Shoukry calls for focus on moving from pledges to actual implementation to tackle climate change
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry participated in a session on environmental diplomacy and climate change, as part of his current participation in the Munich Security Conference.
The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that during the session, the Foreign Minister praised the positive results of the recent session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, held in Glasgow, that enhance international efforts to confront climate change.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs affirmed that Egypt realizes that there is still much work left in the field of confronting climate change, which it will seek by hosting the next session of the COP27 conference, in addition to focusing on moving from the stage of pledges to the stage of actual implementation on the ground.
In this regard, Shoukry referred to the dialogue table chaired by President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi during the European-African Summit in Brussels, which clearly revealed the concerns of African countries regarding the amount of support directed to them to promote climate action in Africa.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs also indicated that one of the most prominent lessons learned from the Corona virus pandemic is the importance of international cooperation to confront the pandemic, which represents a global crisis affecting all countries.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, in his capacity as the President-designate for the next session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27), affirmed his keenness to communicate with all parties concerned with climate change in a way that enhances confidence among them and takes into account their various concerns, explaining that the shift towards reliance on renewable energy sources must It increases the level of cooperation between countries in a way that achieves their common interests.
