Egyptian minister calls for more funding to face climate change damages
Egyptian Minister of Environment, Yasmine Fouad, called for more funding to help face climate change damages during…
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Egypt’s SCZone aims to borrow EGP 30bn for green hydrogen projects – sources
The General Authority of Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) seeks to lend 30 billion Egyptian pounds from a…
UAE allocates $4.5bln for clean energy projects in Africa
The United Arab Emiratis (UAE) will provide $4.5 billion to accelerate the development of clean energy projects in…
Egypt calls for establishing global biodiversity fund at COP15 – minister
Egypt calls for establishing a new global fund for biodiversity that provides access to financing and…
Alstom to build Africa’s first driverless metro in Egypt
France-headquartered global mobility giant Alstom has signed a framework agreement with Egypt’s National Authority…
India’s Zoomcar lunches green programme to promote eco-friendly car usage
India’s largest car-sharing marketplace covering emerging markets and dominating the self-driving car market,…
UAE’S AMEA Power reaches $1.1bn financial closure to build renewable energy stations in…
UAE’s AMEA Power and the Egyptian government have signed the financial closure agreements at $ 1.1 billion to build…
Egypt secures $10bn green funds during COP27
Egypt’s Minister of International Cooperation Rania al-Mashat revealed a $10.3 billion in financing packages for…
Egypt has signed projects worth $15 billion at COP27; environment minister says
Egypt has signed agreements to carry out projects worth around $15 billion at the recent UN climate summit COP27…
Globeleq signs framework agreement for 3.6-GW green hydrogen complex in SCZone
Africa-focused independent power producer (IPP) Globeleq announced on Monday its framework agreement with Egyptian…
EBRD, AfDB, AFD launch new tool to improve gender equality for climate action in Egypt
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the…
Cop27: France’s Alstom signs framework agreement to design, construct Cairo Metro…
Egypt’s National Authority of Tunnels (NAT) signed a framework agreement with France-headquartered global mobility…
Egypt lines up 4 MoU with int’l companies in railway electric traction field – COP27
Egypt’s Ministry of Transportation has signed on Friday four memorandums of understanding with major international…
Egypt launches Civilization Inspired by Nature campaign to boost sustainable tourism
Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities launched on Thursday an international promotional campaign to enhance…
EU, Egypt sign bilateral MoU on strategic partnership for renewable hydrogen
The European Union (EU) and Egypt signed on Wednesday a bilateral MoU on a strategic partnership in renewable…
Egypt signs $83 billion agreements in renewable energy sector
The Sovereign Fund of Egypt (TSFE) has signed on Tuesday a number of agreements and cooperation protocols with nine…
AFD signs €150 million loan deal with Egypt’s NBE, Banque Misr, Banque du Caire
The French Development Agency (AFD) announced on Saturday the signing of loan and grant agreements totalling €150…
AstraZeneca Egypt, Egypt Healthcare Authority sign MoU to drive green healthcare
Egypt Healthcare Authority (EHA) and AstraZeneca Egypt signed on Monday a preliminary agreement to promote green…
Egypt launches 1st eco-friendly water bottle alternative to plastic during COP27
Egypt’s Good Water Company has announced on Saturday the launch of the first environmentally friendly water box,…
EGAS, British Hiiroc sign agreement in emission reduction field
The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) signed a MoU with the British company Hiiroc to cooperate in…
Toyota Tsusho to study feasibility of blue ammonia project in Egypt
The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS), Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company (ECHEM) and Toyota Tsusho…
COP27: EGAS contracts with Microsoft Egypt to develop its sustainability roadmap
On the sidelines of the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company…
EGPC, EGAS sign agreement with Total Energy to evaluate technical feasibility of carbon…
The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) and Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) signed a MoU on Saturday…
EGAS, Shell sign MoU to manage greenhouse gas emissions – COP27
The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) and Shell have signed a MoU on Saturday to establish a framework…
Egypt awards a feasibility study contract to Bechtel-led coalition for decarbonisation in…
The Egyptian Liquefied Natural Gas Company (ELNG) has awarded on Saturday a feasibility study contract to the…
EGAS, C-SPLIT, GE sign deal to remove industrial carbon from Gulf of Suez
The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS), C-Split Technologies and General Electric (GE) signed a Memorandum…
Biden tells COP27 U.S. will ‘do our part to avert’ a ‘climate hell’
U.S. President Joe Biden has on Friday pledged the United States will “do our part to avert” a “climate hell,”…
COP27: Biden unveils $150 million plan to help Africa adapt to climate change
U.S. President Joe Biden has announced at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt on Friday a $150 million plan to help…
Biden, meets with Sisi, calls Egypt’s hosting of COP27 ‘appropriate’
Soon after landing in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, U.S. President Biden met with Egyptian President Abdel…
Are women more environmentally-friendly than men? Studies say yes
Women are more environmentally-friendly than men, yet they are the most vulnerable to the consequences of climate…
Banque du Caire hosts Youth & Climate Change panel session at COP27
Banque du Caire, Egypt’s third biggest state-owned bank, has hosted on Thursday the Youth and Climate Change panel…
Efficient, fair finance key to actual implementation of climate action – Mohieldin at…
UN Climate Change High Level Champion for Egypt, Mahmoud Mohieldin said on Wednesday that providing efficient and…
Egypt state banks to sign MSME climate financing deals with AFD, EU at COP27
Egypt's three biggest state-owned banks will sign on Thursday at the UN climate summit COP27 a joint agreement with…
UAE’s EAD, MOCCAE, Al Futtaim sign MoU to reduce single use plastics on sideline of…
The Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi (EAD) has signed a MoU with the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment of UAE…
Malpass at COP27 says half of World Bank’s climate financing is for adaptation
Around half of the World Bank's $32 billion of climate financing is for adaptation to climate change, president…
COP27: Egypt’s stock exchange launches the first African voluntary carbon market
Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) has launched on Wednesday during the COP27 climate summit taking place in Sharm…
COP27: China says ‘willing to contribute’ to climate loss and damage compensation
China’s representative at the UN’s COP27 summit in Egypt, Xie Zhenhua has opened prospects for a new financial…
U.S. climate envoy Kerry launches carbon offset initiative at COP27
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry announced on Wednesday a new carbon offset initiative which he said would help…
Arab Coordination Group pledges at least $24 billion by 2030 to curb climate change at…
Members of the Arab Coordination Group (AGC) announced on Wednesday its pledge to provide at least $24 billion in…
UN climate chief urges renewables boom for healthier, wealthier future
UN’s new climate chief Simon Stiell said on Wednesday at the COP27 summit, both wealthy and poor countries can reap…