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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
11/22/2022 10:05:27 PM
Egypt – and the whole world – are entitled to celebrating the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) at Sharm El-Sheikh concluded with a hard-fought, historic deal to establish a Loss and Damage Fund to “save lives and livelihoods from climate change-related disasters” in poor countries that contribute little to global warming.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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COP27
11/17/2022 11:04:00 AM
British politician Alok Sharma, president of last year’s COP26 in Glasgow, tells Ashraf Amin and Mohamed El- Kazaz how current economic and political events are affecting plans agreed at the COP26 and the financing of payments for climate-related loss and damage
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COP27
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Climate change
10/4/2022 8:31:10 PM
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed urged developed nations to devise a clear roadmap to start dispensing the funds they pledged for climate adaptation funds at the COP26 in Glasgow last year.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/18/2022 1:03:39 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said the current global crises place a great responsibility on the international community to address climate change and achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement and the outcomes of the UN Conference of the Parties (COP26) held in Glasgow last year.
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World
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Region
5/29/2022 7:38:24 PM
Saudi Arabia announced Sunday it had named a senior diplomat as its first climate envoy, as officials vow to ramp up oil production while pursuing ambitious goals for emission cuts.
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World
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International
4/7/2022 6:58:56 PM
Britain insisted Thursday it was sticking to its climate change goals despite announcing plans to drill for more North Sea fossil fuels as a way of preventing energy "blackmail" by Russia.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/11/2022 6:18:57 PM
Egypt’s Foreign Minister and president-designate of the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Summit (COP27) Sameh Shoukry held a virtual meeting on Thursday with COP26 President and UK Minister of State Alok Sharma.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/14/2022 3:00:37 PM
Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and the COP27 President-Designate Sameh Shoukry met on Monday with UN Framework Convention on Climate (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa in the German city of Bonn as part of the country's preparations to host COP27 later this year.
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Business
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Energy
2/6/2022 9:10:34 PM
Egypt's 32 solar power plants produced about 4,500 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2021, the cabinet media centre said in a statement on Sunday.
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Egypt
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Society
1/26/2022 8:48:11 PM
Egyptian Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad has stressed that Egypt is keen to benefit from the outcomes of the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow during the upcoming COP27, which is set to be held November in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/15/2022 8:34:31 PM
Egypt and the UK have affirmed their commitment to accelerating the fight against climate change as well as maintaining and building on the current momentum for global climate action.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
12/31/2021 5:42:00 PM
Egypt has been speeding up its green transition while also preparing to host next year’s COP27 meeting on climate change.
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World
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International
12/31/2021 4:01:59 PM
Melting glaciers, deadly floods in Germany, record high summer temperatures in generally mild Oregon, more urgent pleas for help from Pacific island nations. With growing urgency, the effects of climate change were felt around the world in 2021.
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World
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International
12/8/2021 7:09:29 PM
An adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned Wednesday after footage of her joking about a Christmas party at Downing Street during lockdown last year aired on national television.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
11/26/2021 1:52:00 PM
Egypt is introducing more green finance solutions as a way of facing up to climate change.
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World
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Africa
11/23/2021 3:55:30 PM
After years of struggling with insufficient funds, efforts to build Africa's Great Green Wall -- a massive defence line against desertification -- have received a major boost.
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COP27
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Articles
11/20/2021 2:16:00 PM
Despite pledges made at last week’s COP26 Climate Change Conference, the world is no closer to keeping global warming below the 1.5 degree Celsius target.
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World
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Region
11/17/2021 11:52:39 AM
Iraqi wheat farmer Khamis Ahmad Abbas lost it all when his battle with drought forced him to abandon his land, pushing him into unemployment.
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World
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Region
11/15/2021 3:09:07 PM
Tunisian olive farmer Ali Fileli looked out over his parched fields and crushed a lump of dry, dusty earth in his hand.
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World
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Region
11/15/2021 11:39:05 AM
The UAE, one of the world's top crude exporters, said a recent UN climate summit in Glasgow was a "success" but that the world needs to keep investing billions in oil and gas.
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