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“Cairo Climate Talks” is a series of monthly events meant to provide a platform to exchange experience, raise awareness and foster cooperation between policymakers, the business community, the scientific community as well as civil society. It is held in cooperation between the German Embassy in Cairo, the Egyptian Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs, the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA), the German Academic Exchange service (DAAD), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Egyptian German High Level Joint Committee for Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Environmental Protection (JCEE).

14/10/2026

LET'S GIVE BACK TO NATURE 🌿

Join us for the largest community clean-up day at Wadi Degla Protectorate on Saturday October 24 at 9AM. Together, we will help protect its natural beauty, keep its trails cleaner, and leave the place better than we found it. Wadi Degla is more than just a place to run, hike, and escape the city.

✨ Everyone is welcome
🌱 Free to join the event
🤝 Every helping hand makes a difference

Come spend a purposeful morning outdoors, meet like-minded people, and be part of something that genuinely makes a positive impact 💚

Clean-up starts at 9 AM. Please arrive early to park and find the start line.

Sign Up: https://bit.ly/4dCEA7M
Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/FL2cKETWsagPVimR9

خلّونا نرد الجميل للطبيعة 🌿
وادي دجلة مش مجرد مكان بنجري فيه، أو نمشي فيه، أو نهرب شوية من دوشة وزحمة القاهرة. وادي دجلة مكان طبيعي بتاعنا كلنا، بنستمتع بيه وبنقضي فيه وقت حلو. سواء بتروح تخيّم، تعمل بيكنيك، تتمشى، أو تستمتع بالطبيعة… دلوقتي جه دورنا نرد له الجميل 💚
انضموا لينا في أكبر يوم تنظيف مجتمعي في محمية وادي دجلة. مع بعض هنساعد نحافظ على جمال الوادي وطبيعته، ونخلّي طرقه ومساراته أنضف، ونسيب المكان أحسن ما لقيناه.
✨ الكل مرحب بيه
🌱 المشاركة مجانًا
🤝 كل إيد بتساعد بتفرق
تعالوا نقضي صباح له معنى وسط الطبيعة، نتعرف على ناس عندها نفس الاهتمام، ونشارك سوا في حاجة حلوة ليها تأثير إيجابي حقيقي 💚
التنظيف هيبدأ الساعة ٩ الصبح. ياريت تيجوا بدري علشان تلحقوا تركنوا وتوصلوا لنقطة البداية في معادكم
https://maps.app.goo.gl/FL2cKETWsagPVimR9 :المكان

07/10/2026

The bigger myth: corporate responsibility or recycling ❓🧐

Meet Ahmed Yassin, a Renewables Engineer by training and a waste management expert by necessity.
For | , we collaborate with Egyptian photographer Ahmed Hayman to explore the big question: what would you say on behalf of a planet that cannot speak? 🌍
Swipe through as Ahmed Yassin answers questions about science, power and climate diplomacy.

„My role was to ensure that the voices of the Global South specifically the Mediterranean and North African regions—were heard. I worked to provide data-driven arguments against false solutions like simple mechanical recycling for complex polymers.“

„Because we are fighting over the source, not just the trash. The Like-Minded Countries (petro-states) treat plastic as a trade commodity, while the "High Ambition Coalition" treats it as a health crisis. When you have trillion-dollar industries protecting production levels, "consensus" becomes a tool for delay.“

„Because we are fighting over the source, not just the trash. The Like-Minded Countries (petro-states) treat plastic as a trade commodity, while the "High Ambition Coalition" treats it as a health crisis. When you have trillion-dollar industries protecting production levels, "consensus" becomes a tool for delay.“

„The refusal to discuss production caps. Many governments want to talk only about "downstream" waste management—basically, how to bury or burn the problem. When industry players lobby to keep single-use plastics legal by promising "better recycling," they are selling a myth to protect their bottom line.“

„My message is simple: You cannot export your way out of a planetary boundary. To the blocking states: your short-term economic gain from petrochemicals is a long-term death sentence for the ecosystems your own citizens rely on. Ambition is not an option; it’s a survival strategy.“

„That "biodegradable" plastic is often a trap. In Egypt's environment, many of these alternatives don't actually disappear; they just break into microplastics faster. The vicious alternative is replacing one single-use item with another. The goal is not better plastic; it’s less plastic.“

What would YOU say in behalf of a planet that cannot speak? 🌍

📷 Ahmedy Hayman

05/10/2026

Ever considered leaving your home country simply because the summer temperatures are becoming more and more unbearable, but still weighing the risks you’d expose yourself to by immigrating?

That’s only one of many examples of the nexus between climate and security. Tomorrow, at the Foreign Office in Berlin, the leading global forum connecting governments, international organizations, researchers, civil society and practitioners working at the intersection of climate change, peace and security will take place again. The “Berlin Climate and Security Conference” aims to highlight the need for human security and climate developments to be considered together, in policy making, financing decisions and international cooperations.

