Egypt holds consultations with many states, parties on climate change topics ahead of COP27

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Egypt Today staff

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Fri, 28 Jan 2022 - 12:32 GMT

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Egypt Today staff

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 - 12:32 GMT

FILE - Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry

FILE - Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry

 
CAIRO - 28 January 2022: Egypt’s Foreign Ministry held consultations with a number of states and parties to learn about their visions on different topics regarding climate change, as part of ongoing preparations for hosting the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27).
 
Egypt is scheduled to host the annual conference in November this year in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm El Sheikh.
 
In a statement, the ministry said the consultations were held via videoconference with the United States, Russia, Japan, Zambia, a number of countries that share the same visions as well as a group of African negotiators.
 
During the talks, the outcomes of the COP26 that was held in Glasgow, Scotland in November were assessed and the ongoing preparations for COP27 were discussed, the ministry added.
 
The Egyptian side asserted the necessity of transforming towards implementing different pledges as part of the negotiations, while the other countries voiced their support for the Egyptian presidency to ensure the success of the Sharm El Sheikh summit.
 

On Thursdsay, Foreign Minister and President-designate of the 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) Sameh Shoukry said that funding allocated for international climate action is still insufficient.

In a virtual Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF) meeting at the ministerial level, Shoukry said providing more funding to face climate change consequences is highly required, Foreign Ministry Spokesman ambassador Ahmed Hafez said.

The meeting was hosted by US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and attended by ministers and other high-ranking officials from the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the office of the UN Secretary-General.

During the meeting, Shoukry said Egypt is now witnessing the implementation of commitments concerning facing the climate change consequences via implementing the recommendations of the Paris and Glasgow summits on climate change.

This comes within the framework of preparations of the 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) expected to be held in Sharm el-Sheikh city in 2022.

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