Nada Majdalani

EcoPeace Middle East is a unique organization, 30-year-old, co-led on equal footing by three co-directors, Gidon Bromberg, the Israeli director, Yana Abu-Talib, Jordanian, and myself.

I stand here representing 60 environmental peace-building professionals and activists from our three nations.

This cross-border team is our true strength and all unique to our region.

It's experience unknowledgeable to actually deal with all the challenges that we face as we are considered a climate hotspot.

What does that mean?

It means that many parts of our region are going to experience by end of the century an increase in temperature by five to eight degrees Celsius and a decrease in precipitation by 40 percent.

And all of this is certainly not going to stop at natural phenomena.

Our region is also shaped by, and our reality is shaped by, power asymmetry, where natural water is not equally shared, pollution doesn't recognize boundaries or checkpoints, and our ecosystem is also jeopardized and held hostage to the stagnation in the political horizon.

But we at EcoPeace recognize that we live on such a tiny piece of land that is so interconnected and so vulnerable that it requires cooperation and shared responsibility.

We at EcoPeace turn water and energy into an opportunity for mutual benefits.

We train thousands of Palestinian, Israeli and Jordanian young professionals every year on the principles of water diplomacy, climate change, water energy realities and negotiation skills.

With cross-border efforts, we also provide skills and green solutions to schools, businesses and farmers.

and we address the drastic humanitarian disaster and crisis in Gaza Strip.

We refuse the status quo.

We dream forward, and we have a vision for the day after the war.

EcoPeace introduced a concept of a peace triangle.

This peace triangle includes Palestine, Israel and Jordan integrated within the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, also known as IMEC.

IMEC was launched in the G20 in New Delhi in 2023, and it aimed to boost global development and global economy through regional integration and interconnectivity.

Our Peace Triangle initiative focuses on three sectors.

and three catalytic projects in the sectors of water, energy and sustainable transport for trade.