President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, and a number of ministers to follow up on the Higher Ministerial Committee’s preparations for the UN Climate Change Conference 2022 (COP27) next November in Sharm El-Sheikh.

El Sisi emphasized the importance of providing all the necessary financial resources for the full readiness of Sharm El-Sheikh to host this prestigious global summit. He added that it’s essential to support various stakeholders to enhance their efforts to organize this global event in a way that befits Egypt’s regional and international status.

The ministerial committee presented the most important topics of the upcoming Sharm el-Sheikh summit and the desired results, as well as the ongoing coordination in this context with the current British presidency of the conference. The meeting further reviewed the Egyptian vision related to the substantive aspects, which is to move the work of the summit from the stage of pledges to the stage of implementation. It also touched on the importance of advancing national and African concerns on climate change issues, especially with regard to the adaptation and mitigating the effects of this phenomenon.

Developments in coordination with the UN Secretariat regarding procedures and logistical and organizational details to provide various services to participants, especially in terms of transportation, accommodation, communications, and health services were also discussed in the meeting.

The meeting was attended by Tarek El Molla, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources; Mohamed Shaker, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy; Sameh Shoukry, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Khaled El Anani, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities; Hala Al-Saeed, Minister of Planning and Economic Development; Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of International Cooperation; Mohamed Maait, Minister of Finance; Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment; Amr Talaat, Minister of Communications and Information Technology; Assem Al-Jazzar, Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities, Mohamed Manar, Minister of Civil Aviation; and Khaled Fouda, Governor of South Sinai.