Egypt is intensifying coordination
with other countries in preparation for the United Nations climate conference,
COP27, which is only eight months away. The event will be held in the
Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in November.
A host of climate action decision-makers and delegations visited Cairo last week, including US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry.
A Swedish high-level climate delegation also visited Egypt recently to discuss co-operation on the conference.
The delegation included Sweden’s chief climate negotiator, Matthias Frumerie, and the Stockholm+50 Ambassador, Johanna Lissinger.
In this interview with both Swedish officials, the Egyptian Mail explores details about their visit and aspects of co-operation between Cairo and Stockholm on climate issues.
The Swedish officials met during their visit the Egyptian Deputy Minister of Environment and Head of the Environmental Affairs Authority, Ali Abu Sinna, along with the Director of the Department for Environment and Sustainable Development Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Mohamed Nasr.
They also met representatives of the Cairo International Centre for Conflict Resolution, and Peacekeeping and Peace-building, as well as some members of the Swedish business community and some representatives of the Egyptian civil society.
Frumerie described Egypt’s hosting of COP27 as a ‘solid proof’ of the Arab country’s commitment to multilateral diplomacy and the implementation of the Paris Agreement as well as the Rio conventions.
Sweden, he said, is one of the largest contributors of climate finance globally, with climate development aid from the country rising to 15 billion Swedish kronor (roughly $1.7 billion).
Developed countries pledged to jointly mobilize $100 billion for climate action in developing countries annually.
Frumerie said Sweden works with other development partners to ensure they are all doing what they can to deliver this amount of money to developing nations.
Source: The Egyptian Gazette
