COP27

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company brought forward its net zero carbon emissions target by five years to 2045, on Monday, as OPEC member, the United Arab Emirates, prepares to...

The Middle East and North Africa are facing rising temperatures almost twice as quickly as the rest of the world, but how is climate changing impacting policy in the region?

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi announced his country's vision on Sunday to reinforce cooperation with Africa and tackle climate change, news agencies have reported. "The required political and social...

Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) inked an agreement Thursday for the development of renewable energy projects in the South Asian country, Anadolu Agency reports. Pakistan's Prime Minister,...

Egypt faces an increasingly tough task raising cash for foreign debt repayments after external borrowing quadrupled over the past eight years to help fund a new capital, build infrastructure,...

There Is no conflict of interest between leading the United Nation's next climate change summit in Dubai in December and heading the United Arab Emirates' state oil giant at...

The UAE has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog to attend the UN climate conference COP28, which is taking place in Dubai in November. According...

Over 100 members of the US Congress and European Parliament called on Tuesday for Sultan Al-Jaber to be removed as the designated head of the upcoming COP28 climate talks,...

A fund to deliver financing to places affected by climate-fuelled disasters should be created by the annual UN climate summit that opens at the end of November, the lead...

UK King Charles has met global political and financial leaders and discussed COP28 with the UAE climate envoy at Buckingham Palace today. The Emirates is due to host the...

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...