Estimating the size of external effects of energy subsidies in transport and...
It is widely accepted that the costs of underpricing energy are large, whether in advanced or developing countries. This paper explores how large these costs can be by focussing on the size of the...
View ArticleEgypt: Metito Egypt to Develop Rwanda Water Treatment Plant
UAE Metito has signed an agreement for a Public Private Partnership (PPP) worth $75m with the government of Rwanda to develop a new, sustainable bulk water supply plant to meet 40 percent of the drinking
View ArticleSudan, Egypt and Ethiopia Meet to Select Renaissance Dam Consultant
Khartoum – The meeting of the water ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan began yesterday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, with the aim of adopting an advisory office to conduct studies on the...
View ArticleSudan: Environmental Damage Prompts Sudan to Halt Mining Permits
Khartoum — The Sudanese Ministry of Minerals announced a temporarily halt to issuing licenses to gold mining companies in the northern Sudanese Rive Nile state on Tuesday. A committee formed by the
View ArticleEgypt: Govt Presents New Visions to Face International Water Challenges
Former Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel Motaleb, head of Egypt's delegation to World Water Forum held in South Korea, said that Egypt presented new, several and non-traditional visions on facing...
View ArticleClimate change may cause Egypt US$50 bn a year by 2060
The Arab Water Council discussed the results of some of the social and economic studies on the impact of climate change on Egypt, which could cause a loss up to US$50 billion a year by 2060, up to about
View ArticleA sunnier outlook for power in Egypt
Egypt has long been a pioneer in renewable energy; unlike other countries in the region, exploration of the potential of Egypt’s vast renewable energy resources started more than a hundred years ago.
View ArticleEGP 1.2bn loan to develop sewage networks in 32 Giza’s villages: Housing...
The Ministry of Housing signed an EGP 1.2bn loan with the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD), according to a ministry statement Sunday. The fund will be directed to developing sewage
View Article45 villages to gain sewage networks in June: Housing Ministry
Minister of Housing Moustafa Madbouly announced the completion of sewage projects in 10 villages as part of a grant from the UAE. In addition, 35 other projects are currently under implementation within
View ArticleEgypt remains largest tobacco market in Arab world depsite steps to reduce...
The Egyptian government has recently taken serious measures to reduce smoking. However, the country is still the largest tobacco market in the Arab world, and has one of the top 10 per capita cigarette
View ArticleConservation, solar pumps key to avert Middle East water crisis: officials
Much of the Middle East and North Africa is set for acute water shortages and the region must do more to conserve water while expanding a series of pilot program including solar-powered water pumps,...
View ArticleEl Sewedy Electric to develop solar power plant in Upper Egypt
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian cable maker El Sewedy Electric said on Sunday it had entered into an agreement to develop a 50 megawatt solar energy power plant in the Upper Egypt region. El Sewedy formed
View ArticleDiscussing the role of tropical and subtropical moisture sources in extreme...
Extreme precipitation events in the Mediterranean region during the cool season are strongly affected by the export of moist air from tropical and subtropical areas into the extratropics. The aim of this
View ArticleEgypt, Sudan, Ethiopia to Meet Over Blue Nile River Waters in Khartoum
Cairo — Within two weeks, a tripartite meeting by Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia will be held in Khartoum to resume negotiations on the impact of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile River's water
View ArticleClimate change: 40% of adults have never heard of global warming
Although more than 90% of Europeans, Japanese and North Americans are aware(Reuters) Some 40% of adults worldwide have never heard of climate change, a study has found. Published in Nature Climate
View Article26.3% of youth unemployed, 51.2% suffer poverty
Egyptian youth represent 23.6% of the total population, around 20.7m, and around 26.3% of those youth suffer unemployment, while 51.2% suffer poverty, according to a 2015 report that was issued by the
View ArticleEgypt: Dozens Die as Temperatures Reach 111 Degrees
A scorching heat wave has gripped Egypt this week, killing at least 42 people, including a German man, three patients in a psychiatric hospital and three detainees at a jail, officials said Tuesday. While
View ArticleEgypt: 28% of Egyptian youth live in poverty – Report
A report issued by Egypt’s Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) on International Youth Day said on Wednesday that 27.8% of young people in Egypt are poor and 24.1% live on the
View ArticleEgypt: Over 70 Dead in Egypt Due to Heat This Week- Health Ministry
Cairo — Fifteen citizens died on Wednesday due to elevated temperatures, the Health Ministry said on Thursday, raising the death toll of the latest heat wave to hit Egypt to 76 this week. The ministry
View ArticleEgypt Heat Wave Kills Almost 100 People in August, Ministry Says
Almost 100 people have died in Egypt as temperatures soared this month, including patients at a psychiatric hospital. Three people died and 206 were hospitalized on Saturday due to heat-related illnesses,
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