Aya Nader

2 months ago | raseef22.net | Aya Nader

European energy and agriculture investments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) exploit local resources while exacerbating inequality and environmental harm, warns a new report produced in collaboration between MENA Fem Movement for Economic, Development and Ecological Justice, and Greenpeace MENA.

Jan 31, 2025 | raseef22.net | Aya Nader

Fourteen years ago, Egypt witnessed one of the most significant political events in its modern history. But as the January 2011 revolution was unfolding, another foundational change was taking place in the Red Sea governorate. Environmentalist Ahmed El Droubi was at the helm of an 800-strong team, establishing the long-awaited solid waste management system that had been two decades in the making.

Nov 26, 2024 | raseef22.net | Aya Nader

Growing up, my family often visited the crystal-clear beaches of Matrouh, a pristine Egyptian city near the Libyan border. After several years away, I was excited to return home this summer and show my husband the place I had so often raved about. But to my dismay, the Mediterranean shore I remembered was gone. Brand-name chip bags and empty soda bottles floated around us, while transparent bags clung to our arms and legs. We were swimming in plastic.

Nov 24, 2024 | egyptianstreets.com | Aya Nader

The UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan closed on Saturday with a new finance goal: to triple public finance to developing countries, from the previous goal of USD 100 billion annually, to USD 300 billion annually by 2035. Dubbed the ‘finance COP’, COP29’s outcome was heavily criticized for failing to deliver to the Global South.

Aug 22, 2024 | raseef22.net | Aya Nader

In June 2014, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi came to power. Since then, Egypt’s government has shifted from viewing climate issues as a nonissue to moving to organize the world’s biggest annual climate conference. Despite the apparent changes in Egypt’s rhetoric on the global level, matters locally remain bleak. On the tenth anniversary of Sisi’s accession to power, this two-part feature investigates how Egypt’s environmental and climate governance has fared over the past decade.