Environment
Remote Cape with ‘world’s cleanest air’ offers smog respite
March 18, 2019
Remote Cape with ‘world’s cleanest air’ offers smog respite
As much of Asia wheezes, coughs and sniffles its way through another smog season, one isolated and windswept corner of…
Egypt’s Environment ministry launches global biodiversity agreement online forum
March 17, 2019
Egypt’s Environment ministry launches global biodiversity agreement online forum
Minster of Environment Yasmine Fouad announced Sunday that the Egyptian government has launched an online forum for collecting the financial…
Hundreds of thousands join world youth climate demo
March 16, 2019
Hundreds of thousands join world youth climate demo
Hundreds of thousands of young people skipped school across the globe on Friday to march through the streets for an…
Receding Chilean glacier a sign of accelerating climate change
March 16, 2019
Receding Chilean glacier a sign of accelerating climate change
In the space of just two weeks, two large icebergs broke off the Grey Glacier in Chilean Patagonia — a…
Egypt to implement €32 mn climate change plan
March 15, 2019
Egypt to implement €32 mn climate change plan
During her visit to Kafr al-Sheikh governorate last week, Minister Yasmine Fouad presented a national plan that aims to curtail…
‘No Planet B’: Global youth demo for climate kicks off
March 15, 2019
‘No Planet B’: Global youth demo for climate kicks off
Tens of thousands of young people across Asia skipped school Friday to march through the streets, kicking off a global…
Aswan launches “Tashgeer” initiative aiming to plant 100 thousand trees
March 14, 2019
Aswan launches “Tashgeer” initiative aiming to plant 100 thousand trees
Minister of Agricultural and Land Reformation Ezz El Din Abu Steit and Governor of Aswan Ahmed Ibrahim launched the workshop…
Environment damage behind 1 in 4 global deaths, disease: UN
March 13, 2019
Environment damage behind 1 in 4 global deaths, disease: UN
A quarter of all premature deaths and diseases worldwide are due to manmade pollution and environmental damage, the United Nations…
UN environment talks open under shadow of Ethiopian plane crash
March 11, 2019
UN environment talks open under shadow of Ethiopian plane crash
A world forum on addressing the planet’s environmental crisis opened in Nairobi on Monday, the mood darkened by the Ethiopian…
Climate change forces Arctic animals to shift feeding habits: study
March 6, 2019
Climate change forces Arctic animals to shift feeding habits: study
Seals and whales in the Arctic are shifting their feeding patterns as climate change alters their habitats, and the way…