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Environment Minister represents Egypt at Petersberg Climate Dialogue
Meeting, which is taking place online, addressed environmental, social and economic impacts of coronavirus
Egypt’s Environment Minister stresses Africa’s rights to development, climate finance
“It is time for developed countries to fulfil their obligations towards Africa,” says Fouad
Time for rich countries to pay their climate debts
The problem is that climate change economic impact took its toll on poorer countries. Oxfam, a globally renowned aid and development charity, estimates that between 1998 and 2017, low-income countries reported climate-related disaster losses of $21bn, or an average of 1.8% of GDP.
A Climate Change: An Unstoppable Movement Takes Hold
Climate chaos is playing out in real time from California to the Caribbean, and from Africa to the Arctic and beyond
Imagining both utopian and dystopian climate futures is crucial – which is why cli-fi is so important
Society often looks to culture to try and make some sense of the world’s problems. Climate change challenges us to look ahead, past our own lives, to consider how the future might look for generations to come – and our part in this. This responsibility requires imagination.
“How dare you?!” Greta Thunberg Attacks World Leaders at UN Climate Summit
Trump unexpectedly attends 15 minutes of summit
‘United in Science’ report urges world leaders to save the planet
Report comes along with UN Climate Action Summit, includes data on state of climate
From streets to halls of UN: youth demand climate action
Summit kicks off at UN headquarters with participation of hundreds of youth
Climate change increases risk of armed conflicts
Climate affects drivers of conflict, such as socioeconomic development or inequalities among groups
US billionaires call for new ‘wealth tax’ to fight climate change
Twenty of wealthiest people in US urged next president to impose taxes on rich to combat climate change, increase access to health care
Environment Minister highlights Egypt’s efforts to combat climate change
Yasmine Fouad discussed climate change, marine plastic pollution, waste management with WB delegate
Eutrophication, dark side of ‘greenness’
Lake greenness increases methane emissions by 30% to 90% over next 100 years
MIIC’s 4-year strategy focuses on more structure reforms for investment ‘climate’ improvements
Nasr participates in meeting for supervising economic progress at WEF meetings
Arctic's record warming propelling 'broad change' in climate: study
Climate protection: Germany falls farther behind
Egypt hosts meeting of Group of 77, China climate negotiators
Egypt will host 14th meeting of COP14 on 17 November
Opinion: 1.5 degrees — do we want climate catastrophe or not?
Germany’s farmers feel the heat of climate change
Marine heat waves increase: climate researchers
Researchers connect data to show accelerating trend for marine heat waves in our oceans
Cities, businesses aim to fill Trump climate void
Trump’s climate jobs talk unfounded
The battle for Trump’s mind on climate
Granting indigenous land rights could save the climate – or not
‘Indigenous people are stabilizing the global climate’
Should lobbyists be excluded from climate meetings?
Could the law driving computing leaps speed up climate protection?
Peru floods in line with climate change models, says climatologist Mojib Latif
Paris Agreement: Savior for the world’s climate?
The global climate agreement is now officially in force.
Opinion: US-China move a good sign for the climate
The US and China will ratify the Paris Agreement. That’s good for climate protection, DW’s Sonya Diehn writes, but it’s just one step in a process that will need to move forward quickly in order to make a difference.
Climate disasters could increase armed conflict in multi-ethnic countries
Natural disasters and armed conflicts are a source of destabilization worldwide. In multi-ethnic countries, the two could be linked. Climate calamities could turn smoldering social tensions into conflict.