Abstract Freshwater is essential for everyday activities including drinking, irrigation, farming and many industrial processes. However, freshwater is less than 1% of the total water resources in the planet and, therefore, it is considered a very valuable commodity. Limited resources and growing needs for freshwater triggered global exploration for alternatives to produce enough freshwater for human needs. Today’s most widely used methods to produce freshwater is desalination. However, critical appraisal of the desalination procedures raised the alarm about sustainability of desalination and indicated that significant research is needed to develop alternative green resources of freshwater. Countries in the Gulf area such as Oman and UAE experience hot and humid climates and use air-conditioning units to achieve acceptable comfort levels and create a healthier indoor environment. The cooling process release a large amount of condensate water through cooling coils. This amount of water is usually considered as a problem rather than opportunity and, thus, is wasted into municipal sewerage systems via a system of drainage pipes. This alternative source can be utilized in various drainage, irrigation, and cooling applications to reduce the use of considerable amount of municipal potable water. This source not only takes part in controlling the water scarcity, but also in saving energy and to reducing the carbon footprint. This paper focus on highlighting the opportunities for Oman and UAE to utilize the condensate water from air-conditioning process, as a viable alternative source of green fresh water. It provides a comparison of the potentials of both countries to collect condensate water, based on meteorological data, location and climate. It was concluded that both countries have great potentials and opportunities to utilize this wasted resource.

Abstract This study assessed genders’ institutional level of arrangement in REDD + pilot sites, Cross River State, Nigeria. Data were collected through literature and policy document review and Focus Group Discussion (FGD). The total number of 270 documents with three, Level 1 : Non-substantive inclusion, Level 2 : Superficial inclusion and Level 3 : Integrated inclusion. The gender were classified as Men and Women for the search engine. The results showed that only 95 of the 270 REDD + related documents mentioned gender (representing 51% of the total documents). Nearly half of the texts that include the crucial phrases were categorized at Level 1, which means that gender concerns were not material. Regardless of how it is seen, the meager inclusion of gender mainstreaming discussion can only be found in Level 3. This 7% translated to only 12 out of the 270 documents which truly and fully understood the gender mainstreaming ideas. The study concluded that communities’ policy interventions such as REDD + still exhibit non-compliance of gender mainstreaming and institutional level of arrangement , therefore, this study recommend that “ sincerity ” of gender mainstreaming from the government and other stakeholders is a panacea for the success of any climate change adaptation programme such as REDD + .