CAIRO – 23 January 2022: Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad and Tourism Minister Khaled Anani conferred Sunday on preparations for an upcoming climate change conference COP 27.
The meeting took up steps to turn Sharm El Sheikh into a green city to help achieve sustainability across Egypt.
Fouad said they talked about cooperation between the two ministries to implement measures as part of a sustainable tourism strategy ahead of the COP27.
Anani said the Egyptian tourism sector is willing to exert utmost effort to render the COP27 successful.
Fouad met on Jan. 21 with Under-Secretary-General of the UN and Executive Secretary of ESCWA Rola Dashti and her accompanying delegation to discuss technical support the ESCWA could offer to Egypt as part of preparations for the Parties (COP27) of the UN Climate Change Conference, set for Red Sea Resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh later in the year.
The two sides also tackled cooperation as regards a number proposed climate initiatives to be launched during the gathering.
The minister welcomed ESCWA’s request to offer technical support to Egypt and help in organizing the event.
Meanwhile, Dashti shed light on the Climate/SDGs Debt Swap Mechanism launched by the ESCWA to serve the interests of both the developing and the developed countries, saying it would be presented as part of the initiatives that Egypt will float during the climate gathering.
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