Egypt Today The German Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, in cooperation with the United Nations Human Settlements Program ‘Habitat’, revealed ‘Cairo Bike’, a bicycle sharing project launched in Cairo on Tuesday. The initiative’s purpose is to reduce reliance on motor transport, air pollution, carbon emissions and improve traffic. In 2016, studies were carried out …
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Doaa Moneim – Ahram Online The World Bank approved a $200 Million loan in of support Egypt’s initiatives to reduce air pollution in critical sectors and in Greater Cairo. “The six-year project will focus on reducing vehicle emissions, improving solid waste management, and boosting Egypt’s air and climate decision-making system”, …
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Egypt Today Egyptian Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad and Minister of Planning Hala el-Saaed probed a project to combat air pollution and climate change impacts with a mission from the World Bank on Thursday. “The meeting comes within the framework of continued cooperation between the Environment Ministry and the …
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Walaa Ali – Egypt Today For the first time in Egypt, the government is planting trees and roses on bridges in Heliopolis, Cairo. “Trees are planted on the Family Court Square Bridge”, Mohamed Faisal, head of the company that plants the bridges, told Egypt Today on Sunday. Faisal said that a …
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Ahram Online New Delhi has restricted many private vehicles from the roads Monday to try to decrease air pollution as people gasped and their eyes burnt in toxic smog that exacerbated a public health crisis. The “odd-even” scheme will restrict private vehicles with odd-number license plates to driving on odd …
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Egypt Today “Egyptian Ministry of Environment launched a green-roof initiative to increase floral area nationwide”, an official statement said. The initiative was announced in cooperation with the German Society for International Co-operation (GiZ). “Planting on building roofs and facilities is a civilized new form of agriculture in cities to reclaim …
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Lara Geadah* “Air Pollution” is the theme of this year’s “World Environment Day”, marked annually on June 5th. World Environment Day 2019 will urge governments, industry, communities, and individuals to join hands in exploring renewable energy and green technologies options and improve air quality in cities across the world.” Air …
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Egyptianstreets The Egyptian Ministry of Environment announced the establishment of the first monitoring station for instant air pollutants in Minya governorate. It is the first of a national network of monitoring stations to automatically monitor the solid particles with a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometres. “This comes within …
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Egypt Independent Deputy head of the Communications and Information Technology Committee at the House of Representatives Mai al-Batran on Monday submitted an EDM to Parliament Speaker Ali Abdul Aal regarding the high fees for licensing electric cars in Egypt. In the EDM to Finance Minister Mohamed Maait, Batran said that …
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The government should transfer responsibility for commuting to the workforce and employers in the interest of reducing fuel consumption and advancing productivity, writes Mohamed Nosseir* Mohamed Nosseir Traffic congestion is a common excuse used by many to explain poor performance or tardiness. Egyptian society is known for its inefficiency, and it …
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