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COP27
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Climate change
11/16/2022 10:54:52 PM
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the development of a strategic partnership in green hydrogen has been signed today at COP27 between the European Union and Egypt.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/16/2022 10:34:31 PM
Six weeks before taking power, Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday told cheering crowds at the UN climate conference that he would crack down on illegal deforestation in the Amazon, reinitiate relationships with countries that finance forest protection efforts and push to host an upcoming world climate summit in the rainforest.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/16/2022 10:33:12 PM
The Egyptian COP27 Presidency, Germany and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced on Wednesday the launch of the ENACT (Enhancing Nature-based Solutions for an Accelerated Climate Transformation) initiative to bring coherence to and strengthen collaboration between existing nature-based solutions (NbS) efforts and partnerships.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/16/2022 9:31:45 PM
Protecting nature and preserving biodiversity requires scientific solutions and sufficient finance, UN Climate Change High Level Champion for Egypt and UN Special Envoy on Financing 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda Mahmoud Mohieldin.
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Business
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Energy
11/16/2022 7:32:19 PM
The Sovereign Fund of Egypt (TSFE) has signed an MoU with Saudi Arabia’s utility developer ACWA Power to explore a joint investment in a $1.5 billion wind energy project with a capacity of 1.1 gigawatt (GW) in the Egyptian Gulf of Suez, a statement said on Tuesday.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/16/2022 7:31:38 PM
The European Union on Wednesday said it would dedicate more than $1 billion in climate funding to help countries in Africa boost their resilience in the face of the accelerating impact of global warming.
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Egypt
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Society
11/16/2022 7:11:30 PM
Egyptian Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Hany Sewilam received the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus award 2022 on Wednesday during the activities held as part of the 27th UN Climate Change Summit (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, a statement by the ministry said.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/16/2022 7:09:03 PM
Small island states whose existence is threatened by rising seas insist they will not leave UN climate talks without a fund to contain the impacts of global warming, a chief negotiator told AFP Wednesday.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/16/2022 2:12:02 PM
Egypt’s Presidency of the 27th UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) announced on Tuesday the launch of the Africa Just and Affordable Energy Transition Initiative (AJAETI) in Sharm El-Sheikh, which aims to secure access to affordable energy by 2027 for at least 300 million Africans.
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COP27
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To Know
11/16/2022 1:40:54 PM
Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said at UN COP27 climate talks in Egypt on Wednesday that he wants the 2025 summit to be held in the Amazon region as he vowed to fight deforestation.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
11/16/2022 1:31:51 PM
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COP27
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Focus
11/16/2022 1:19:01 PM
A pledge by G20 leaders, whose countries account for most global CO2 emissions, to pursue the most ambitious target against global warming breathed new life into fraught UN climate talks in Egypt on Wednesday.
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COP27
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Focus
11/16/2022 12:23:52 PM
As the driest summer in Seattle's record books ended, trees across the city were sounding silent alarms.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/16/2022 12:00:36 PM
Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Robert Mardini spoke to Ahram Online about the importance of revising adaptation and mitigation mechanisms to prioritise funding for the most vulnerable and least developed countries.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
11/16/2022 11:41:02 AM
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received Iranian Vice President and Head of the Department of Environment Ali Salajegheh on Tuesday on the sidelines of the 27th UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh city.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/16/2022 11:03:57 AM
UN climate talks got a fillip Wednesday as Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva launched the country back into the battle to curb global warming and global leaders reaffirmed key pledges.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/16/2022 11:03:38 AM
Government ministers are returning to Egypt to take over negotiations at this year's U.N. climate talks, providing diplomats with the political backing they need to clinch credible agreements that would help prevent disastrous levels of warming in the coming decades.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/16/2022 10:38:17 AM
Ahram Online is providing daily live update coverage of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP27) taking place in the Egyptian Red Sea city of Sharm El-Sheikh from 6-18 November.
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Opinion
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Opinion
11/16/2022 7:21:00 AM
The 27th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) at Sharm El-Sheikh drew to a close on Friday.
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Opinion
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Opinion
11/16/2022 6:16:00 AM
Mahmoud Mohieldin calls upon international development funding institutions to finance climate action projects through long-term facilitated loans extended to all low and middle income countries without exception
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