanuel Dunand / AFP
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The third Global Forum of Innovations in Agriculture attracted scientists and specialists from more than 80 countries. Mona Al Marzooqi / The National
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Farmers ride a donkey cart past dead palm trees in Skoura, Morocco, a rural oasis area measuring 40 square kilometres. AFP / Fadel Senna
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People attend the opening ceremony of the Saudi Green Initiative Forum on October 23 in the Saudi capital Riyadh. Fayez Nureldine / AFP
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Traffic moves slowly in the Iranian capital Tehran in January as high levels of pollution engulf the city. Atta Kenare / AFP
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Volunteers plant trees on the Kesra mountains in Tunisia's Siliana region back in 2019. Fethi Belaid / AFP
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The aftermath of Cyclone Shaheen in Oman's Al Batinah region in October. Haitham Al-Shukairi / AFP
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A farmer grafts in eastern Iraq during a blistering summer heatwave. Ahmad Al-Rubaya / AFP
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Hussein Gadain, centre, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation representative, checks solar panels with farmers in Kafr Al Dawar in northern Egypt's Nile Delta in 2018. Mohamed El Shahed / AFP
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Jordanians take part in the planting of eucalyptus and carob saplings near the forest of Kufranjah, north of Amman, in February. Khalil Mazraawi / AFP
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The Al Huwaiza Marshes, 420km south of Baghdad on the Iraq-Iran border. Asaad NIAZI / AFP
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The solar tower of Israel's Ashalim power station is surrounded by solar panels in the Negev desert. Emmanuel Dunand / AFP
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The third Global Forum of Innovations in Agriculture attracted scientists and specialists from more than 80 countries. Mona Al Marzooqi / The National
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Farmers ride a donkey cart past dead palm trees in Skoura, Morocco, a rural oasis area measuring 40 square kilometres. AFP / Fadel Senna
Paris climate agreement: what have Middle East countries done five years on?
Here is a look at how regional states have fared in implementing the agreement
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04 November, 2021
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