On Wednesday, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry announced the launch of the official COP27 Facebook page.
“It is incumbent on us in these uncertain times to act quickly to ensure that climate action remains at the top of the international agenda and that the current situation is not taken as an excuse to backtrack or backtrack on previous commitments, especially those linked to support developing countries,” Shoukry wrote in his first post.
On June 8, Shoukry and the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Patricia Espinosa, officially signed the host country agreement for COP27, which will be held in Sharm el-Sheikh du November 6 to 18.
The COP27 agreement was signed in the German city of Bonn during Shoukry’s participation in the Bonn Climate Change Conference (56th session of subsidiary bodies) at the World Convention Centre.
Earlier in May, Egypt also launched the official COP27 website and unveiled its official logo designed to represent the unique cultural identity of Egypt and Africa, according to the Egyptian Foreign Ministry.
Egypt has repeatedly underlined its ambitions to build on the outcomes of COP26 in Glasgow and support global climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts at the conference.
Egypt reiterated the need to maintain the momentum of climate action to keep the increase in global temperatures below 1.5 degrees Celsius, with COP27 to focus primarily on urging countries to respect the Paris Agreement.
In May, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly launched the National Strategy for Climate Change 2050, which is based on five main pillars to preserve the environment and aims to strengthen Egypt’s leadership on climate change at scale. international.
Madbouly said that Egypt will spare no effort through its COP27 presidency to move from state-declared commitments and pledges to the effective implementation of rapid and tangible actions.
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