Minister of International Cooperation, Rania Al-Mashat, urged to spend more in initiatives that alleviate the negative impact and repercussions of climate change.

We also must adopt new international agreements on this issue, the official said at the Middle East and North Africa Climate Week 2022, which is being held for the first time in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the Mena official news agency reported.

Minister of Environment, Yasmine Fouad, also called to adopt measures to alleviate the impact of that scourge.

Some days ago, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tareq el Molla, said that his government is working with several African countries on a project to develop the continent’s energy transition.

In late 2022, Egipt will host the summit on climate change (COP27), whose venue will be the resort Sharm El-Sheikh, on the coast of the Red Sea.

In his speech at COP26, held in November, 2021, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi called on developed countries to keep the promise of providing low-income nations with 100 billion dollars annually to fight climate change.

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