Ghealth News – Egypt’s Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad attended the signing of a trilateral MoU between the ministry’s Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA), the Industrial Modernisation Centre (IMC), and the Association for Sustainable Quality of Living (Estidama) to launch the award, the ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
The award is meant to encourage sectors and stakeholders to follow an ecofriendly approach and mitigate the effects of climate change, the ministry noted.
It will also encourage stakeholders to apply innovation-based initiatives in science and technology to support the measures to combat climate change and achieve the sustainable development goals, the ministry added.
The award will be presented to the winners during the COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh city, Fouad said.
Fouad said the award is part of the ministry’s activities to encourage the climate change-related innovations and initiatives presented by various governmental and civil society organisations.
The award will encourage initiatives seeking a better green future for Africa and the world and will be in line with the vision of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the minister noted.
Egypt, as the host of the COP27 on behalf of Africa, seeks to achieve the interests of all parties, especially African and developing countries that are the most affected by climate change, Fouad added.
Egypt has repeatedly vowed to speak for Africa’s aspirations in addressing climate change at the COP27.
Africa has been badly affected by climate change although the continent produces no more than three percent of the world’s total greenhouse-gas emissions that cause global warming, according to experts.
Hopes are pinned on COP27 to turn climate-related pledges into action to move to green energy, reduce harmful gas emissions and global warming, and adapt to climate change as per the Paris Agreement.
During the global conference, Egypt will call for mobilising the necessary support for global climate action.
Climate finance has been debated at every COP meeting since developed countries failed to meet their promise to mobilise $100 billion annually by 2020 to help developing nations with mitigation and adaptation measures.
Source: Al-Ahram
