COP27
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Climate change
11/10/2022 11:28:50 AM
Mongolia is ramping up efforts to export coal to energy-hungry China, a government official told AFP, despite global efforts to end the use of the polluting fossil fuel.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/10/2022 10:16:23 AM
Major automakers will need to sell about half the number of petrol and diesel vehicles than under current projections to be aligned with key climate goals, Greenpeace said Thursday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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COP27
11/10/2022 10:02:00 AM
On the sidelines of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), being held in Egypt’s Red Sea city of Sharm El-Sheikh from 6-18 November, the Youth for Climate Caravan organised the event People’s Voices for Climate.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/10/2022 9:38:00 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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COP27
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Climate change
11/9/2022 10:28:36 PM
Pakistan's foreign minister repeated calls for compensation for the unprecedented destruction caused to the country by this summer's flooding, saying debt relief could be a mechanism for doing so.
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COP27
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To Know
11/9/2022 8:48:00 PM
A number of activists and politicians sent a petition on Wednesday to the Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres calling on him to intervene to stop the misuse of the 27th UN Climate Change Summit (COP27) by some international groups and organisations to ‘serve goals that have nothing to do with environmental issues.’
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COP27
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Climate change
11/9/2022 8:26:27 PM
Mohamed Al-Jasser, President of the Islamic Development Bank Group, said on the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh that climate change continues to pose a major threat to social and economic development and to the general well-being of people and societies, noting that the bank's collective goal is to promote a just, inclusive and equitable transition.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/9/2022 5:41:44 PM
Uganda's veteran President Yoweri Museveni accused Europe on Wednesday of "brazen double standards" towards Africa in its climate and energy policies.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/9/2022 5:40:40 PM
The 2022 UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt's Sharm El-Sheikh city saw the launch of the UN-backed Africa Carbon Markets Initiative (ACMI) on Tuesday with the goal of raising African carbon credits.
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Egypt
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Politics
11/9/2022 5:14:13 PM
Egyptian MPs and major political parties teamed up on Wednesday to condemn what they called the politicisation of the agenda of human rights during the COP 27 climate change summit which is being held in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/9/2022 5:06:14 PM
A detailed inventory of the top known sources of greenhouse gas emitters launched by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore at the U.N. climate summit in Egypt on Wednesday found that the top 14 individual polluters are all gas and oil fields and their associated facilities, despite their emissions being ``significantly underreported.''
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COP27
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Climate change
11/9/2022 3:21:34 PM
Providing efficient and fair financing is the key to the actual implementation of climate action called for by the COP27, said UN Climate Change High Level Champion for Egypt and UN Special Envoy on Financing 2030 Sustainable Development Mahmoud Mohieldin.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/9/2022 2:03:27 PM
EU member states have come to an agreement with MEPs on how to share out the effort of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/9/2022 1:55:09 PM
During the COP27 being held in Sharm El-Sheikh, the World Bank launched the Country Climate and Development Reports (CCDRs) for Egypt that provide recommendations on how the country can attain its development goals while mitigating and/or adapting to the repercussions of climate change.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
11/8/2022 11:01:12 PM
Developing countries are pushing industrialised nations to shoulder their responsibilities for managing climate change, Mahmoud Bakr and Ahmed Morsy report from Sharm El-Sheikh.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/8/2022 10:38:00 PM
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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COP27
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Climate change
11/8/2022 9:26:54 PM
Egypt's presidency of the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) launched on Tuesday the Sharm El-Sheikh Adaptation Agenda, which involves the participation of UN high-level climate change champions.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/8/2022 4:08:24 PM
The World Health Organization (WHO) has opened its pavilion at 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) by unveiling a sculpture that symbolises the impact of climate change on human health.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/8/2022 3:39:05 PM
A group of small island nations joined calls on Tuesday for a windfall tax on oil companies to compensate developing countries for the damage caused by climate change-induced natural disasters.
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Business
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Energy
11/8/2022 3:04:00 PM
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) released $5.5 million as a new tranche financing to TAQA PV for Solar Energy, TAQA Arabia’s renewable energy subsidiary, under its existing facility for green private-to-private projects, the EBRD announced on the sidelines ofthe COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh on Tuesday.
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