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68. Demonstrating deep engagement with the African Group, the 2019 Egyptian chair Mohamed Ibrahim Nasr has coordinated the group on several
UNFCCC negotiating issues since 2009 and has also served as Africa’s
lead negotiator in other multilateral environmental and trade processes,
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69. Ibrahim Abdel Gelil, History of Climate Change Negotiations and the Arab
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70. Ibid., 18.
71. Ibid., 20.
72. Ibid., 21.
73. Ibid., 26–27.
74. IRENA, Renewable Capacity Statistics 2019, 2019; Egyptian Ministry of
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75. IRENA, Renewable Energy Outlook: Egypt, 2018, 31–32.
76. Ibid., XV.
77. World Nuclear Association, ‘Nuclear Power in Egypt’, updated April
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78. Egyptian Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center and UNDP,
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79. Arab Republic of Egypt, Egyptian Intended Nationally Determined
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80. Egypt’s Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs (MSEA) and EEAA,
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81. MSEA and EEAA, Egypt’s Third National Communication, 22–23; Abdel
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82. Jeannie Sowers, ‘Environmental Activism in the Middle East and North
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83. MDGIF, ‘Egypt: Climate Change Risk Management in Egypt’, accessed in
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84. Sowers, ‘Environmental Activism’.
85. Abdel Gelil, The Case of Egypt, 6.
331
Sahel Region, A Shining Example…’, press release, 13 March 2019,
http://pfbc-cbfp.org/news_en/items/shining-example.html.
68. Demonstrating deep engagement with the African Group, the 2019 Egyptian chair Mohamed Ibrahim Nasr has coordinated the group on several
UNFCCC negotiating issues since 2009 and has also served as Africa’s
lead negotiator in other multilateral environmental and trade processes,
including the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, and
UNCTAD. UNFCCC, 2018 SCF Forum, Mr. Mohamed Nasr, accessed in
August 2019, https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/Mr.%20M
ohamed%20Nasr%20-%20Egypt%20-%20SCF%20member.pdf.
69. Ibrahim Abdel Gelil, History of Climate Change Negotiations and the Arab
Countries: The Case of Egypt, Research Report, Issam Fares Institute, July
2014, 30.
70. Ibid., 18.
71. Ibid., 20.
72. Ibid., 21.
73. Ibid., 26–27.
74. IRENA, Renewable Capacity Statistics 2019, 2019; Egyptian Ministry of
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75. IRENA, Renewable Energy Outlook: Egypt, 2018, 31–32.
76. Ibid., XV.
77. World Nuclear Association, ‘Nuclear Power in Egypt’, updated April
2019, https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-pro
files/countries-a-f/egypt.aspx.
78. Egyptian Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center and UNDP,
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79. Arab Republic of Egypt, Egyptian Intended Nationally Determined
Contribution, 2015.
80. Egypt’s Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs (MSEA) and EEAA,
Egypt Third National Communication, March 2016, 22.
81. MSEA and EEAA, Egypt’s Third National Communication, 22–23; Abdel
Gelil, The Case of Egypt, 17.
82. Jeannie Sowers, ‘Environmental Activism in the Middle East and North
Africa’, in Harry Verhoeven (ed.), Environmental Politics in the Middle
East, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, 27–52.
83. MDGIF, ‘Egypt: Climate Change Risk Management in Egypt’, accessed in
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84. Sowers, ‘Environmental Activism’.
85. Abdel Gelil, The Case of Egypt, 6.