The wealthy are the biggest greenhouse-gas emitters, Jayati Ghosh writes, yet carbon taxes hit the poor hardest. Jayati Ghosh* It should be obvious: natural processes—and the ‘anthropocene’ effects on them—do not observe national boundaries. The atmosphere and the oceans do not rely on visas to cross borders, and the impact …
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Moustafa Kamel* On stage and screen, we are fond of happy endings, but in the unfolding environmental drama, staring Mother Earth versus Humanity, the ending is bound to be disastrous. This is a different kind of drama altogether. For one thing, it is real. Competing with Hollywood counterparts, governments, societies, …
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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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Grammenos Mastrojeni and Leonardo Becchetti When faced with an ever-changing and faceless adversary, how is public policy responding? The pace at which the COVID-19 pandemic is developing, continues to leave policymakers struggling with this question. There exists more than just a deadly connection between the virus and the equally pervasive …
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While Arab countries have already seen direct and indirect effects of climate change in its environs, grassroots movements for the environment are lacking and sorely needed. Dina Shehata The catastrophic implications of climate change and global warming are already upon us, as climate change experts have been warning …
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Ahram Online “The devastating impact of global warming threatening humanity is a pushback from nature under assault”, UN chief Antonio Guterres warned on Sunday ahead of a key climate conference. “For many decades the human species has been at war with the planet, and now the planet is fighting back,” …
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Egyptianstreets Egypt produces 5.4 million tonnes of plastic annually, making it the biggest plastic polluter in the Arab World. A recent report by the WWF also revealed that Egypt is the biggest source of plastic polluting the Mediterranean, pouring in 250,000 tons every year. Turkey is the highest polluter in …
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Egyptianstreets Egyptian Parliament member Anissa Hassouna has submitted a proposal to abolish the use of plastic bags in Egypt to the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Environment. The news, which was reported online by various local news outlets, highlighted Hassouna’s interest in replacing the environmentally harmful use of …
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Egypt Today Egyptian Minister of Military Production Mohamed Al Assar and Minister of Trade and Industry Amr Nassar attended on Saturday morning the signing ceremony of a partnership agreement with China on joint manufacturing of electric vehicles in Egypt. Two representatives of Egypt’s Military Factory 200 signed the agreement …
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Egyptian students fight pollution by calling for the recycling of dead plants Ingy Deif – Ahram Online Ahram Online talked to a group of students about their call to raise awareness of the benefits of converting dead plants and flowers into recycled paper and paper products. Among the group was …
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