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The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. While many countries in the region have pledged to adopt adaptation and mitigation measures through Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), MENA remains underfunded, with uneven access to finance, and therefore inadequately prepared to confront the climate crisis. The combined financial need of the nine…

Despite Ahmad al-Shara’ (formerly Abu Muhammad al-Jolani) emphasizing the closure of past chapters and committing to a new methodology with a Syrian character—manifested in a wholly new ideological and political discourse distinct from that of global jihadist movements—the movement’s roots, context, and other facets represent a new model within jihadist movements. This is described by one of its most prominent…