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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
11/24/2022 7:07:35 PM
The UN COP27 Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh was a major success for Egypt and led to the establishment of a new loss and damage fund for nations vulnerable to climate change.
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Business
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Economy
11/23/2022 9:20:42 PM
Egypt’s Country Platform for the Nexus of Water, Food and Energy (NWFE) aims to mobilise climate finance and private investments from multiple international financing institutions to accelerate the national climate agenda and support the country's green transition.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
11/23/2022 5:41:05 PM
Egypt has gained significantly on the national, regional, and international levels by its hosting, on behalf of Africa, the 27th UN Climate Change Conference COP27, Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
11/22/2022 10:05:27 PM
Egypt – and the whole world – are entitled to celebrating the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) at Sharm El-Sheikh concluded with a hard-fought, historic deal to establish a Loss and Damage Fund to “save lives and livelihoods from climate change-related disasters” in poor countries that contribute little to global warming.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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COP27
11/22/2022 8:54:02 PM
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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COP27
11/22/2022 8:51:31 PM
With the conclusion of the UN COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, it now remains for countries across the world to abide by their pledges to help save the planet, writes Sawsan Samy Elawady
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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COP27
11/22/2022 8:42:58 PM
African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina explains the importance of the UN COP27 Climate Conference for Africa and the continent’s urgent financing needs to Doaa A. Moneim
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Business
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Economy
11/22/2022 8:15:36 PM
“The well-organised COP27 came amid great challenges the African continent is facing, which exacerbated by the consequences of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine that placed a big pressure on the continent’s countries”, said the acclaimed Russian billionaire entrepreneur Andrey Melnichenko in an interview with Ahram Online held in Sharm El-Sheikh during the UN Conference of Partners on Climate Change in its 27the (COP27) Egypt hosted 6-20 November.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/22/2022 7:47:43 PM
In conflict-ravaged nations like Yemen and Somalia, devastating floods and droughts kill hundreds of people and uproot tens of thousands from their homes.
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COP27
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To Know
11/21/2022 4:08:13 PM
The decision Sunday by nations around the world to establish a fund to help poor countries hit hard by a warming planet was one of the most significant since U.N. climate talks began 30 years ago.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/21/2022 1:56:18 PM
China on Monday welcomed a deal struck at the landmark COP27 climate summit in Egypt, but warned there was still a "long way to go" for global cooperation in curbing rising temperatures.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/20/2022 10:24:43 PM
COP27 made a historic and unprecedented achievement by establishing a Loss and Damage Fund, whose specific tasks a transitional committee will implement during the coming weeks, UN Climate Change High Level Champion for Egypt and UN Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda Mahmoud Mohieldin said on Sunday.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/20/2022 7:43:45 PM
A breakthrough funding deal at the COP27 conference to help poor countries ravaged by climate change was welcomed Sunday by Pakistan, a nation devastated this year by record-breaking monsoon rains.
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COP27
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To Know
11/20/2022 12:06:00 PM
The 27 UN Climate Change Summit (COP27) in Egypt drew praise Sunday for the creation of a historic "loss and damage" fund to help vulnerable countries cope with the destructive impacts of global warming.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/20/2022 11:18:34 AM
For the first time, the nations of the world decided to help pay for the damage an overheating world is inflicting on poor countries, but they finished marathon climate talks on Sunday without further addressing the root cause of those disasters, the burning of fossil fuels.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/20/2022 9:59:00 AM
A fraught UN COP27 summit wrapped up Sunday with a landmark deal on funding to help vulnerable countries cope with devastating climate impacts -- and deep disappointment over a failure to push further ambition on cutting emissions.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/20/2022 12:29:04 AM
France's energy minister said some ``confusion'' remains over certain wording on an agreement reached by parties earlier Saturday on loss and damage funding for developing countries suffering from the impacts of climate change cause by high-emitting nations.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/19/2022 9:21:10 PM
Chinese climate envoy Xie Zhenhua welcomed Saturday the resumption of formal talks with US counterpart John Kerry as "very constructive", as the world's two top polluters ended a freeze in cooperation.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/19/2022 8:54:00 PM
COP27 host Egypt scrambled to salvage UN climate talks Saturday with the European Union and Pakistan signalling a breakthrough over the contentious issue of "loss and damage" funding for climate vulnerable nations.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/19/2022 12:17:19 PM
It's a desert, where little grows. It's a climate conference, where water is scarce inside buildings and out, lines are long, tempers are short, meetings go late and above all progress comes in one-drop drips.
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