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War in Ukraine
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Economy
3/27/2022 11:32:45 AM
Before Russia's war in Ukraine, Europe's most pressing energy policy goal was reducing carbon emissions that cause climate change.
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World
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International
1/12/2022 8:42:49 PM
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Wednesday that the United States should reduce greenhouse gas emissions when asked to comment on a reportedly 6.2 percent year-on-year increase of emissions in the United States in 2021.
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Egypt
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Politics
1/11/2022 2:35:33 PM
Egypt is among the most vulnerable states to the repercussions of climate change despite of its low emissions, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Tuesday in a panel discussion focused on climate change during the second day of the World Youth Forum.
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Egypt
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Politics
12/22/2021 10:09:00 AM
Environmental issues and climate change were not at the top of the Egyptian state’s priorities until a few years ago, when the government initiated a number of measures to protect the environment and reduce carbon emissions.
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World
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International
12/20/2021 7:23:10 PM
In a major step to fight climate change, the Biden administration is raising vehicle mileage standards to significantly reduce emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases.
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World
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Africa
12/12/2021 10:57:06 AM
When Rwandan motorcycle taxi driver Evode Niyorurema converted his fuel guzzler to an electric motorbike, he had no idea he was on the frontlines of the East African nation's fight against climate change.
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Business
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Energy
11/24/2021 8:16:38 PM
The current total investments to achieve net zero emissions globally amount to $1.5 trillion, while $5 trillion is needed to reach this goal by 2030, according to Katarina Uherova Hasbani, Partner and Global Director of Strategy and Advisory at the British engineering and advisory firm AESG.
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Life & Style
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Health
11/16/2021 7:00:32 PM
The focus of the Glasgow talks was to finalize the deal agreed to in Paris six years ago and to build on it by curbing greenhouse gas emissions, bending the temperature curve closer to levels that don’t threaten human civilization.
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World
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International
11/14/2021 6:58:23 PM
The world must act quickly to cut greenhouse gas emissions and avoid "catastrophic" global warming, scientists and politicians warned after nearly 200 countries reached a last-minute agreement in Glasgow on Saturday.
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World
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International
11/8/2021 3:43:27 PM
With pressure growing for decisive action out of this year's U.N. climate talks, Barack Obama is bringing his political weight to bear Monday on negotiators for nearly 200 governments, urging them to greater ambition in cutting climate-wrecking emissions and dealing with the mounting damage.
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World
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International
11/7/2021 2:11:01 PM
John Kerry is everywhere and on the move at a fateful UN climate summit.
President Joe Biden's envoy at the talks in Glasgow, Kerry steams from side talks with US rivals China and Russia that painstakingly probe for common ground on climate to news conferences extolling progress. Kerry pops into project launches, rewarding CEOs and bankers for emissions-cutting efforts with high-level face time and praise. The lanky envoy smiles for a photo with Indigenous women from Brazil, their feather headdresses barely reaching his chin.
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World
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International
11/5/2021 11:38:42 AM
Thousands of youth activists were preparing to descend on Glasgow on Friday to protest against what they say is a dangerous lack of action by leaders at the COP26 climate summit.
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World
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International
10/31/2021 7:45:08 PM
President Joe Biden's new climate strategy, announced after his original plan crumbled under opposition in Congress, will represent a historic investment in clean energy technology and infrastructure if it is enacted. But it is still not likely to be enough to meet the administration's emissions reduction goals for 2030.
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World
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International
10/31/2021 4:02:15 PM
G20 leaders meeting in Rome on Sunday committed to the key goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and pledged action on the use of coal, but fell short on a target of zero emissions, according to a final draft communique.
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World
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Region
10/28/2021 6:59:24 PM
China on Thursday submitted a renewed emissions cutting plan that promised to peak carbon pollution before 2030 but which experts said stopped short of the radical decarbonisation required of the world's largest polluter.
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Life & Style
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Health
10/25/2021 3:08:15 PM
The 2020 increase was higher than the annual average over the last decade despite a 5.6% drop in carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels due to COVID-19 restrictions
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World
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Region
10/23/2021 10:42:32 AM
Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, will aim to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2060, its Crown Prince said Saturday, days before the COP26 global climate summit.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
10/20/2021 12:12:11 AM
The prices of aluminium have reached a 13-year high as a result of slower and costlier production, reports Ahmed Kotb
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World
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International
10/11/2021 11:37:01 AM
Global momentum is building on the climate crisis but action will be impossible without two nations, China and the United States, which together account for more than half of emissions -- and whose governments don't get along.
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Business
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Energy
10/4/2021 2:46:40 PM
Achieving net-zero carbon emissions globally by 2050 requires additional global investments in the range of 0.6 to 1 percent of the annual global GDP over the next two decades, amounting to a cumulative $12 to $20 trillion, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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