COP27

Denmark said it is optimistic that the United Arab Emirates, which hosts this year's UN climate talks, will push for ambitious action to curb climate change at the conference,...

The United Arab Emirates said on Thursday that Sultan Al-Jaber, the head of state oil giant ADNOC, will act as president of the COP28 climate conference that it is...

The recent COP27 and G20 meetings witnessed an abundance of commitments. These have shown that there is no end to globalisation. They also reveal that the relationship between trade and climate is complex and that the developed countries maintain their grip on the development narrative.

President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has asked the US to help pressure Ethiopia to reach an agreement with Egypt regarding the Renaissance Dam, while US Secretary of State Antony Blinken...

For three decades, world leaders at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP) have pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions and greener energy sources. This year, COP27 finished with an...

The UN and European Union on Sunday expressed their disappointment over the final declaration of the UN Climate Change Conference or COP27 on reducing emissions, Anadolu reports. "Our planet...

Egyptian authorities have detained hundreds of people in a nationwide crackdown following calls for anti-government protests, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday. Those arrested include journalists, a prominent...

Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vowed on Wednesday to protect the Amazon rainforest. Speaking at the UN climate change conference COP27 in Egypt during his first trip...

COP27 host, Egypt, is close to signing final agreements to build two wind and solar projects with combined capacity of a gigawatt (GW) to boost the country's lagging renewable...

The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has voiced concern over the worsening water scarcity crisis in the Middle East, in particular, which it said will threaten food security...

One hundred and fifty Israeli businessmen are currently attending the COP27 climate change summit in Egypt, an official announced yesterday. They are there, apparently, to discuss potential investment opportunities...

Saudi Aramco is moving forward in talks to supply blue hydrogen to Asia over the next five years, according to the company's chief technology officer, Bloomberg reports. According to...

Twelve independent, Egyptian, regional and international human rights organisations met in Cairo for the first time in years to discuss opportunities to promote and protect human rights in Egypt....

The Egyptian Presidential Pardon Committee yesterday announced the release of 30 pretrial detainees. The committee said in a statement that "procedures to release the 30 pretrial detainees have been...

Detained Egyptian-British activist, Alaa Abdelfattah, has told his family he has broken his hunger strike, his sister, Sanaa Seif said on Tuesday, Reuters reports. "I've broken my strike. I'll...

The richest polluting nations are spending 30 times as much on the military than they do on climate finance for the world's most climate-affected peoples, according to a new...

A former Tunisian minister said that the authorities dismissed the General-Secretary of the Union of Diplomatic Corps, Ibrahim Rezki, after he praised Israeli President Isaac Herzog. Former Minister Hatem...

The United Nations yesterday confirmed that it is investigating allegations of surveillance and misconduct by Egyptian police providing security at the COP27 climate conference taking place in the Egyptian...

Egypt's COP27 Special Envoy dismissed as "ludicrous" reports that his country was spying on delegates at the climate summit in Sharm El-Sheikh and said some developing States believed the issue was an...

A decade ago, Tunisian fisherman, Ahmed Chelli's nets bulged with fish and octopus that he sold at the local market in the Kerkennah islands. Today, he pulls up only...

Tunisia's Ennahda movement has criticised the "courtesy" shown by Tunisian officials towards Israel, with some calling for normalisation of relations, Al-Quds Al-Arabi has reported. This, said Ennahda, confirms the...

A sister of jailed hunger striker Alaa Abdelfattah said she has appealed directly to Egypt's president for an amnesty for her brother, whose protest has overshadowed a global climate...

Dan Hodd travelled from Europe to COP27 in Egypt without stepping foot on a plane to highlight the case for environmental travel, MEMO caught up with him along the way

Activists against fossil fuel stage a protest during the COP27 climate conference

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has hailed Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune for withdrawing from COP27 while Israeli President Isaac Herzog stood to address attendants. In...

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stressed that the United Nations (UN) Climate Summit (COP27) should focus on climate change and global warming, not on hunger striker Alaa Abdel Fattah,...

US President, Joe Biden, and Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, his Egyptian counterpart, emphasised on Friday their "mutual commitment multifaceted US-Egypt strategic partnership", Anadolu News Agency reports. Biden and the Egyptian...

Talks about how to compensate vulnerable countries for the damage caused by climate change are not ready to agree on a funding mechanism, a European Union negotiator said on Friday,...

The world was hoping to crucify Saudi Arabia as a top oil exporter, its Energy Minister said on the sidelines of the COP27 summit in Egypt, adding the Kingdom would be...

Dozens of activists yesterday started a wear-white sit-in at the UN climate change summit, COP27, in solidarity with Egyptian prisoner, Alaa Abdelfattah, and all prisoners of conscience in Egypt....

Fossil fuel CEO, Vicki Hollub, said at UN COP27 in Egypt, that people who call for the end of the oil and gas industry "have no clue what that would...

British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, said on Wednesday he would keep pressing Egypt over imprisoned Egyptian-British hunger striker, Alaa Abdelfattah, who has had no contact with his family since...