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Business
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Economy
9/28/2023 11:30:16 AM
Blame climate change, El Nino and Russia's war.
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World
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International
9/28/2023 10:38:59 AM
Two consecutive years of extreme warming in the Alps have obliterated 10 percent of Swiss glacier volume -- the same amount lost in the three decades prior to 1990, a report revealed Thursday.
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World
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International
9/27/2023 10:19:04 PM
US President Joe Biden will host EU chiefs Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen at a summit in Washington on October 20, a senior European official said Wednesday.
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Business
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Energy
9/27/2023 6:13:08 PM
Britain on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for a major oil and gas project in the North Sea, ignoring warnings from scientists and the United Nations that countries must stop developing new fossil fuel resources if the world is to avoid catastrophic climate change.
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Business
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Economy
9/26/2023 6:09:34 PM
The eighth annual meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) concluded on Tuesday with a call to expand public-private partnerships and access to blended and concessional financing to finance climate projects in Africa, and Egypt in particular.
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Egypt
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Society
9/25/2023 10:15:04 PM
Ambassador Frank Hartmann bestowed recognition upon the journalists who received the Cairo Climate Talks Award for Environmental Journalism 2023 at a ceremony held at the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in Cairo.
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Business
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Economy
9/25/2023 7:03:33 PM
During its eighth annual meeting in Sharm El-Sheikh, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is aiming to bring more partners on board to finance climate action in all 106 member countries of the AIIB, including Egypt, according to AIIB Vice President for Policy and Strategy Danny Alexander.
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Business
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Energy
9/24/2023 1:21:40 PM
Mahmoud Mohieldin, UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for Egypt and UN Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, has underscored the imperative for banks to take a more substantial role in driving the transition to green economies through investments in climate projects.
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Business
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Tech
9/22/2023 7:02:54 PM
Mahmoud Mohieldin, UN Climate Change high-level Champion for Egypt, said Artificial Intelligence (AI) can play a key role in reducing carbon emissions if included in de-carbonization efforts.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/22/2023 5:36:37 PM
Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry urged adopting urgent and broader climate steps during the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai, in line with the principles of the Paris Agreement.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
9/21/2023 2:49:00 PM
With the world facing crises including climate change and increasing geopolitical polarisation, there is a greater need than ever for a strong and confident United Nations.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/21/2023 12:57:50 PM
Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry, the president of the COP27 which was held in Sharm El-Sheikh in 2022, stressed on Wednesday that countries at climate risk should not incur extra debt burdens or be subject to conditions that do not consider their emergency needs or challenges.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/21/2023 11:52:29 AM
Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs and COP27 President Sameh Shoukry called for ambitious climate action at the UN Climate Ambition Summit in New York on Wednesday.
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World
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Region
9/20/2023 9:46:14 AM
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is set Wednesday to host a climate meeting marred at its outset by the absence of speakers from the world's top two emitters, China and the United States.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
9/19/2023 7:39:02 PM
Could there be a link between the earthquakes that struck Morocco, Syria, and Turkey and climate change, asks
Ahmed Mustafa
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Business
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Energy
9/19/2023 2:24:22 PM
Mahmoud Mohieldin, the UN climate change high-level champion for Egypt, has urged reforms in the global finance architecture supported by a swift change in the policies of multilateral development banks (MDBs).
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World
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International
9/19/2023 1:28:00 PM
Leaders of a world fractured by war, climate change and persisting inequality gather under one roof Tuesday to hear the U.N. chief summon them to take united action on humanity’s huge challenges – and to start delivering their own assessments on the most global of stages.
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World
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International
9/18/2023 6:17:34 PM
Yelling that the future and their lives depend on ending fossil fuels, tens of thousands of protesters on Sunday kicked off a week where leaders will try once again to curb climate change primarily caused by coal, oil and natural gas.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/18/2023 2:28:47 PM
Egypt's Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad will co-chair climate finance and implementation mechanisms negotiations at the upcoming 28th UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, alongside her Canadian counterpart Steven Guilbeaul.
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World
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International
9/18/2023 10:44:41 AM
For two years, it was the coronavirus pandemic. Then, it was Russia's war in Ukraine. Throughout it all, the perils of climate change, poverty, and inequality have steadily, increasingly thrummed through each convening of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly.
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