Africa Launches Ambitious Renewable Energy Initiative

• Monday, 21st December 2015
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Africa has launched an ambitious Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI) to develop more than 10GW of renewable energy generation capacity by 2020, and at least 300GW by 2030, potentially making the continent the c ...

Paris Climate Change Conference Reached Historical Accord

• Monday, 14th December 2015
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

At the Paris climate change conference, 195 countries have reached an unprecedented accord to commit nearly all states to lowering greenhouse emissions aiming at decreasing dangerous climate change effects.

Clean Water Desalination Alliance Emerges at COP21

• Sunday, 6th December 2015
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

The Global Clean Water Desalination Alliance, initiated by UAE's Masdar, has been launched at COP21, marking a start of a program seeking possible solutions to the water-energy nexus.

Sisi Seeks Greater Funding, Shared Responsibility at COP21

• Tuesday, 1st December 2015
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Egyptian President Sisi spoke at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris on November 30th. Sisi stated support for a binding deal, but raised an issue of disparity between developed and developing countries' contri ...

Activists Raise ‘No Planet B’ Banner at COP21

• Monday, 30th November 2015
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Climate Change Summit (COP21) has begun today in Paris with a superior goal to produce a legally binding agreement on greenhouse gas emissions reduction.

Lack of Progress on a Deal to Combat Climate Change

• Sunday, 6th September 2015
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Frustration is growing amongst diplomats wrangling over their own lack of progress on a deal to combat climate change.