Tripoli's nights are getting hotter — and the harbour is the reason
How the urban heat island along Libya's capital coast is reshaping summer, sleep and electricity bills.
6 min read
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Libya's Climate Reality
Global data, translated into Libyan addresses.
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Climate risk isn't uniform. Select a region to see the pressures shaping life there — heat, water, land and the coast.
Capital coast
Tripoli
Libya’s dense coastal capital, where the urban heat island lifts night temperatures and drives summer cooling demand and load-shedding.
The price of bread is a climate story
With 75%+ of calories imported, a drought abroad or a heatwave in the Maghreb lands directly on the Libyan table.
8 min read
What the Great Man-Made River doesn't refill
Fossil groundwater built modern Libya. Hydrologists in Sebha on what happens when the aquifer keeps falling.
7 min read
The WMO just confirmed another record year. Here's what it means for Libya
We read the World Meteorological Organization's annual report so you don't have to — and find the Libyan line.
5 min read
Could rooftop solar end Libya's summer blackouts?
A practical look at distributed solar for a country with extraordinary sun and an overstretched grid.
9 min read
After Derna: what extreme rainfall does to ageing infrastructure
One catastrophic night reframed flood risk for the whole country. We map where else is exposed.
10 min read
The aquifer that built modern Libya is not refilling
The Great Man-Made River draws from a fossil source. What the drawdown numbers mean for the next twenty years.
9 min read
Libya gets 3,500 hours of sunshine a year. Why is it still burning diesel?
A structural look at why renewable transition has stalled — and the three conditions that could restart it.
7 min read
Featured Data
Desertification is actively encroaching on agricultural land across the Jabal Nafusa and Jefara Plain — threatening food security for a population already dependent on imports for over 75% of its caloric needs.
SOURCES: WMO · IPCC AR6 · COPERNICUS LAND MONITORING · FAO LIBYA
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