Only one of the many sessions that are particularly relevant for the Arab world: “From rubble to resilience: The case for climate positive post-conflict reconstruction in Syria” tomorrow at 2:45 Berlin time.

Can’t join the conference in Berlin? Watch the conference live, with Arabic subtitles, via the link in our bio, starting tomorrow at 9am Berlin time. (🔗 https://adelph.it/BCSC26Livestream).

هل فكرت يوماً في مغادرة بلدك لمجرد أن درجات الحرارة في الصيف أصبحت لا تُطاق، بينما لا تزال توازن بين هذا القرار والمخاطر التي قد تواجهها جراء الهجرة؟

هذا مجرد مثال واحد على العلاقة الوثيقة بين المناخ والأمن. فغداً، ستُعقد في مقر وزارة الخارجية ببرلين نسخة جديدة من المنتدى العالمي الرائد الذي يجمع الحكومات والمنظمات الدولية والباحثين والمجتمع المدني والمختصين العاملين عند تقاطع قضايا تغير المناخ والسلام والأمن. يهدف "مؤتمر برلين للمناخ والأمن" ( ) إلى تسليط الضوء على ضرورة النظر في قضايا الأمن وتطورات المناخ بشكل متكامل عند صياغة السياسات، واتخاذ قرارات التمويل، وتعزيز التعاون الدولي.

ومن بين الجلسات العديدة التي تكتسب أهمية خاصة للعالم العربي، نذكر جلسة: "من الركام إلى الصمود: إعادة الإعمار في سوريا بعد النزاع بنهج إيجابي مناخياً"، والتي ستُعقد غداً في الساعة 2:45 بتوقيت برلين.

ألا يمكنك الحضور شخصياً في برلين؟ يمكنك متابعة وقائع المؤتمر مباشرة -مع توفر ترجمة باللغة العربية- عبر الرابط الموجود في ملفنا الشخصي (Bio)، وذلك بدءاً من الساعة التاسعة صباحاً بتوقيت برلين غداً.
(🔗 https://adelph.it/BCSC26Livestream).

30/09/2026

Clean power is not just a climate priority, it’s an economic opportunity. ⚡️

At the 106th Cairo Climate Talks, senior policymakers, development and finance leaders and industry examine how Egypt can turn its climate ambition into economic benefits and how to strengthen the interlinkages between economic and climate policies.

Opening the evening, located H.E. Jürgen Schulz, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Egypt, reaffirmed Germany's commitment to standing alongside Egypt “as the largest bilateral donor to the NWFE programme, Germany has acted as an enabler for substantial private investments in Egypt's energy transition."

Setting the scene, Mr. Hendrik Barkeling, Head of Science and Climate at the German Embassy, drew on Germany's Energiewende, during which renewables grew from six percent of electricity in 2000 to close to fifty-six percent last year.
The event located at the German Embassy in Cairo, featured a panel discussion on “Clean Power and the Economic Case for Climate Action”, which was moderated by Dr. Miguel Haubrich, Head of the Economic Department at the German Embassy in Cairo. It brought together Prof. Dr. Mohamed El-Sobki, former Chairman of NREA and Chairman of the World Energy Council in Egypt; Mr. Amr AbdelAziz, General Director of Mitigation and Carbon Mechanism at the Ministry of Local Development and Environment; Dr. Christoph Schäfer, Country Director of KfW Development Bank; Eng. Ashraf Hamasa, Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Energy; and Mr. Saeed Abu Hussein, Technical Director of Heidelberg Materials Egypt.

In closing, Ms. Hannah Brandt, Head of Protocool and Cultural Counselor, thanked the moderator, panelists and guests, and underlined the fifteen-year partnership behind the Cairo Climate Talks, with COP31 approaching and Egypt hosting international climate and environment gatherings in the years ahead.

12/09/2026

How do you make 10,000 pages of climate science matter in a room where every word counts❓🧐

Meet Sherine El-Wattar, an IPCC science networking specialist working to connect climate science with the people who need to use it.

For | , we collaborate with Egyptian photographer Ahmed Haymaan to explore the big question: what would you say on behalf of a planet that cannot speak? 🌍

Swipe through as Sherine answers questions about science, power and climate diplomacy.

📷 Ahmed Hayman - احمد هيمن

These responses reflect Sherine’s personal experiences and observations and do not represent the views of her organization.

„Working in climate is a ‚heavy load.‘ I sometimes envy people who aren’t burdened by this knowledge—people who don’t feel a ‚twinge‘ when they see a water leak or a heatwave. But I stay because it matches my values. Just like a doctor is needed for health or a teacher for education, climate workers are a necessity for the world’s survival.
I don’t believe I’m here to ‚save the world‘ on my own. I work within my sphere of influence to ensure that science is representative and relatable. A ‚win‘ for me is finding that space where people with different opinions can still agree to move forward. If I can one day reach a decision-making level, I will always ground my choices in these values of care and cooperation.“ - Sherine El-Wattar

„The IPCC process is massive. We start with where member states nominate experts to decide the report’s priorities. Because the IPCC is a consensus-driven organization, nothing moves forward unless every country agrees. For the Assessment Report 7, AR7 cycle (Special Reports in 2027, full reports by 2029), my role as a Science Networking Specialist is a relatively new ‚experimental‘ role. I am working for Working Group 2.

