Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/6/2022 8:27:35 PM
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and Egypt’s Ministry of Higher Education launched this week in Alexandria the First International Water Symposium to discuss the latest advancements in the water sector and find a solution to the effects of the climate crisis, whether in the country or around the world.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/6/2022 2:09:59 PM
Africa is in need of sufficient, just and urgent financing for all aspects of climate action to help it face climate change and avoid more losses resulting from the phenomenon, Mahmoud Mohieldin, UN Climate Change High Level Champion for Egypt, said on Monday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/5/2022 10:49:36 PM
Sameh Shoukry, Egypt’s foreign minister and president designate of the 27th session of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27), discussed preparations for the conference as well as cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with the Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the UNDP’s Regional Bureau for the Arab States Khalida Bouzar.
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World
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Region
9/5/2022 5:58:59 PM
African leaders criticised on Monday the lack of Western counterparts at a meeting in Rotterdam where they pleaded for funds to help their countries adapt to global warming.
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Business
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Economy
9/5/2022 5:22:11 PM
Citi Bank announced that it will share its experience and best practices on climate finance with the finance ministry and other Egyptian ministries ahead of and during the upcoming COP27 to support the country efforts on climate change.
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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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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/4/2022 5:30:50 PM
The 27th UN Climate Change Conference (COP27), set to be held in November in Sharm El-Sheikh, prioritises discussions on food, water and energy, Mahmoud Mohieldin, UN Climate Change High Level Champion for Egypt, said on Sunday.
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Egypt
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Society
9/3/2022 5:50:48 PM
Egyptian Minister of Religious Endowments Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa revealed that the upcoming 33rd International Conference of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs will discuss climate change and the Islamic Sharia rulings pertaining to the environment.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/3/2022 1:39:45 PM
US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will visit Cairo on 7-8 September to continue ongoing discussions with government and private sector counterparts on accelerating global climate cooperation ahead of COP27, according to a press release by the US State Department.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/1/2022 10:24:24 PM
An agreement between Egypt and the US on supporting the former’s National Nexus of Water, Food, and Energy (NWFE) – a scheme to promote green projects – is set to be announced at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in November in the Egyptian Red Sea city of Sharm El-Sheikh.
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World
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International
9/1/2022 8:09:07 PM
England had its joint hottest summer on record this year, tied with 2018, the country's meteorological agency said Thursday as it unveiled provisional mean temperature statistics for the three-month period.
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World
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International
9/1/2022 6:24:27 PM
The cost inflicted on the world by carbon pollution may be nearly four times higher than recent estimates, a study said Thursday, highlighting how much climate action could save this and future generations.
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Egypt
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Society
8/31/2022 9:02:43 PM
Limited water resources and the adverse effects of climate change pose many challenges to Egypt, newly-appointed Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Hani Sewilam said at the 2022 World Water Week (WWW) in Stockholm, Sweden on Tuesday.
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Egypt
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Society
8/31/2022 6:45:03 PM
Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad is participating in the Joint Environment and Climate Ministers’ Meeting (JECMM) of the G20 in Bali, Indonesia, as part of the country's efforts to push urgent action to combat climate change ahead of COP27.
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World
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International
8/31/2022 11:57:04 AM
The La Nina weather phenomenon is likely to last until at least the end of the year, the United Nations forecast Wednesday, becoming the first "triple-dip" La Nina this century occurring three years consecutively.
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Egypt
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Society
8/30/2022 4:39:54 PM
About 35,000 worldwide have so far registered on the UN website for COP27, putting the upcoming UN climate change conference in Sharm El-Sheikh on track to possibly become one of the most attended COPs, the Egyptian Earth's Climate for Sustainable Development Foundation (EC4SDF) said on Monday.
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Egypt
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Politics
8/30/2022 2:58:00 PM
With nine weeks to go before COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi directed the government to bolster national programs that promote climate action goals, and to strengthen cooperation with international partners to benefit from models that can help the country's own agenda.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/29/2022 10:05:23 PM
In a speech at the opening session of the Africa Climate Week 2022 (ACW) in Gabon’s Libreville on Monday, Egypt’s Foreign Minister and President Designate of 27th UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) Sameh Shoukry emphasised the need for equitable climate change action, encouraging African voices to lead the call.
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World
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International
8/29/2022 2:30:18 PM
Tens of millions of people across swathes of Pakistan were Monday battling the worst monsoon floods in a decade, with countless homes washed away, vital farmland destroyed, and the country's main river threatening to burst its banks.
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World
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International
8/29/2022 10:37:48 AM
International aid was reaching Pakistan on Monday, as the military and volunteers desperately tried to evacuate many thousands stranded by widespread flooding driven by ``monster monsoons'' that have claimed more than 1,000 lives this summer.
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