Egypt Launches Initiatives to Adapt to Climate Change

YLE foundation, in cooperation with Thyssenkrupp corporation, planted 2,000 fruit trees to adapt to climate (YLE)
YLE foundation, in cooperation with Thyssenkrupp corporation, planted 2,000 fruit trees to adapt to climate (YLE)
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Egypt Launches Initiatives to Adapt to Climate Change

YLE foundation, in cooperation with Thyssenkrupp corporation, planted 2,000 fruit trees to adapt to climate (YLE)
YLE foundation, in cooperation with Thyssenkrupp corporation, planted 2,000 fruit trees to adapt to climate (YLE)

Egypt supports efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change and is aware of the adverse impacts of these changes on the water sector, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Aty has announced.

Abdel Aty attended Sunday a ceremony to plant a thousand olive, pomegranate, and berry trees in al-Qanater Charity Gardens, under an initiative launched by the Youth Love Egypt Foundation (YLE) in cooperation with Thyssenkrupp Foundation.

The Ministry of Irrigation sponsors such initiatives because it recognizes their importance in supporting adaptation to climate change, especially that Egypt will host the UN Climate Change Conference 2022 (COP 27), said the minister.

Egypt is also organizing the Fifth Cairo Water Week under "Water at the Top of the Global Climate Agenda."

The initiative comes within the 'Nile Tree' project launched by the YLE Foundation on World Environment Day, aiming to plant half a million trees over two years to adapt to climate change while ensuring the participation of residents in its various activities.

Under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation and in cooperation with Thyssenkrupp, the Foundation has planted a thousand fruit trees on both sides of the Dahshur Canal in Giza Governorate.

The research unit of the Foundation conducts a research study on these trees, ensuring their roots do not affect the rehabilitation work carried out on the canals.

The Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation has recently developed Aflah Park in El-Qanater El-Khayreya, over 13 acres. The development work included establishing the 'Walk of Egypt's People' outside the garden that has rare imported trees, some of which are 200-years-old.

The Ministry has also completed among others the development of the Garden of National Cultural Center, with an area of 9 acres, and the 6-acre Nile Garden.



Egypt Seeking to Activate its Strategic Partnership with Europe

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Egypt's New Administrative Capital, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP)
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Egypt's New Administrative Capital, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP)
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Egypt Seeking to Activate its Strategic Partnership with Europe

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Egypt's New Administrative Capital, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP)
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Egypt's New Administrative Capital, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP)

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty kicked off on Sunday a visit to Brussels and Strasbourg for talks with European officials aimed at following up on activating the strategic partnership between Cairo and the European Union.

A Foreign Ministry statement said that meetings during his first stop in Brussels aim to bolster cooperation with the EU. The FM is scheduled to hold talks with senior European officials, including head of the European Council and chief of foreign policy.

He will also meet with heads of major Belgian companies and members of the Egyptian diaspora.

Egypt and Europe are keen on strengthening and developing their relations to the level of “comprehensive strategic partnership,” as announced during a summit in Cairo in March that was attended by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, head of the European Commission, and the presidents and prime ministers of Cyprus, Italy, Austria and Greece.

In Strasbourg, the home of the European Parliament, Abdelatty will meet with its speaker and heads of various parliamentary political groups and committees concerned with following up on the development of ties between Egypt and EU, added the Foreign Ministry statement.

Former Assistant Foreign Minister Ambassador Gamal Bayoumi underscored to Asharq Al-Awsat the importance of the timing of the visit given the developments in the region and the success of international mediation, including Egypt’s, in reaching a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza.

Egypt is hoping the EU would pressure Israel to forge ahead with peace and implement the two-state solution to support stability in the region, he added.

Egypt is also hoping to boost coordination with Europe over developments in the Horn of Africa, Red Sea and other regions, as well as in counterterrorism and in deepening bilateral ties, especially in the economy and investment, he continued.