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World
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International
4/24/2024 4:56:48 PM
The Taliban government has entered its first talks with the United Nations, donors, and non-governmental organizations over the impact of climate change in Afghanistan, organizers said Wednesday.
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World
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International
4/24/2024 3:50:04 PM
The European Parliament on Wednesday backed the EU's withdrawal from an international energy treaty over concerns it offers too much protection to fossil fuel companies.
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Life & Style
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Health
4/22/2024 8:10:50 PM
A large majority of workers worldwide are facing a cocktail of health hazards linked to climate change, the United Nations said on April 22, warning that existing regulations offered inadequate protection.
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World
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International
4/22/2024 10:55:35 AM
Europe endured a record number of "extreme heat stress" days in 2023, two leading climate monitors said Monday, underscoring the threat of increasingly deadly summers across the continent.
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World
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International
4/21/2024 8:50:15 PM
An AFP journalist observed that several hundred women surrounded Sweden's parliament with a giant knitted red scarf on Sunday to protest political inaction over global warming.
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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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World
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Africa
3/31/2024 8:35:08 PM
Delicately and with intense concentration, Zanyiwe Ncube poured her small share of precious golden cooking oil into a plastic bottle at a food aid distribution site deep in rural Zimbabwe.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/25/2024 10:54:08 PM
Mohamed Ibrahim Eldawiry, Deputy Director of the Egyptian Center for Strategic Studies (ECSS), affirmed that the adoption of a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza war during Ramadan creates a better environment for moving towards resolving the highly complex crisis.
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World
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International
3/25/2024 2:54:49 PM
China's President Xi Jinping on Monday offered developmental and climate change aid to Nauru, months after the tiny South Pacific nation cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan.
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World
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Region
3/19/2024 6:51:02 PM
Global temperatures "smashed" heat records last year, as heatwaves stalked oceans and glaciers suffered record ice loss, the United Nations said Tuesday, warning 2024 was likely to be even hotter.
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World
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International
3/17/2024 10:39:29 PM
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Sunday stressed the need to fight global warming, and called climate change a "crisis multiplier" with implications for global security.
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World
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Africa
3/16/2024 9:40:59 PM
South Sudan on Saturday said it would close schools and told children not to play outside as temperatures were set to soar to an exceptional 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit).
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Opinion
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3/14/2024 11:41:44 AM
Today is World Kidney Day, and an opportunity not just to draw attention to the importance of kidney health – which is too often overlooked – but also to connect the dots between our kidneys, carbon, and climate change, for the benefit of both people and our planet.
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Opinion
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2/28/2024 1:25:31 PM
The MENA region faces severe water scarcity and climate shocks. As a result, we must prioritize the adaptation to climate change, as well as mitigating greenhouse gas emissions.
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Business
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Economy
2/26/2024 1:27:06 PM
Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat arrived in Luxembourg on Monday for an official visit to the headquarters of the European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Union’s (EU) financing arm and Climate Bank for Europe, to meet its new president, Nadia Calviño.
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Business
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Energy
2/19/2024 10:49:42 AM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi underscored the financing difficulties faced by African countries, including Egypt, in meeting climate and energy transition commitments.
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World
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International
2/13/2024 10:08:58 PM
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres lamented Tuesday the emphasis placed by some governments on buying weapons at the cost of policies tackling global warming and hunger.
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World
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Africa
2/7/2024 12:45:33 PM
The UN’s World Food Program says it aims to reach up to 3 million Ethiopians affected by climate change and conflict in the coming weeks, half the number it supported in the East African country before the agency introduced a lengthy aid suspension last year.
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World
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International
2/5/2024 7:18:05 PM
Chile began two days of national mourning Monday for at least 122 victims of a raging wildfire, as the search continued for the missing and survivors picked through the scorched remains of their lives.
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Business
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Economy
1/31/2024 3:27:59 PM
Standard Chartered Egypt CEO Mohammed Gad revealed exclusively to Ahram Online (AO) the bank’s plans for the Egyptian market and how it perceives Egypt’s economic climate in general and the banking sector system in particular.
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