Egypt Today The New Valley’s Al-Kharga city was declared the first environmentally friendly city in Egypt by Minister of Environment Yasmin Fouad on Monday. The announcement was made at the city at the Minister visit which coincided with the World Environment Day. Al-Kharga was chosen to be eco-friendly, due its …
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Egypt Today A memorandum of understanding between the Egyptian Ministry of environment and ‘Energy 3’ was signed on Sunday to establish a waste recycling facility for the production of biofuel and graphene in the Fayoum governorate. “The Global Environment Facility had granted Egypt $8 Million to localise electronic and medical …
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Mai Ghandour – Ahram Online “Ahead of the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), Egypt is launching several environmentally friendly projects, which include solar energy plants, a new central park in Sharm El-Sheikh, and a robust transportation system”, the Egyptian cabinet announced on Wednesday. “The two new plants will …
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Ahram Online “The US supports Egypt in organising a successful United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP27) in November”, John Kerry, the US special presidential envoy for climate told Egyptian Minister of Environment, Yasmine Fouad, on Thursday. “The officials discussed bilateral relations and preparations to the Egypt hosted climate change …
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Egypt Today Egyptian Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad said on Monday that Egypt currently has 28 recycling facilities and targets doubling the figure and capacity. Fouad clarified that the Ministry had installed “115 carbon emissions monitoring observatories and the plan is to increase the number of observatories to 300 by …
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Egypt Today “Egypt accounts for 0.6% of global greenhouse gas emissions, while Africa accounts for 4%”, Egypt’s Minister of Environment, Yasmine Fouad, said on Sunday. Her remarks were made at a virtual seminar organised by the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University on climate change and its impacts …
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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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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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Ahram Online “Egypt has conducted its longest-ever beach clean-up campaign, stretching over 5 kilometres of the Alexandria beaches on the Mediterranean Sea”, a statement by the Ministry of Environment read on Sunday. The World Clean-up Day, which falls on the 18th of September, is a UN recognised global initiative. It aims …
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Egypt Independent “A study of the cost of environmental impacts prepared in cooperation with the World Bank has revealed that air pollution in Greater Cairo costs the country £E47 Billion annually”, Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad said on Saturday. “This has necessitated further work to reduce pollution, which includes efforts to …
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