While communication teams push info out, my job is ‚outside-in‘. I connect with networks that aren’t typically ‚academic scientists‘—like city leaders and local practitioners—to bring in literature that reflects reality on the ground. We then condense this into a Summary for Policymakers. We use ‚Key Messages‘ for each chapt

05/09/2026

How do you speak up for a planet that does not have a voice? 🌍

Cairo Climate Talks collaborates with award-winning Egyptian photographer Ahmed Hayman to advocate for a world with no voice.

Stay Tuned: 12 | 09 | 2026

بدون_كلام #

26/06/2026

A look back at the first edition of The Green Exchange: Pizza & Perspectives 🍕💚

An evening of insightful conversations on Egypt’s clean energy transition, bringing together experts, partners, and participants to exchange ideas on renewable energy, energy efficiency, and circular clean-tech.
Hosted by Goethe-Institut Cairo as part of the Cairo Climate Talks series, in partnership with YTG.
Swipe through to explore the highlights from the evening.

YTG

12/06/2026

As part of the Cairo Climate Talks initiative, the German Embassy, in cooperation with the French Embassy and the French Institute, coordinated the Climate Fresk Schools Competition, inspiring students to develop innovative climate solutions for their schools and communities. €500 was awarded to each winner to support their climate action initiatives in their schools.

Congratulations to the winners:
🥇 Europa-Schule Kairo
🥈 Deutsche Schule der Borromäerinnen, Alexandria
🥉 Lycée Français du Caire
🏆 Popular Vote Winner: Rahn-Schule

Special thanks goes to the jury of the event:

🇩🇪Jürgen Schulz (Ambassador, German Embassy)

🇫🇷Marilyne Olszak (Chargée d’Affaires,French Embassy)

🌱Esraa Aburehab (Climate Fresk, Board Member& Country Coordinator)

Thank you to all participating students for demonstrating that climate action starts with knowledge, creativity, and commitment.

26/01/2026

Throwback to COP30 in Belém 🌱
We asked Egyptian climate justice activist Nada Hazem what it’s really like going to COP as a young participant and she kept it real. From working on the ground in Egypt to navigating global climate spaces, Nada brings local youth experience straight to the big tables.

Stay tuned to more insights from COP30.

01/01/2026

⁨For English (Scroll Down)
تعلن السفارة الألمانية بالقاهرة عن رغبتها في تكريم المتميزين من الصحفيين البيئيين المصريين بمنحهم جائزة منتدى

القاهرة للتغير المناخي للصحافة البيئية لعام 2025، وذلك عن أعمالهم المنشورة في الصحافة ووسائل الإعلام

المختلفة حول الموضوعات البيئة والتغيير المناخي خلال العام الميلادي 2025.

ويتطلع منتدى القاهرة للتغير المناخي لمنح الجوائز للفئات الصحفية التالية: -

عدد 1 جائزة للأعمال الصحفية المنشورة بالصحافة المطبوعة

عدد 1 جائزة للأعمال الصحفية المنشورة بالصحافة الإلكترونية

عدد 1 جائزة للأعمال الصحفية التي تم بثها عن طريق الفيديو أو التليفزيون

عدد 1 جائزة للأعمال البيئية المذاعة في البودكاست والإذاعة

الموعد النهائي لتقديم الأعمال: 31 يناير 2026

يجب تقديم على الأقل عدد من 1إلى 3 موضوعات تم نشرها بإحدى الوسائل الإعلامية سابقة الذكر هنا.

يجب أن تكون الأعمال المقدمة تم نشرها نشرها خلال الثلاثة عشر شهرا التي

تسبق آخر موعد لتقديم الأعمال.

نرجو ذكر الفئة الصحفية والإعلامية التي تقدم عملك لنيل الجائزة عنها واسم المؤسسة الصحفية أو الإعلامية التي

تعمل بها! إذا كنت صحفيا حرا يجب ذكر ذلك!

🟢رابط التقديم : https://forms.gle/DUiVXiNggP7P38ko9

Environmental journalism plays a crucial role in raising awareness of the urgent need to protect our planet. That is why the German Embassy in Cairo is looking for Egyptian journalists who have covered environmental and climate change-related topics for Egyptian media in the last 13 months. The submitted work has to be published in at least one media outlet. Looking forward to receiving your submissions.

We are looking to award the following categories:
1 Award for a written work in printed Media
1 Award for a written work in Online Media
1 Award for a Video/TV publication (Min. 3 min)
1 Award for Podcast/radio coverage (Min. 3 min)

🟢Link: https://forms.gle/DUiVXiNggP7P38ko9

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