Minister of Environment: Egypt is keen to fulfill its obligations in the Paris Climate Agreement
He said, Minister of Environment, Dr. Yasmine Fouad, said Egypt’s keenness to fulfill its obligations in the Paris Climate Agreement, despite the limited generation of greenhouse gas emissions, which is less than 1 % of global emissions.
this came during its reception Ambassador Iyay Fumio, the Ambassador of Japan in Cairo to discuss ways to enhance joint cooperation in the field of climate change and reduce plastic waste, in the presence of Ambassador Raouf Saad, the minister’s advisor for multilateral agreements, and representatives of the JICA organization in Egypt.
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The Minister of Environment explained that the Egyptian commitment is evident in many of the steps it has taken, including issuing the national climate change strategy 2050, and updating its national contributions plan twice during the years 2022 and 2023 with ambitious goals to alleviate the effects of climate change, and works to update them for the third time now despite economic challenges And global geopolitical, in addition to presenting the first transparency report at the end of 2024, which showed Egypt’s success in achieving the goals of reducing emissions in a number of sectors and even overwhelmed the goal in the transport sector, which reflects the extent of the Egyptian state’s commitment to mitigate the effects of climate change despite the limited global climate financing and priority Adaptation to Egypt.
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The Minister of Environment talked about the importance of adapting to a country like Egypt, and the feasibility of achieving the equation of more adaptation procedures is more reduced the cost of losses and damage, which will only be achieved with an increase in climate financing, which witnessed some progress during the last climate conference COP29, as the volume of financing increased to 300 billion dollars annually 2035.
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and noted that they take the task of representing developing countries in running consultations of the new quantum collective goal of climate financing, but this amount still does not meet the needs of developing countries, Stressing that Egypt continues in its climatic obligations despite the great gap in financing adaptation, which is a priority for it. More than 30 years old, and one of its early fruits was the environmental cultural educational center in Al -Fustat as the first environmental center specialized in Egypt, and cooperation extended in many environmental fields, including waste management.
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and praised the support The Japanese side of Egypt and developing countries in general in the challenge of reducing plastic pollution, and looking to reach a binding global agreement in this regard.
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also praised the technical support provided by the Japanese International Cooperation Authority ( JIKA) Through the project to enhance the practices of the circular economy in the single -use plastic value chain, in implementing technical studies to limit the size of plastic waste and mechanisms for promotion and the application of the extended responsibility of the product within the framework of the waste law. & Nbsp;
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I highlighted the approval of the Council of Ministers – last week – on the application of the extended responsibility of the product for mono -use plastic bags, provided that the decision to activate the decision after 3 months after raising awareness among the owners of the authority of the application procedures, and working to achieve a fair transition in the application; In order not to add burdens to the economic and social dimensions. Including the ministries of finance and industry to find appropriate alternatives to these bags by a decision of the Minister of Industry, and the inclusion of alternatives within the fields that will have green incentives in the new investment law, and in light of the adoption of President Abdel Fattah El -Sisi, President of the Republic; To turn Egypt towards the rotating economy, and work is also done on the start of a joint research project on possible alternatives; In order to achieve the linking between policies and science, to meet the various elements of the process of reducing plastic pollution, whether from organized procedures and providing appropriate alternatives and financing incentives and application mechanism with the support of science and the participation of various stakeholders, in a way that speeds up actual implementation.
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The Minister of Environment discussed with the Japanese ambassador the possibility of benefiting from the joint & quot; Port Said Initiative to improve the efficiency of plastic waste management & quot; in creating economic opportunities for youth and entrepreneurs in the field of plastic alternatives.
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For his part, the Japanese ambassador stressed that Egypt is one of the important countries to cooperate with it in the field of environment and climate, especially in the fields of mitigation and reducing plastic pollution that is a priority for Japan, and with the current cooperation in the Port Said initiative project to improve the efficiency of plastic waste management, And the project to enhance the practices of the circular economy in the single -use plastic value chain in cooperation with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. It will achieve great benefits for the two countries, especially with the agreement of the Egyptian and Japanese Presidents during the G20 meeting on the importance of encouraging the rotating economy practices to meet the effects of climate change.
& nbsp; In policies, fruitful cooperation with the Japanese International Cooperation Authority JIKA in implementing a number of projects and aspiration of the Japanese private sector to invest in environmental projects in Egypt, and work to implement a joint training program with a number of ministries on emissions tools in the framework of Egypt’s preparation for the transparency report. p>
