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Egypt
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Society
7/21/2022 1:19:25 PM
Egypt has submitted a report on its updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) document to the secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) featuring its commitments to mitigate climate impacts as per the Paris Agreement, the country's Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad said on Wednesday.
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World
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International
7/20/2022 10:42:59 PM
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced modest new steps to combat climate change and promised more robust action to come, saying, ``This is an emergency and I will look at it that way.'
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
7/20/2022 11:52:00 AM
AS COP27 fast approaches, this week’s climate dialogue aimed to push forward momentum and international commitments to tackling climate change
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World
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International
7/20/2022 10:43:08 AM
A punishing heatwave fuelling ferocious wildfires in western Europe pushed temperatures in Britain over 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time on Tuesday and regional heat records tumbled elsewhere.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
7/19/2022 9:05:06 PM
Egypt, the host of two major UN conferences, the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP27) and the 12th session of the World Urban Forum (WUF12), leads the way towards achieving the promise of an inclusive, greener, safer, and healthier planet for future generations, write Elena Panova and Rania Hedeya
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Business
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Energy
7/19/2022 6:46:02 PM
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday Nigeria's state-run oil firm would now operate as a fully commercial business without government intervention or funding.
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World
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Africa
7/19/2022 3:01:32 PM
Officials are meeting in Kigali in Rwanda this week as part of the continent's first-ever Africa Protected Areas Congress in a bid to expand the preservation of land and marine wildlife, despite little funding and the low quality of many existing conservation areas in the region.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/18/2022 11:23:26 PM
German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht praised on Monday Egypt’s efforts in hosting more than 6 million refugees and providing them with decent lives despite the huge burdens this puts on the country.
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World
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International
7/18/2022 3:51:45 PM
Officials from 40 countries met Monday in Berlin to discuss how to stay focused on fighting the increasing impacts of climate change while the world reels from the economic fallout of the pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/18/2022 1:03:39 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said the current global crises place a great responsibility on the international community to address climate change and achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement and the outcomes of the UN Conference of the Parties (COP26) held in Glasgow last year.
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World
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International
7/18/2022 12:32:09 PM
Britain and France went on high alert on Monday, bracing for record temperatures from a punishing heatwave as deadly wildfires raging in parts of southwest Europe showed no sign of abating.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/18/2022 12:23:00 PM
Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry stressed on Monday the importance of acting swiftly to ensure that climate action issues remain at the top of the international agenda.
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World
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International
7/18/2022 10:35:00 AM
With the world reeling from the economic fallout of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, senior officials from 40 countries were meeting Monday in Berlin for heart-to-heart talks on how to stay focused on fighting climate change.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/18/2022 9:52:00 AM
Egypt’s Foreign Minister and President Designate of the 27th session of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) Sameh Shoukry discussed preparations for the conference in Berlin on Sunday with the UN Climate Change Acting Executive Secretary and UN Undersecretary General Ibrahim Thiaw.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/18/2022 9:51:00 AM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi headed on Sunday to the German capital of Berlin to co-chair the 13th edition of the Petersburg Climate Dialogue that will open on Monday, Egypt's Presidential Spokesperson Bassam Rady said in a statement.
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World
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International
7/17/2022 6:47:53 PM
Firefighters battled wildfires raging out of control in France and Spain on Sunday as Europe wilted under an unusually extreme heat wave that authorities in Madrid blamed for hundreds of deaths.
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Business
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Economy
7/17/2022 5:22:47 PM
COP27 is an opportunity to increase awareness of business community and general public of ways to find financial resources for green transitions, Emad Hassan, the team leader of the Green Economy Financing Facility (GEFF) programme of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), stressed in an interview with Ahram Online.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/16/2022 10:42:09 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs and President-Designate of the COP27 Sameh Shoukry reviewed Egypt’s vision and goals on the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) in a telephone call with Prince Charles, the ministry announced on Saturday.
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World
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International
7/16/2022 5:43:23 PM
Southwest Europe endured a sixth day of a summer heatwave on Saturday that has triggered devastating forest fires as parts of the continent braced for new temperature records early next week.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/15/2022 2:00:00 PM
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has underscored in a meeting with Egypt’s Ambassador to Pakistan Tarek Dahroug on Friday his government’s resolve to strengthen cooperation with Egypt in trade, investment, energy, education and climate change.
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