Sisi to UN summit: Egypt joins global School Meals Coalition for better health
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said Egypt has joined the global “School Meals Coalition” to ...
Sustainable Development
EBRD, GCF, EU provide €25 m to back Morocco’s green transition
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) – supported by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and ...
Mastercard Fund allocates $25 m to strengthen financial resilience of SMEs
The Mastercard Impact Fund allocated an initial philanthropic investment of $25 million under Strive Initiative ...
Over 20 firms to conserve, grow 2.5 bn trees in over 50 states by 2030
Over 20 companies have pledged to conserve, restore and grow more than 2.5 billion trees ...
Banque Misr gets largest loan in its history at $ 1 bn to promote sustainable development
Banque Misr (BM) initially planned to refinance the existing $ 550 Million syndicated loan signed ...
World Bank, Sri Lanka sign $92 m financing deal for climate resilience project
The Government of Sri Lanka and the World Bank signed a $92 million financing agreement ...
Egypt seeks Guinness Records title with largest beaches cleanup campaign
Egypt seeks to obtain the Guinness Records title for launching the largest beaches cleanup campaign ...
EU grants €4.7 bn to Italy for sustainable socio-economic recovery
The European Commission has granted €4.7 billion to Italy under REACT-EU to support the country’s ...
UK urges other countries to back zero int’l shipping emissions by 2050
UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps called on other countries to support a target of absolute ...
Egypt issues Human Development Report after 10 year break to highlight sustainability progress
Egypt issued its Human Development Report 2021 in tandem with the United Nations Development Program ...
EBRD provides €25 m loan for Egypt’s first dry port under Green Cities program
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting the construction of the first ...
Egypt-ICF milestone in boosting sustainability, relevant int’l partnerships
The first Egypt – International Cooperation Forum (Egypt-ICF) marked a milestone in giving a push ...
UNIDO, Finland sign €3.6m deal to promote circular economy in developing countries
LI Yong, Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and Pirkko Hämäläinen, ...
EBRD extends $ 25 m loan to fund green energy projects in Egypt
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is boosting renewable energy and energy efficiency ...
EU to issue €250 bn green bonds between 2021-2026
The European Commission has adopted an independently evaluated Green Bond framework, thus taking a step ...
Egypt marks Int’l Charity Day with largest humanitarian convoy targeting 5 million people
The International Day of Charity – observed annually on 5 September – was declared by the ...
EU extends extra €11.6 m for emergency food aid in S.Sudan
The European Union (EU) decided to extend an additional contribution of €11.6 million to the ...
WMO: Climate change causes $ 202 m economic losses per day over 50 years
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) said ...
UK uses greener petrol to cut CO2 emissions
Fuel pumps across the UK are now greener, with the introduction of E10 as the ...
S. Korea extends $ 1.2m aid to back five African states in food crisis
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) received $1.2 million from South Korea to provide ...
Egyptian Food Bank wins Bel Foundation’s global yearly call for second year in row
The Egyptian Food Bank won for the second year in row the global yearly call ...