Preparations are in full swing in Egypt for the success of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) scheduled to be held next November in Sharm El-Sheikh. Cairo wants to organize an exceptional summit whose broad title is the summit of implementation, not commitments.
It is hoped this session will deliver critical steps on climate change, move to implementation, and fill gaps in mitigation, adaptation, loss and damage and climate finance, building on what was achieved in the previous session (Glasgow, COP 26).
At the Glasgow session, countries adopted the Glasgow Climate Charter, which calls for doubling funding to support developing countries in adapting to the effects of climate change and building resilience.
The United Nations report indicates that the 17 major economies cause about 80 percent of carbon emissions in the world, while the greatest harm falls on developing countries, which pay the heavy toll.
Hence, Egypt focuses on the importance of accelerating the pace of obtaining climate finance for developing countries, especially African countries.
As part of its preparations for the international conference, Egypt is launching today the National Climate Change Strategy 2050.
On May 11, it officially launched the theme of the conference, and it seeks to implement climate pledges towards developing countries and address the challenges of the Arab world and the African continent.
Cop 27 Slogan
The official slogan of the 27th session of the United Nations Climate Change Conference highlights “the unique cultural identity of Egypt and the African tributaries of the ancient Egyptian civilization,” according to a statement on the official page of the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The sun in the heart of the logo represents one of the most important cultural symbols in the African continent, and its sunrise and sunset symbolize, with its rays extending over the horizon, the cycle of life and the energy necessary for life.
The logo embraces an important symbol of the ancient Egyptian civilization. The sun of Aten shines with its unique rays ending with tender hands, to express the generosity of nature in providing humans with livelihoods, luxury and prosperity. And in the middle is a green horizon, symbolizing hope for a better future.
Egypt shouldered its ‘responsibility to set an example’
Egyptian Ambassador to Washington Moataz Zahran says that Egypt has shouldered its “responsibility to lead by example” in its role as host of the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Sharm El-Sheikh.
Egypt will focus on “implementing” key climate initiatives, as well as mitigation and adaptation strategies in response to climate change.
“Egypt will demonstrate its leadership in providing its own indicators and progress in greenhouse gas emissions, wind energy, solar energy, green hydrogen, and the development of new cleaner cities,” according to Zahran.
The COP27 summit will allow Egypt to shed light on the many challenges that it and other countries face as a result of water scarcity.
And the Egyptian Minister of Environment, Yasmine Fouad, said earlier this month that Egypt would present water as an item on the agenda of the climate conference.
Sharm El Sheikh is getting ready
The Egyptian government is racing against time to move ahead with in the projects the South Sinai governorate is witnessing before the summit, as the preparations are divided into four main axes, namely, raising the efficiency of hotels, diving centers and hotel rooms in the city, creating environmentally friendly transportation, raising the electrical capacity of the conference hall, and raising the efficiency of the city’s waste system from where collection, transportation, treatment and recycling takes place, according to the data announced by the Ministry of Environment.
