Awareness campaign launched in Abu Simble Temple on hosting COP 27

CAIRO – 23 October 2022: Head of quantitative union of environment in Aswan and general coordinator of local platform of climate change Ahmed Zaki Abu Kenez said that an awareness campaign was organized on climate change in several languages during the celebrations of the governorate with the sun falling perpendicular to the face of Ramses II statue at Abu Simbel Temple.

This comes as part of the activities of the initiative of "our country hosts COP 27" launched by Arab Office for Youth and Environment (AOYE).

In a statement on Sunday, Kenez said that the campaign targeted the foreign and Egyptian participants in the celebrations.

To ensure the success of the COP 27 Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Egyptian presidency of COP 27 staff and representatives of the UNFCCC held a series of meetings to discuss the current geopolitical challenges to the conference leadership.

The meetings, facilitated by the Centre for Multilateral Negotiations (CEMUNE), discussed the “current situation in Ukraine, high energy prices, and predicted economic recession,” said the COP 27 Communication center in a statement.

“The role of the COP Presidency is to align and converge multiple views, and facilitate transparent, inclusive, and fruitful discussion, while consistently advocating for more progress, ambition and solidarity,” Egyptian Foreign Minister and COP 27 President Designate Sameh Shoukry was quoted by the statement.