| Agency Name: | Arab Republic of Egypt Ministry of Environment |
| Jurisdiction: | Government of Egypt |
| Chief1 Name: | Yasmine Fouad |
| Chief1 Position: | Minister[1] |
| Child1 Agency: | Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency |
The Ministry of Environment is the ministry is responsible for environmental affairs in the Arab Republic of Egypt. The current minister is Yasmine Fouad.[1]
It was established in 1997, and has since focused ministry in cooperation with all development partners to identify environmental vision and outline of environmental policies in Egypt.[2] The policies of the ministry are executed by the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency.[3]
In 2014, the Ministry and Italy signed an agreement to make El Gouna, a Red Sea City, carbon neutral.[4]
In 2017, the European Union and Egypt finalized plans for environmental and other projects valued at 600 million Euros.[5]
In late 2017, the Ministry announced they had seen a reduction of 13-15% in the burning of rice by rice farmers, a practice that causes a black toxic cloud.[6] [7]
In 2021, the Ministry became a member of GWCN (Global Waste Cleaning Network).[8]