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World
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International
4/10/2024 7:00:25 PM
UN climate chief Simon Stiell on Wednesday warned G20 nations their economies face decimation and they must overcome geopolitical divisions to tackle global warming.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/22/2023 5:36:37 PM
Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry urged adopting urgent and broader climate steps during the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai, in line with the principles of the Paris Agreement.
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World
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Region
7/11/2023 10:54:44 PM
The United Arab Emirates promised Tuesday to do more to help keep global warming below the 1.5 degrees tipping point after falling short in its latest plan to slash emissions.
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World
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International
5/16/2023 9:19:44 PM
The world must halve single-use plastics and slash throwaway consumption to stem the tide of environmental pollution, according to a UN report on Tuesday that warns the next few years are critical.
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World
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Region
3/6/2023 7:35:02 PM
Sultan al-Jaber, CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., who will lead international climate talks later this year told energy industry power players on Monday that the world must cut emissions 7% every year and eliminate all emissions of methane, strong comments for an oil executive.
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COP27
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Focus
11/15/2022 11:17:21 PM
Under the Paris Agreement, which came into force in 2016, countries agreed to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and work together to adapt to the effects of climate change. To act on this, and codify their individual commitments, each country submitted its so-called Nationally Determined Contribution.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/15/2022 7:05:19 PM
Turkey on Tuesday unveiled at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh a revised plan for cutting its carbon emissions that was immediately criticised by analysts as insufficiently ambitious.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/15/2022 11:03:00 AM
The UN Science-Policy-Business Forum on the Environment released on Monday a new vodcast series entitled “Transformers”, which aims to explore why the world is not delivering on the Paris Agreement and highlights the voices and perspectives of those fighting to keep the 1.5°C target alive.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/8/2022 8:11:14 PM
Companies pledging to get their emissions down to net zero better make sure they've got a credible plan and aren't just making false promises, UN experts said in a report Tuesday urging tough standards on emissions cutting vows.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/7/2022 11:08:00 PM
The UN's chief warned Monday that nations must cooperate or face "collective suicide" in the fight against climate change, at a summit where developing countries reeling from global warming demanded more action from rich polluters.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/6/2022 7:20:09 PM
The UN's COP27 climate summit kicked off Sunday in Egypt with warnings against backsliding on efforts to cut emissions and calls for rich nations to compensate poor countries after a year of extreme weather disasters.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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COP27
11/5/2022 8:52:00 PM
After months of preparations and meetings, Climate Champion Mahmoud Mohieldin is heading to COP27 with a full plate.
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Opinion
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11/5/2022 10:22:23 AM
Trillions of dollars are going into sustainability innovation. Without help from digital technologies, they could be going to waste.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
10/25/2022 10:40:21 AM
The EU set out its position for the COP27 climate summit on Monday in a text that called for "ambitious targets" but did not put a figure on financial help for developing countries.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
9/28/2022 6:27:50 PM
Mahmoud Mohieldin, UN Climate Change High Level Champion for Egypt, stated on Wednesday that the 27th UN Climate Change Conference (COP27), which will take place in Sharm El-Sheikh in November, gives high priority to the actual implementation of climate action with a holistic approach that aims to achieve all SDGs together without sacrificing one goal for another.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
9/5/2022 12:19:00 PM
A flurry of high-level meetings is being held in the build-up to COP27.
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World
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Africa
8/23/2022 11:52:18 PM
Climate change has already increased global temperatures, greatly increasing extremes. This will continue unless greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to “net-zero”. The 1.5°C target of the Paris Agreement requires emissions reductions of around 50% in the next 10 years.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/23/2022 7:01:17 PM
Egypt's Climate Change Champion for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) Mahmoud Mohieldin stressed the important role non-state actors play in activating the global stocktake (GST) of the Paris Agreement.
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Egypt
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Society
7/21/2022 1:19:25 PM
Egypt has submitted a report on its updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) document to the secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) featuring its commitments to mitigate climate impacts as per the Paris Agreement, the country's Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad said on Wednesday.
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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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