Egypt s Foreign Minister and president-designate of the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Summit (COP27) Sameh Shoukry during the virtual meeting on Thursday 10 March, 2022. Photo courtesy of Egyptian Foreign Ministry Facebook page.
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Hafez said the meeting took up the current efforts exerted by Cairo to prepare for the upcoming round of the UN Climate Change Conference to be hosted by Egypt in November 2022.
The meeting comes as part of Egypt's keenness to coordinate and consult with all the parties involved in the COP26 held in Glasgow and follow up international efforts to confront the impact of climate change on all fronts.
The spokesman also noted that the meeting covered Egypt's attaching special importance to moving from the phase of climate pledges to the phase of actual implementation of such pledges on the ground in light of the agenda proposed by Egypt during its presidency of COP27.
Egypt has been engaged in talks with a host of international partners amid preparations for COP27, which will be held in the city of Sharm El-Sheikh next November.
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has stressed that the COP27 summit will support efforts to reduce carbon emissions and provide funding for developing countries to deal with the repercussions of climate change.
Egypt has vowed to speak for Africa's aspirations on addressing climate change at the COP27.
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