_ Minister of Environment: Egypt and a number of countries obtaining funding for 3 projects from the Green Climate Fund is one of the important achievements During the year.
_ D. Yasmine Fouad: Egypt has a role Pioneering the climate file during the COP29 climate conference Azerbaijan under our leadership To conduct consultations to reach a new quantitative collective goal with the Australian Minister of Environment.
Dr. Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment, stressed the great efforts made by the Ministry to address climate changes at the national and international levels during the year 2024, the most important of which are, Egypt and a number of countries obtained financing for 3 projects from the Green Climate Fund regarding the projects “Greening Financial Systems, the Smart Resilient Agriculture Investment Fund, and the Resilient Water Infrastructure Expansion Facility.” As one of the fruits of the efforts of the Ministry of Environment in creating a supportive climate for climate financing through development partners and the private sector with a financing package estimated at 2.687 billion US dollars, this came during the report that the Minister of Environment reviewed on the achievements of The Ministry during the year 2024.
The Minister pointed to the Egyptian pioneering role in the climate file at the global level, With its participation in the COP29 climate conference In Baku, Azerbaijan, headed by Dr. Mustafa Madbouly, Prime Minister, on behalf of His Excellency the President of the Republic, in the activities of the conference, both presidential and ministerial, where the Minister of Environment, along with her Australian counterpart, assumed the task of facilitating consultations to reach a new quantitative collective goal for climate financing that is transparent, balanced, and applicable. Multiple meetings were held with Groups of developing and developed countries out of a keenness to listen to the various visions and concerns of countries to reach consensus on a goal It meets the ambition to confront the effects of climate change, in addition to holding a number of meetings With the delegations of the Arab Group, the European Union, the Group of 77, China, the Group of Least Developed Countries, the Global Environment Group, the groups of the Alliance of Small Island States, the African negotiators, the Independent Alliance for Latin America and the Caribbean, like-minded developing countries, and the Comprehensive Group It is an alliance of the countries of Australia, Canada, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand, Kazakhstan, Norway, Ukraine, the United States, and the United Kingdom. It was also held A number of bilateral meetings with a number of ministers and officials of international and regional organizations and bodies, to discuss ways to advance the climate file, especially climate financing.
During the report, the Minister reviewed the most important efforts made by the Ministry in the field of climate change during the year 2024, where I participated in Climate Week within the activities of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, and the extraordinary meeting of the Committee of Heads of State and Government of Africa on Climate Change on behalf of The President of the Republic, and the Minister presided over The first and second meetings of the Steering Committee of the Project to Transform Financial Systems Related to Climate in Egypt, in the presence of development partners and representatives of relevant ministries. It also participated in the official launch of the first voluntary carbon market in Egypt and Africa, and the start of the first trading operations on carbon emission reduction certificates.
The Minister explained during the report the projects that had been launched As a project for preparing the first and second transparency reports and the fifth national reporting for Egypt Which is implemented by the Ministry of Environment in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme, and the project “Formulating and developing the National Adaptation Plans process in Egypt (NAP), which aims to strengthen national, human and institutional capabilities to adapt to climate change and determine priorities and integrate them into budgeting and planning.
< p>Dr. pointed out Yasmine Fouad To its most important international participation in the field of climate change during the year 2024, where it participated in Meetings for the establishment and localization of the African Center of Excellence for Resilience and Adaptation to the Impacts of Climate Change in cooperation with the African Union Development Agency (NEPAD), which aims to contribute to providing Africa with the necessary flexibility and adaptation capacity to develop its development sectors, as Participated in the meetings of the subsidiary bodies and the 60th session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; The Subsidiary Body for Implementation and the Scientific and Technological Aspects Authority, and the Ministry also participated in Evaluating the green component of the projects presented in the third session of the National Initiative for Smart Green Projects, and a session Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change No. 60 and 61 to review the general framework of the seventh synthesis report scheduled to be issued in 2029 and its special reports on climate change and cities and the methodology report on short-term carbon emissions, in addition to its participation in the 15th session of the Pittsburgh Climate Dialogue in Germany.
< p>The report also addressed the Ministry’s efforts to coordinate with Specialized committees of the Senate and House of Representatives To amend the Environmental Law and include the dimension of climate change in its articles. He also pointed out that the Ministry is conducting a national review of the chapters of the fourth national reporting report for the Arab Republic of Egypt, which is being implemented in cooperation with the United Nations Development Program and funded by the Global Environment Facility, which will enable Egypt to prepare and submit its fourth national reporting. To the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
The report touched on To the draft interactive map of the risks of climate change phenomena on the Arab Republic of Egypt, which is being prepared in cooperation with the Military Survey Administration, the General Meteorological Authority, and the Water Research Center of the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, and to the Ministry’s chairmanship of the scientific committee for monitoring The phenomenon of climate change and the rise in the level of the Mediterranean Sea, preparing detailed studies of the damages that may arise from extreme weather episodes, and identifying the needs for developing an early warning system.
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