An unexpected plan for peace in the Middle East | Nada Majdalani
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🗓️ 14 July 2025
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
The Middle East is a climate hotspot, with many parts of the region set to experience an increase in temperature by five to eight degrees Celsius by the end of the century. Palestinian peace activist Nada Majdalani discusses how the climate crisis could actually instigate a movement towards peace, unveiling the "Peace Triangle" initiative — a visionary plan to transform conflicts in the Middle East through shared water and energy projects. Drawing on her experience in cross-border environmental collaboration, she offers a glimpse of how economic interdependence between Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians could lead to peace.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to TED Talks Daily, where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity every day. |
| 0:12.1 | I'm your host, Elise Hew. |
| 0:13.8 | Amid the conflict in the Middle East, another threat silently multiplies climate change. |
| 0:19.1 | But what would happen if instead of looking at climate and world conflict |
| 0:22.5 | as separate, we saw them as being integrally connected? In this talk, Palestinian environmental |
| 0:29.4 | peacemaker Nada Majdalani shares how her organization is bringing together Jordanians, Palestinians, |
| 0:36.2 | and Israelis through a vision of environmental peace building |
| 0:40.2 | and why tapping into the region's natural resources |
| 0:42.9 | can foster interdependence and cooperation, not conflict. |
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