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Even Climate Change Is a Fraught Area for US-China Cooperation
The Diplomat | March 20, 2021
The United States and China have a mutual interest in fighting climate change. There are no boundaries: Emissions…
Rethinking Egypt's Economy
Middle East Institute | October 7, 2020
Egypt is not alone in having been knocked into a pit by the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, but it will have to dig itself out on its own. However, if Egypt is going to do so…
Pandemic Has Accelerated Green Finance Development
YiCai | August 6, 2020
"88.5 billion National Green Development Fund was established", "the first green financial legislation "Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Green Finance Regulations…
China Is Giving Ancient Silk Road Trade Routes a Digital Makeover
Global Trade Magazine | July 27, 2020
The New Silk Road is Paved by Bits and Bytes. In 2015, China launched its Digital Silk Road (DSR) initiative. The DSR is the digital backbone for China’s modern reconstruction of…
Why China needs to keep its economic recovery green and sustainable
South China Morning Post | July 3, 2020
China’s post Covid-19 economic relief programme understandably makes job creation and technological…
What does COVID-19 mean for Egypt’s economy?
Middle East Institute | March 26, 2020
COVID-19 has disrupted both supply and demand around the world. Egypt is not immune to the recessionary trends caused by the sudden halt in supply chains and the sharp decline…
Green financing in Egypt
Middle East Institute | February 11, 2020
The green movement has been slow to catch on in Egypt, but the January announcement by the Egyptian government that it is finalizing plans to launch the country’s first green bonds…
Egypt and the African Union
Middle East Institute | February 10, 2020
Egypt’s assumption of the presidency of the African Union (AU) last February was an important step for the country after the suspension of its membership in 2013. It was Egypt’s first time…
China’s growing role in the Middle East
Middle East Institute | January 9, 2020
While the world is engaged in an ongoing discussion about the ramifications of the trade war between Washington and Beijing, the economies of the Middle East are shifting away from…
Egypt’s road to renewable energy
Ahram Online | October 22, 2019
The harvesting, delivery and consumption of energy is the bedrock of any nation’s economic development, but in the case of Egypt these things are especially pressing….
Is China Still the Global Leader on Climate Change?
The Diplomat | October 21, 2019
China’s claim to the mantle of global leader on climate change is becoming frayed. The world’s largest carbon emitter – more than the United States and the European Union combined…
Green investing: Good deal and good deed
Ahram Online | April 12, 2019
Investing in green turns out to be a good deal as well as a good deed. China, which has now become one of the world’s largest markets for green finance, is showing how investing…