Egypt Today The Streets of Alexandria were covered in Snow as temperatures dipped in a rare event on Sunday. Citizens shared on social media images of snow-covered cars and roads as they expressed their excitement with a rare scene that was “reminiscent of Europe”. Alexandria is currently witnessing unstable weather …
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Egypt Today “Egyptian Minister of Environment, Yasmine Fouad discussed the urgent issues of the African continent with the Regional Director for Eastern Africa at the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Christian Yoka and an agency delegation with a view of Egypt’s hosting of the next UN Climate Change Conference (COP27)”, the …
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Most livestock land will have to be repurposed as carbon sinks to remove the huge global emissions related to food production. George Tyler* The COP26 debates often ignored the cow in the room—the biggest challenge of all. Greenhouse gases (GHG) from food and agriculture comprise a third of global emissions. Success in …
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Egypt Independent “The cost of environmental degradation in Greater Cairo alone amounts to US$47 Billion annually”, Minister of Environment, Yasmine Fouad stressed on Sunday. She noted that the issue stems from waste, vehicles and factory emissions which include the use of fossil fuels. “Linking climate change to the economy is …
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Egypt Today The United Kingdom’s ambassador to Egypt, Gareth Bayley, congratulated Egypt on its selection to host the UN Climate Change Conference COP27 in November 2022, in a tweet on Thursday. “Mabrouk to #Egypt on being selected to host #COP27! Looking forward to continuing our joint work tackling #climatechange”, Bayley …
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Doaa Moneim – Ahram Online “Egypt has done well regarding the implementation of its economic reforms and the government performance amid the pandemic. It has the potential to serve as a regional economic hub”, Merza Hasan, the dean of the Board of Executive Directors at the World Bank Group told …
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Alongside ambitious emissions-reductions targets, well-functioning carbon markets are key to success at COP26 and on today’s agenda. Khaled Diab* Article 6 of the 2015 Paris Agreement lays the foundation for voluntary carbon markets, which “deliver an overall mitigation in global emissions”. Hitherto, the focus was on zero-sum offsetting, which does …
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Ingy Deif – Ahram Online ‘Cairo Runners’, the leading running community in Egypt, will host the #ClimateConnection Run on Friday in collaboration with the British Council in Egypt. The event coincides with the 26th United Nations Climate Change Summit (COP26); to raise awareness of the climate challenges. At 8am on Friday, the …
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Doaa Moneim – Ahram Online Egypt signed cooperation programme with Switzerland contributing to Egypt’s transition towards a green economy and adaption to climate change. The program agreement was signed on Thursday by Minister of International Cooperation, Rania al-Mashat. It will run from 2021 and 2024. “Our cooperation with Egypt comes …
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Ahram Online and Egypt Today British Prime Minister Boris Johnson agreed with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi to expand the United Kingdom’s engagement in Egyptian development plans. The announcement was made at meeting of al-Sisi and Johnson during the United Nation’s Conference on Climate Change (COP26), in Glasgow on Monday. “At …
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