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Egypt Calls for 'Reality Check' in UN Climate Talks

Egypt hopes to jump-start the action needed to face a warming world when it takes the presidency of major UN climate talks in November, but warns that countries need a "reality check" as progress stalls, AFP reported. Presiding over the inflection point when a decades-long United Nations climate process switches…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 22, 2022

Can MENA countries fight climate change the same way?

With Egypt’s COP27 six months away, experts are calling attention to the MENA region’s transition to clean energy.

Al Jazeera · Jun 11, 2022

Shoukry Discusses Climate Change with Group of 77 and China

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed with members of the Group of 77 and China climate change and the priorities of the next Egyptian presidency of COP27. He is the President-Designate of the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) to the UN Framework Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC).…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 9, 2022

Despite climate stress, Africa is in 'unique' position to fight global warming

With six months to go before Egypt hosts the Cop27 climate conference, campaigners in Africa and elsewhere are looking to put the continent that is most vulnerable to climate change at the heart of global debate.

Radio France Internationale · May 25, 2022

Egyptian Officials Hold Meetings in Europe, Tackling Human Rights, Environmental Issues

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, president-designate of COP27, co-chaired a ministerial meeting on climate pledges hosted by Copenhagen on Thursday. Britain’s Minister of State at the Cabinet Office Alok Sharma, President of COP26, and Danish Minister of Climate, Energy and Utilities Dan Jorgensen also chaired the meeting. It was attended…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 13, 2022

Rich Nations Must Stick to Climate Promises, Says US Envoy Kerry

The world's richest nations must implement their promises to keep alive a global goal to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, US climate envoy John Kerry told Reuters on Saturday. Kerry said progress was vital as Egypt prepares to host the next round of UN climate talks, known as…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 7, 2022

Cairo, Washington to Boost Cooperation in Climate Issues

Cairo and Washington discussed on Saturday joint cooperation in fighting climate change as part of Egypt’s hosting of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh in November. In Washington, Rania Al-Mashat, Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation, met with David Thorne, Advisor to the US Special Presidential Envoy for…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 1, 2022

Q&A: Has the IPCC’s bleak warning of climate breakdown been heard?

Report by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said half of the world’s people are ‘highly vulnerable’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2022