CAIRO – 23 August 2022: H.E. Dr. Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment in Egypt, received H. E. Mr. Glenn Miles, Ambassador of Australia in Egypt, in her office at the Ministry’s headquarters in Fustat, bidding him Farwell before the end of his...اقرأ المزيد
CAIRO – 23 January 2022: Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad and Tourism Minister Khaled Anani conferred Sunday on preparations for an upcoming climate change conference COP 27. The meeting took up steps to turn Sharm El Sheikh into a green city...اقرأ المزيد
CAIRO – 12 January 2022: Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad stressed that Egypt has taken effective procedures to face the climate change problem although Egypt’s emissions are only 0.6% of these emissions worldwide. Speaking to Sada Al Balad...اقرأ المزيد
CAIRO – 6 October 2021: Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad said market mechanisms and some policies need to be reconsidered in order to provide climate finance for countries. The minister made her remarks on Tuesday on the sidelines of the second...اقرأ المزيد
Egypt is launching the first phase of projects to convert waste into energy with investments amounting to $350 million in eight governorates across the country, according to Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad. “These projects will be a qualitative leap...اقرأ المزيد
The Ministry of Environment secured $500 million as a funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), according to Environment Minister Yasmin Fouad. Fouad added in a statement issued Wednesday that the funding will be allocated for the implementation...اقرأ المزيد
Statements attributed to Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad that the to-be-installed national waste management system has determined the monthly fees on garbage collecting were completely denied on Saturday, Sept. 21. “The statements circulating on...اقرأ المزيد
Meetings of Africa Forum 2018 kicked off on Saturday morning in Sharm el Sheikh under the patronage of President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi with the participation of a galaxy of African leaders. More than 3,000 entrepreneurs from Africa are participating in...اقرأ المزيد
A proposal to raise citizens’ monthly garbage collection bills from LE 4 to LE24 is being studied by the Ministry of Environment, Minister Yasmine Fouad said on Sunday. Fouad pointed out that Egypt is one of the rare countries to require enormous amounts...اقرأ المزيد
Environment Minister Yasmin Fouad held an extensive meeting to discuss a proposal to implement electric vehicles for public transportation in Egypt, as part of the Ministry’s keenness to reduce emissions across the various development sectors. Fouad...اقرأ المزيد